East Bay Bariatric Support Group
Weekly Question: What made you have Weight Loss Surgery?
Now before you post, really think about this. I am asking this question for a reason. We all were in some form of denial when we were fat. It took something for us to decide on this life changing surgery. What was it for you?
For me, it was waking everyday dreading being alive. I was stuck in a body that wasn't mine. Sure it 'belonged' to me, but it wasn't the body I had wanted to be mine. For about 3 years i had researched WLS, and never did anything about my habits to change, so I got fatter while at the same time looking into weight loss. I had to stop it somehow. So I did.
What was it for you?
For me, it was waking everyday dreading being alive. I was stuck in a body that wasn't mine. Sure it 'belonged' to me, but it wasn't the body I had wanted to be mine. For about 3 years i had researched WLS, and never did anything about my habits to change, so I got fatter while at the same time looking into weight loss. I had to stop it somehow. So I did.
What was it for you?
H: 6'2; HW: 440; WLS: 411; Dr. Goal: 220; LW: 206; CW: 283; RNY: 10/15/07; Panni: 6/12/09; Blind Loop: 8/19/19
Excellent question, thank you for asking us.
I'm starting to forget all the reasons since it was about 8 years ago that I was making the decision to have WLS and going through the process. Looking back, what I recall is that basically I was done having food control my life. It was how I planned my day, what I thought about most, etc., it was at the forefront of my mind more than I wanted it to be. I also was tired of the aches and pains, that shooting pain in my feet each morning when I would get out of bed; it felt as if my feet were screaming at me. At that time in my life, I was convinced that if I didn't do something immediate, I would be dead in two years because my body would give out. I was only 33 at the time and didn't believe I would see 35, amazing and sad.
I had been reading more and more about weight loss surgery and, of course, all the coverage Carnie Wilson received (her surgery was a year before mine and at the same hospital) made me have hope again, that surgery was a way for me to feel better, to live again and to have a real life again.
Kimberlee
I'm starting to forget all the reasons since it was about 8 years ago that I was making the decision to have WLS and going through the process. Looking back, what I recall is that basically I was done having food control my life. It was how I planned my day, what I thought about most, etc., it was at the forefront of my mind more than I wanted it to be. I also was tired of the aches and pains, that shooting pain in my feet each morning when I would get out of bed; it felt as if my feet were screaming at me. At that time in my life, I was convinced that if I didn't do something immediate, I would be dead in two years because my body would give out. I was only 33 at the time and didn't believe I would see 35, amazing and sad.
I had been reading more and more about weight loss surgery and, of course, all the coverage Carnie Wilson received (her surgery was a year before mine and at the same hospital) made me have hope again, that surgery was a way for me to feel better, to live again and to have a real life again.
Kimberlee
