RichardW

Good Luck!!

My name is Richard and I'm an addict, of food that is, lol. I am currently weighing in a at 598 pounds which is 71 pounds less than my highest known weight. I'm 33yo and I'm tired of this life I'm living. I have done all the diets you can think of, had some success, at my lowest I was 538 from diet. I was 2 weeks away from getting a bypass in January of 07, but because I went on disability my insurance changed, and they rushed me through the process. I wasn't very thrilled about them bypassing things that someone else would have to go through, just to get me in for surgery. SO I canceled the surgery.I went to see a surgeon Dr Greg Schroder, on 4/21/10 about getting a lap band. He told me he wouldn't even consider the bypass at my weight. I was kind of relieved to hear that because I didn't want to be talked into that surgery. He suggested I look into getting the sleeve. I was thrilled to hear about this procedure, it was everything I was looking for in a tool to help me lose this weight once and for all. He showed me that there was only a 5% difference in weigh loss in the first year compared to bypass. I was SOLD!! My insurance won't pay for the sleeve, but luck for me I have a friend that is willing to pay for it for me, through a foundation he has. So now I just need to lose 10% of my body weight and I can get the surgery, among other things that's required by the Dr. I plan on starting a diet tomorrow to drop this 60 pounds as fast a possible. Anyway I just wanted to say hello to all of you, and look forward to sharing my story on here. Reading all the post on here has really motivated even more to do this . . . . Thank you all!! :confused:

Thanks so much!! I'm real curious as well, lol I figure I will do a low carb, or carb cycling diet. Until the 2 week pre-op diet when I get close and schedule a date for surgery. I had good success with both, but not long term. I can do some exercise, obviously not a lot, but I am mobile. I have a membership to a gym that I've had for a year and haven't used at all, so I figure I might as well start using it now. I got a long road ahead of me, but I know I can do it.

Thanks Guys!! I will surely keep this updated.