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Pre op, dietician, and met the dr...oh my!

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laura71

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I'm Laura, a low bmi self pay who's decided to give myself a tool in my arsenal in my lifelong battle against obesity. I'm just tired of fignting so dang hard and never feeling satisfied no matter how much I eat. All of my siblings are at least 100 lbs overweight, and I'm close to being there myself. I know I could wait a few years, gain 25 lbs, and get my insurance to pay for everything...BUT...this is not how I want to live my "one wild and precious life" I'm turning forty in a few months, and feel 40 years of scratching and clawing in a constantly losing battle of weight loss and weight gain is just about enough. My surgery is the day before Thanksgiving, and I'm nervous and excited. Mostly nervous because I'm afraid that once again, I'll blow it. I know the band is not a handful of magic beans, that it is a weight loss aid, and I still have to eat right and exercise. That said, I'm so comitted to doing my part. New lease on life. New stomach, new me. hee hee.

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I was at a bmi of 38%, 247.8 lbs, but with congestive heart failure and early onset of Type II diabestes and only 46 yo. I had someone tell me I wasn't 'fat' enough to get lap-banded (she had been more than a 150 lbs overweight when she had it done), but I said that my health was deteriorating and my weight steadily going up...I didn't want to wait until my risk for dying during the operation increase significantly...I saw where I was going and I decided to stop the trend. Lap-banding is a tool, it helps you control some actions, but it isn't going to stop you from eating the bad stuff like ice cream or mashed potatos and gravey. As long as you looking forward with the right frame of mind, I saw go for it!

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