906Mary

I have struggled with my weight all my life I have lost weight and regained more times than I can count. I've always stayed very physical so although I was over weight I have always been very healthy. A couple of years ago I started to really feel run down I was sleeping all the time and now matter how much I starved my self I could not loose weight I worked out every day, and I counted ever single calorie and every single carb nothing worked I just really became frustrated. I went to see my family Dr and found out that I had become a type 2 diabetic. Right away I started watching my diet even closer than before and although I did get my sugar down I still needed insulin and I just could not loose weight now matter how hard I tried I started to become depressed. I work in law enforcement and my self image and how others see me is very important to me its hard enough to be a female working in law enforcement and gain respect but add over weight and diabetic is just not safe I wouldn't want to be my own partner. So I began a strict diet and exercise program with my Dr and his nurse being a good friend of mine watching me struggle and seeing how devoted I was she sat me down one day and said maybe you should think about weight loss surgery. I was dead set against it for years thinking it was a lazy way to fix a problem I created, but after trying every diet known to man I finally came to realize I wasn't being lazy I was anything but that I was just taking the responsibility of my health to a new level. So because BMI was just under becoming qualified for this surgery and having my BC/BS pay for it was going to be a battle. It took from Dec 2012 till Sept 2013 to complete the process. I am a week post op today and I feel really good about my choice to have lap band surgery.