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Obesity & Me

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

I don’t even know where to start, I don’t even remember my life without the weight issue coming up in my everyday life. As a teenager, I was one of those that looked developed then others and always the one that men will smile and looking at my curves at the age of 12. I could see fear in my mother’s eyes but could express her fear to me. So she keep me close to her and punishing me on what I was doing wrong with the hope that I would to change. I never like rules in my life, my way was to let me do the wrong by myself and learn from it then you telling me what to do. I’m weak emotionally; always cry when I’m happy and sad. I think my enemy is myself I have a such expectation on myself and I’m my worst critic . At 31 years old married and no child, and still struggling with the same demon of me cooking food and eating them without measuring them. I always joke with my sister that we could had put the money we spend on pills ,diet program that we could had been a millionaire by know! Lol. On my 31st birthday we got a call from Ontario biatric program on Humber River advising us that I and my sister were to attend a biatric meeting on Humber River. As the procedure were painful for me given that I didn’t like some of the people that I had to see. So finally I had started my pre-op shake on the 12th of June and it is the hardest part to see everybody eat around me. This preparation had made me think inside of me a lot and Help me to determine that it’s indeed a journey that I had dream off and can’t wait.

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

1. sick all the time 2. pains in legs and joints 3. so manny med

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

looking good feeling good hopeful determine healthy happy walk working out dancing

How did you first find out about bariatric surgery and what were your initial impressions of it?

i was ref by my family Dr. my expression was that the proccedure was too long for obese person that need a asap help!

What was your first visit with your surgeon like? How can people get the most out of this meeting?

i was happy !

What made you finally decide to have the surgery?

how life was beautiful and that i shouldn't leave in pain for the rest of my life

How did you decide which proceedure to have?

the surg decided what was the best !

What fears did you have about having complications or even dying from from the surgery, and what would you tell other people having the same fears now?

i think the worst fear was to die young !

How did your family and friends react to your decision? Would you have communicated anything differently if you could now? How supportive were they after your surgery?

supportive!!!

How did your employer/supervisor react to your decision? What did you tell him/her? How long were you out of work?

supported me !

What was it like attending your first information seminar on weight loss surgery? Were you glad you attended? if so, why?

room full of us with a hopeful faces:)
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