ladymacwhiz

Hello.  I am a wife and mother who had never lost the weight of my pregnancy.  After a long 10 years enduring my husband having 2 heart attacks, cancer and 2 motorcycle accidents, then my daughter also having cancer, I felt it was finally time to take care of myself.  Now that my husband is in good health and my daughter has turned 21 and moved to Florida, I felt that after all the attempts at Weight Watchers, fad diets and exercising on and off failed to help me lose weight, it was time to take the next step.

I looked into gastric bypass surgery and decided on the vertical sleeve procedure.  Although it's not the most performed and data rich procedure, it was the best option for me.  My procedure was on August 3, 2011 when I weighed in at 202.5 lbs and a BMI of 43.  As of today, November 13, 2011, I am almost at the 50 lb mark weighing in today at 154.  My goal is to lose 80 lbs and everyone, especially my surgeon, believes I will make that goal easily.