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[kjones62 0]

My name is Kevin and I am a 48 y/o male living in Las Vegas and my Lap Band surgery is scheduled for 4 Feb 2011. I weigh around 325 lbs now, Type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, and assoc other co-morbidities. I am retired military and have never been a "fat" guy until almost 5years ago. I am now very appreciative of what obese people have to put up with. Because of my diabetes I also got a very un-healthy dose of very painful nueropathy in both feet and ankles. Hurt like hell, the Lyrica I was put on helps a bit, but by no means does it take away all of the pain. Excercise has been limited, ok, some due to the pain, but most due to my own funk and depression with losing job during recession and all that entailed...horrible.

I now am looking forward to changing this part of my life and hopefully lose some of the "fat guy" stigma when I return to serious job hunting when I complete my schooling at the College of Southern Nevada. I hope to get to know some of you, and hopefully we can "share" our journey. By the way, I am a self confessed foodaholic! Love to cook and LOVE to eat...yes, not a great combo...

[peacequeen 434]

Hi Kevin! I'm pretty new around here too. I'm sorry to hear of your troubles and prayers are lifted for you in hopes that the year will only get better. It sounds like you are on the right track. Keep us posted and good luck!

[deby4fsu 0]

Hi Kevin,

My name is Deby and I just joined yesterday. I joined because I'm exploring Lap Band surgery. I have an initial consult with a doctor Jan 28th. I too am retired military. I retired in 1994 and steadily gained weight every year since then. I too love to cook and eat but this year is the year of change. I hope your surgery goes well. I'm looking forward to hearing how you do.

Deby

My name is Kevin and I am a 48 y/o male living in Las Vegas and my Lap Band surgery is scheduled for 4 Feb 2011. I weigh around 325 lbs now, Type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, and assoc other co-morbidities. I am retired military and have never been a "fat" guy until almost 5years ago. I am now very appreciative of what obese people have to put up with. Because of my diabetes I also got a very un-healthy dose of very painful nueropathy in both feet and ankles. Hurt like hell, the Lyrica I was put on helps a bit, but by no means does it take away all of the pain. Excercise has been limited, ok, some due to the pain, but most due to my own funk and depression with losing job during recession and all that entailed...horrible.

I now am looking forward to changing this part of my life and hopefully lose some of the "fat guy" stigma when I return to serious job hunting when I complete my schooling at the College of Southern Nevada. I hope to get to know some of you, and hopefully we can "share" our journey. By the way, I am a self confessed foodaholic! Love to cook and LOVE to eat...yes, not a great combo...