HELLO

I'm Nancy, new to OH and awaiting Insurance clearence and a Surgery date for March hopefully at Mather Hospital in Port Jefferson, NY. Need all the support I can find. So if anyone wants to say hello, here I am. My best wishes to all!

Hi & Welcome Nancy! Good luck on your journey. Tell us a little bit about yourself. Ed

THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPLY ED! WELL I'M A 300 POUNDER AND HAVE BEEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HAS TAKEN ITS TOLL ON MY JOINTS MOSTLY. SO LIKE ALL OF US, I DECIDED TO BE DICISIVE AND "GO FOR THE BIG ONE" SO TO SPEAK. I DONT HAVE A DATE BUT INSURANCE IS IN PROCESS AND MY SURGEON SAYS FIRST WEEK IN MARCH LOOKS GOOD. SOOOOO...IN ALL HONESTY I HAVE BEEN AMAZINGLY ACTIVE ALL MY LIFE. I HOVERED BETWEEN 180 AND 220 AND DIPPED AS LOW AS 140 ON DIET PILLS IN THE 80'S. BUT WE KNOW WHAT A FALSE "CURE" THAT IS!! AND WHEN EMOTIONAL STRESS SET IN AND MENAPAUSE IN MY 50'S (WHERE I AM NOW) POW! STRESS LED TO MY UNACKNOWLEDGED AND THEREFORE UNTREATED DEPRESSION WHICH LED TO LETHARGY, WHICH LED TO MORE CARBO COMFORT FOOD WHICH LED TO A ONE HUNDRED LB WT GAIN. FELT LIKE I'D BEEN HIT BY AN AVALANCH THAT MADE "SHOVELING" A JOKE. i ENCREASED EXERCISE. THAT WRECKED MY KNEES EVEN MORE AND THAT MADE MOVEMENT A PAINFUL SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM THAT FOR A LONG TIME I DENIED. I'D ALWAYS BEEN NOTHING IF NOT RESILIENT. SO I JUST ASSUMED SOMEHOW I'D RISE FROM THIS TOO. WELL, I FINALLY REALIZED NOT WITHOUT HELP I WOULDN'T. AND W****CHERS, LA WT LOSS DID NOT WORK LONG TERM..20-40LBS OFF THEN PLATEAU THEN THE CYCLE STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN AND I FELT A FAILURE OVER AND OVER. IT HAS BEEN PAINFUL AND REVEALING TO COME OUT OF DENIAL. IN ALL HONESTY, I DONT KNOW HOW I "PULLED IT OFF" THIS LONG. THE ANGELS HAVE OBVIOUSLY CARRIED ME FAR BEYOND THE NORM AND FINALLY LED ME TO A SOLUTION. A TOOL. "A LEG UP" AS WE USED TO SAY IN MY HORSEBACK RIDING DAYS(OH YES...YOU BET I LEARNED TO RIDE AT 40 AND WAS, DESPITE MY WT A FINE RIDER)GEE...I'VE GONE ON AT A GREAT RATE. HOPE I DIDNT PUT YOU TO SLEEP.

Hello Nancy I wish you the best of luck on your journey....know that it is all worth the amount of work that you have to put into it. I am sending you strength and love from New Orleans-----Kiersten

kIERSTEN THANK YOU FOR YOUR EMAIL. WE HAVE A LOT THE SAME INTERESTS ESPECIALLY PETS AND ARTS. WELL, I AM ALMOST A MONTH POST OP AND ALL'S GOING WELL EXCEPT I FEEL A BIT UNMOTIVATED IN MY SOCIAL LIFE. MAINTAINING MY CONCENTRATION ON MY DIET NEEDS DOMINATES MY DAYS. AND A BIT OF FATIGUE AS WELL. DID YOU EXPERIENCE ANY OF THIS?