rangehdelese@aol.com

Ok here’s my story….I never thought about what my story was/is.Well in 2001 I was told I had 6mos to a year to be on this earth. Yep, the word I’ve grown to hate, “Breast Cancer”. Long story short, chemo, radiation and a butt load of steroids for over 2yrs, I found myself at my heaviest weight. At that time weight was my last thought, I didn’t realize how much weight I had gained due to mostly steroids until years after being told I was in remission (2005). I tried every diet pill, every diet program, but nothing worked, so out of frustration I decided if I’m gonna be big I’m gonna do it big. YEP, VERY much stinking thinking. So late 2005 early 2006 I started my search to find out everything I could about this lapband thing. In 2007 I said forget it I can’t go through that and I stopped looking into it. Then from all the chemo and radiation treatments caused both knees to break down bone fragments with each step I made. My knee doctor told me at age 37 yrs old I needed to have bi-lateral total knee replacement ASAP. So I begged to let me try one more thing to get some weight off my knees. My doctor agreed, so this time I went full steam ahead to get the lapband.I had the band Jan. 2008, this has been the best thing I’ve given myself. I was at a size 22 and sum 23’s in Jan., now I’m happy to say I’m in a size 8, and no sign of Cancer also I’m able to put my knee surget back a few yrs!