xianlenore

The cliché goes: after a roller coaster ride of weight from the end of highschool to post baby weight, I was at my wits end. After ten years with my wonderful partner and my daughter now turning 4, I began to feel a little self conscious about my weight. I reached my highest weight at 261 and my anxiety skyrocketed. I could no longer fit into the desks the university provided and I realized something needed to change. By chance I googled "lapband" and "UCSD" together and to my surprise and realization, this procedure was no longer unattainable, it was actually at arms length. After 10 months of challenges provided by my insurance and boughts of disappointment of the possibility of not getting the procedure, I was informed 3 days before my birthday that I was approved. Being the second day of my liquid diet, I decided to immerse myself into the culture of gastric banding and begin my new life with reaching out to others who will (or have) be going through a life altering surgery that will give me an opportunity to a second life.