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

HI MY NAME IS MARY. I'M 61 YRS OLD . I USED TO WEIGHT 180 LB BACK WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, BUT AFTER I HAD MY LAST CHILD I STARTED TO GAIN THE WEIGHT. I NOW WEIGHT 397 LBS. AND I HATE IT, I CANT DO ANY OF THE THING I LIKE TO DO ANY MORE. I CANT DANCE OR WALK THE BEACH,CAMPING,GARDENING,PLAY WITH MY GRANDCHILD. I GET TIRED EVERY EASY. MY BLOOD PRESSURE IS HIGH, MY RIGHT LEG IS BAD, SWOLLEN ALL THE TIME, DEPRESS, SIT SIT AT HOME DONT WANT TO GO OUT ANY MORE. WHEN WE GO OUT TO EAT I ASK FOR A TABLE. CANT GO TO MOIVES DONT FIT. HAVE TROUBLE GETTING IN AND OUT OF CAR. I HATE MY LIFE. MY DOC PUT IN A REQUEST FOR WEIGHT SURGERY AND WS TRUN DOWN. THAT I WAS NOT OVER WEIGHT. AND THAT HURT. GUESS THIS IS ALL. IM A VERY SAD PERSON WITH NO LIFE. I JUST WANT MY LIFE BACK

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

FREAK CUZ KIDS ALWAYS MAKE FUN OF ME. AND THE PARENTS ARE NO HELP.

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

BRING ABLE TO PLAY WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTER, AND BE ABLE TO TAKE HER TO PARK ANY WALK ALONG THE BEACH. GO DANCEING WITH MY HUSBAND. AND TRY TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE WERE I USED TO BE. SAD DEPRESS NOT LOVED, TO A HAPPY PERSON WITH A LIFE AND BE ABLE TO THE THINGS I LOVE BEST. WANT TO SHOW OTHER POEPLE THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE. AND IF THEY REALLY WANT THERE DOC OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP; BUT IT HAS TO BE THEM THAT READY FOR THAT BIG STEP. HOPE I CAN HELP.