Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.

I was stuck.....I mean it after so many diets and faild excersice and diet pills and anything i could think of to try i would do. not fitting on rides the looks from other people and it just kept going on...

What was (is) the worst thing about being overweight?

I think the worst thing about being over weight is you look at your self and its like looking at how large you are and it just keeps going and going.

If you have had weight loss surgery already, what things do you most enjoy doing now that you weren't able to do before?

Since March of 2011 I started my journy... I was 296lbs and as right now im at 183 still working on lossing. I can go on any ride i want and not have to worry if im gonna fit. Eatting has become more enjoyable... I move alot more then I ever did. Please don't let this panic you but it can happen in April I was rushed to hosptial due to bleeding ulcer and no i do not smooke or take advil and my liver and intestine had formed there own scar tissue that had to be corected that was a nightmare spent 3 weeks in hospital for that got sent home on feeding tubes with a nurse. Feeding tube fell out back to hospital they told me nothing was wrong with me and that i needed to leave that hospital(Toronot East Genera)l. But I said there was and ended up going to St.Mikes in Toronto I had to go threw there emergancy it was found that i had a UTI that hit my liver and kidneys it took a week of iv meds to clear it. That was fine i was told anymore problems just come back. So in August i got like this really heavy heart burn feeling and new something was wrong with in a day of going into st mikes it was found that I had another ulcer this time it was bad it was over top of my stitches so at first the went in and burnt and thought they got it but it did not work and I had to have 4 blood transfussions. Aug 15 2011 i went in for my 3rd surgery well in there they ended up having to take out 85% of my stomach. In november i came in with more pain bit they have now put it down to being my gall blatter so that is what is next for me I find out on the 25th on January when I will get that out. People still ask me given what you have been threw would you do it again. My answer yes.... In th long run I will be a healther and better me.