brianchambers687

Hello! My name is Brian and I am located in Upstate New York, originally from Nashville, TN. I had the Gastric Bypass surgery in 2018. My highest weight was 510lbs when I began the 6 month program. Pre-op I made it down to 420 lbs. After surgery, I had no complications. My hardest part was mentally, because I am a food addict and it was my hobby/comfort. But, I made it down to 261lbs in late 2019. Then my life crisis hit, I am an epileptic warrior. I was off of my meds for several months, due to no insurance and being disabled from work. I ended up having my first grand mal seizure in April of 2020 and everything went down hill. I was finally put on state insurance and filed for disability. My depression and self esteem went low, I turned back to food and then newly alcohol for comfort. I did put back on over 200lbs. So this year (2024) hits and I decided that I was tired of life and health, so I made the change starting in Feb. I started at 485Lbs and since then, I am down to 345lbs. I am 6 years post op and lucky that my pouch still works. I had my surgery done at Vanderbilt in Nashville. They did a wonderful job, especially with my pouch still working it and me abusing it. Now I've always had a low self esteem and still suffer from it. But, with this journey this year, I can say I love myself and have a higher self esteem. When I got the surgery, I just did it to feel loved by family and it didnt work. they support me better now, knowing that I'm disabled and have a few problems. It took me from moving across country to grow and bond with them better. I am in counseling and psychiatric help every week and month. I feel i know more, than I did before and am succeeding. The scale has been on a freeze for a few weeks. So, I went to see my primary care provider on the 13th of Dec and he did get me started on a GLP-1 and we will see how that goes. My issue is head hunger, because it was always used for comfort, So I am in the works to controlling that. I have a lot of friendship and love to share. I am wanting a support buddy, as to where we can talk very often and help keep each other  in place or have advice, not only for WL, but for anything else. So, if anyone is interested, let me know please!