If you allow me.....................
on 4/5/11 4:04 am, edited 4/5/11 4:05 am - Greenbelt, MD
I am going to share my story in this post. My profile is locked down not out of secrecy but because after being away for a year, the information is so incomplete that I locked it down to hopefully get it updated, but then I just don’t find the time to do it and there are quite a bit of folks *****ally dont know me through my story. So this is my story in a nutshell.
I was living my life happily because my weight was not stopping me from doing anything (this is what I told myself and believed it, until after I lost the weight and have so much more energy) In Dec 2003, I was diagnosed as a diabetic, due to not being able to take oral meds, I was forced to go on insulin right away, yet I kept having sugar drop. My doctor told me that I did not need to be on insulin, I need to lose weight. I was offended. DID HE JUST CALL ME FAT?? I went on a serious STRICT diet and lost 50 pounds and got off insulsin in Jun 2004, my doctor was very happy, I was just hungry and tired of not eating, so I started to eat and as soon as the diet "got not so" serious, I found the weight coming back faster than it left, I gained 30 of those 50 pounds , I said enough is enough and lucky for me, I read about the lap band, it took me a year to have it done because I wanted to make sure that I knew everything that I could know about it and the insurance that I had at the time was happy to pay for the gastric bypass but not the band.
I was banded Feb 06 and the lapband has been exactly what I expected it to be…a maintenance tool. Why a maintenance tool, I am sure you are asking. I could lose the weigh. I could exercise, other the short bout of diabetic, I was not on any meds, so basic I was a healthy fat person if there is such thing. Prior to banding, I had to be on a serious strict diet, if I swerve either left or right. I was off and the pounds and their friends.0 came and to be honest, I just could not live like that for a very long time. I was tired of being hungry.
Fast forward..I got banded lost almost all my weight, I had like 8-10 pounds that needed to come off, basic eat what I want just less of it. But what really made me know that the band is the right one for me. Feb 08, I had half of my saline taken out because I was having a full hysterectomy and was afraid I would wake up choking, then I was feeling blah after my surgery so I did not go back for fills, just wasn’t feeling life, felt better but a golden opportunity came up to deploy to Iraq…was over there for 11 month where food was plentiful and I ate like others ate, had dessert when I wanted it. I came back to the states with a gain of 10 pounds, my doctor was tickled pink and I have been able to get rid of those pounds without too much of an effort. I can tell you without a doubt there have never been a time that I would have been able to achieve this. Only gaining 10 pounds in over 1 year and half (from my surgery to Nov 10), with the little saline that I had and Zumba?
I am sharing this to say that each individual has to decide what is best for them. It is good to hear other folks experience because most of the time when a person is ready to do this, they have read so many studies and stats, that it all is just a blur of information to them yet they want/need to connect to someone who have gone through what they are getting ready to face. So I decided to not lurk, but to help someone by telling my story. The good of the “good, bad and ugly". I can only tell the good because I have been blessed, I have not had one instance of complication other than the fact even losing weight, my behind is still the biggest thing on me.
I know for some it not all peachy and cream but for me, it has been peachy and cream with splenda sprinkled on top of it.
I will stay around to offer the support that I received. I am never too proud to apology if ever I unintentional say something to hurt a person.
but my profile is blue 
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