GOING FORWARD

May 19, 2009

  I'm so excited.  Tonight I am going to the Seminar at the hospital where my doctor and others talked about what they do for people like me.  I'm even more excited because my husband actually agreed to go with me!  My appointment is next week.

I saw this doctor about a year ago and was going to get a band at the time but I chickened out and wanted to try on my own to lose weight.  After 2 years of trying and counting calories and exercising, I finally came to the conclusion that this wasn't working!  So I am going back this time and going through with the plan. 

I really want a gastric sleeve instead of the band.  Mainly because my stomach over secretes acid, which makes me feel hungry all the time, which has contributed to my overeating.  I started taking Prilosec at my doctor's suggestion and it does help--whoopi--I lost 3 lbs.

I don't know if my insurance will cover this surgery, but I'll know soon enough.  From what I've read about the band it's not worth it.  I know someone who got one and she hasn't lost any weight.  And if she overeats, she pukes!  Because I have hypothyroidism, I'm hoping that will be enough to qualify.  I also have high blood pressure, sleep apnea and have arthritis which makes it very painful to exercise, although I do it, I can't do as much as before my lower back surgery in 2007.  That's what brought back the 30 lbs I had lost.

What a predicament!  It's totally frustrating to be fat and not be able to get rid of it!

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