vanillayo

[size=4][color=rgb(64,64,64)][font='Open Sans'][font=inherit]Hi, I started my journey about 3 weeks ago and I'm scared but also excited. I’d been struggling with this decision for a while but when I had my health scare with a pulmonary embolism I decided that I would check into bariatric surgery. My life and health isn’t something that I want to play around with and if it takes surgery to get it back then I’m going to do it. [/font][/font][/color][/size][color=rgb(64,64,64)][font=inherit]I know I can lose 50 lbs because I did it before but obviously I can’t keep it off.[/font][/color]

[size=4][color=rgb(64,64,64)][font='Open Sans'][font=inherit]I never struggled with weight until I got diagnosed with bipolar. I weighed 145 when I got married and got diagnosed a year after that. The first medicine I was on was lithium and with it I gained 70 lbs. Lithium makes you extremely thirsty and because I was having mental issues I wasn’t paying attention to what I was drinking. My husband was still drinking full sugar sodas and because I wasn’t able to do even the grocery shopping I was also drinking them. I was also drinking juices and whole milk. Such bad choices right? I wish my mother had been around during that time because I know she would have helped me with that but we lived a state apart. With each addition or medicine change I would gain about 10-20 lbs. [/font][/font][/color][/size]

[size=4][color=rgb(64,64,64)][font='Open Sans'][font=inherit]Each medicine that I’m on has weight gain as a side effect but I think that as I kept gaining weight I gave up on ever being the weight that I was before I got diagnosed. I got to where I really didn’t care what I was eating because what’s the use, right? Obviously I care some because I’ve dieted but seem to lose weight and then regain it over and over again.[/font][/font][/color][/size]
[size=4][color=rgb(64,64,64)][font='Open Sans'][font=inherit]I decided that I would go to the seminar that is required to get the ball rolling. I figured I would be able to make a decision either way after going there. After talking with a surgeon and nurse I knew it was something that I wanted to do. [/font][/font][/color][/size]
[size=4][color=rgb(64,64,64)][font='Open Sans'][font=inherit]I've started going to groups and have gotten one of the five that is required. I have to go to two a month and get weighed every month. If all goes well I'm looking at surgery in March or April.[/font][/font][/color][/size]