shellyh

I'm 44 years old married 21 years and a mother of two.  My daughter is 20 and my son 14 .  My daughter is about to have our first grandbaby.  I had a hysterectomy at age 30 years and as a combination of that ,smoking and steroid creams for psoriasis, I now have osteoporosis.  I have been overweight my entire life .  I could manage my weight to the point I still felt good and looked good .  But the past couple of years i've lost control of everything.  For some reason without changing eating habits, i've gained about 60lbs and i can feel the huge difference.  So many of my friends are having gastric bypasses, but also so many are and have had complications.  My husband and I decided after I came home with the information from my first info meeting , that it was best for me to stay with lapband.  1) it's reversable, if need be due to emergencies. 2) substantially less complications and risk. and 3) i will at least get some absorbtion with food unlike the bypass, and with my Osteoporosis that is huge.   My doctors would i'm sure rather i have the bypass due to my size, but i'm not in this to get supoer skinner in 6mo.  I'm in this to feel better.  I don't have to be skinny, i've been heavy my whole life.  I just need to find me again.