shannonsnewme

Hi. I'm 15 years re-married, 2 grown daughters, and a young teenage daughter. I turned 40 2.5 years ago and something seemed to change. Besides watching my body start to fall apart with aches and pains that were the result of my weight, 4 days after my 40th b-day, I was told that I was pre-diabetic. I had watched my mother and father struggle their entire lives and eventually fail the 'weight game'. I had been brought up around good food, reward food, and just because food. My father died in 2012, an amputee and a shut-in because of his unhealthy habits. My mother had to have both hips replaced in 2012 because she couldn't hardly move anymore, let alone walk. I hated leaving the house because of my own weight issues, the hassles that getting out bought, and the embarrassment I know I placed on my children because of t. But with my 40th, something seemed to change with me. I was tired of my excuses, not for just my weight issues but for a lot of things in my life. So I made changes. I started the road down WLS road and I quit smoking. I worked with spine doctors for an entire year to help treat what should have been just a bulge in my neck but ended up being a ruptured disk. In November 2013, I had surgery for corpal tunnel. Jan 2, 2014, I had lasik. Jan 24, 2014 I had a discectomy and fusion done on my neck, and while recovering for that surgery, I had my sleeve performed on Feb 28, 2014. I had never topped the scales at anything past 280 until I stopped smoking, where I easily gained 20 lbs... but it has been the BEST gift I've ever given myself! The Sleeve being a close second. I'm 6 weeks past my surgery, having lost 50 lbs (20 of which I put on after I quit smoking). I'm feeling better, and I hold out hope that my lower back will feel the relief from my weight loss and not require further attention from my spine doctor. The past 2 weeks have been difficult, 1 plateau after another, upset stomach.. but I know that I'm still healing and I'm still learning. I've enjoyed the journey, and I'm really looking forward to the new me I see everyday.

Hi. I'm 15 years re-married, 2 grown daughters, and a young teenage daughter. I turned 40 2.5 years ago and something seemed to change. Besides watching my body start to fall apart with aches and pains that were the result of my weight, 4 days after my 40th b-day, I was told that I was pre-diabetic. I had watched my mother and father struggle their entire lives and eventually fail the 'weight game'. I had been brought up around good food, reward food, and just because food. My father died in 2012, an amputee and a shut-in because of his unhealthy habits. My mother had to have both hips replaced in 2012 because she couldn't hardly move anymore, let alone walk. I hated leaving the house because of my own weight issues, the hassles that getting out bought, and the embarrassment I know I placed on my children because of t. But with my 40th, something seemed to change with me. I was tired of my excuses, not for just my weight issues but for a lot of things in my life. So I made changes. I started the road down WLS road and I quit smoking. I worked with spine doctors for an entire year to help treat what should have been just a bulge in my neck but ended up being a ruptured disk. In November 2013, I had surgery for corpal tunnel. Jan 2, 2014, I had lasik. Jan 24, 2014 I had a discectomy and fusion done on my neck, and while recovering for that surgery, I had my sleeve performed on Feb 28, 2014. I had never topped the scales at anything past 280 until I stopped smoking, where I easily gained 20 lbs... but it has been the BEST gift I've ever given myself! The Sleeve being a close second. I'm 6 weeks past my surgery, having lost 50 lbs (20 of which I put on after I quit smoking). I'm feeling better, and I hold out hope that my lower back will feel the relief from my weight loss and not require further attention from my spine doctor. The past 2 weeks have been difficult, 1 plateau after another, upset stomach.. but I know that I'm still healing and I'm still learning. I've enjoyed the journey, and I'm really looking forward to the new me I see everyday.