Mama0Gorda

After being overweight for most of my life, and trying every diet on the planet, I was fortunate to find a primary care physician who supported me in my desire to seek medical intervention.  I was diabetic and scared to death of eventually having to undergo dialysis as a result of the diabetes.  It was painful to walk for any distance because of the weight placing stress on my knees and ankles.  Enough was enough!  I was so happy to get the surgery and despite the disappointly slow weight loss thus far, I would do it all over again.  Although it has been 11 months since my surgery and I have only lost 27 lbs. I have to say that I have had success in that I am completely off all my medications (diabetes, blood pressure, gastric reflux, cholesterol) and I have gone from a size 20W to a size 14W.  I would love to see the weight come off faster than it has been, but I'll take what I can get!  Hopefully soon we will find my "sweet spot" and the weight will start to fly off!