Hello.... I am posting hesitantly, I have not yet had the procedure. I have made the decision to have a procedure and have been researching thoroughly, and I believe the sleeve is for me. A friend was trying to talk me into the lap band, but holy smokes, after being on a forum for the lap band, I ran as fast as I could. SO many complaints and bad stories.
I'm 50 years old. I graduated high school at 135 5'8", extremely athletic (bball, volleyball and swimteam), but when I went to college, all that stopped. I dropped out of college 2 years in, got married, had 2 kids 4 years apart, then the marriage went to hell. 23 years of marriage, the last 5 years a nightmare, years of gaining and not losing, then yo yo dieting. Tried WW over and over again, Medifast twice (nightmare), at 45 post divorce I got on the scale and just cried. I had not weighed in years. Tipped the scales at 399. A friend turned me on to Beach Body 21 Day Fix. I lost 90 lbs in a year, hit a plateau. Then my youngest daughter graduated high school, I was an empty nester, It killed me, I have always loved being a mom. Moving twice since divorce, then 4 months ago I had to put my precious dog to sleep, it sent me into a tail spin. I gained 40 back from losing the 90, I'm at 350. Cruising up the scales again. I got up one day about 2 weeks ago and decided on surgery. It will be self pay for me, it is an exclusion with my dang insurance. I look at it like this, it is either investing in me, or becoming a burden to my 2 daughters and dying an early death. I'm worth it. I want a life. I want a good quality of life. I know you guys have repeated your stories over and over, but if any of you have any words of encouragement, I would greatly appreciate it.
So glad I found this group.
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