Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead Movie

[gwunderle 25]

How many of you have seen this movie? A friend watched it and told me he thought of me when he saw it. It is a documentary style movie about a work-a-holic businessman who put so much into his career, he put nothing into taking care of himself. He went on a juice diet for couple of months and lost a lot of weight. Well, I tried that approach and lost very little. That was one year ago. Today, I am healthier than one year ago, every bit as big, and am scheduled for surgery Jan 6. I am ready to get healthy. No more brand new diets,no more diet pills, no more gimmicks like juicing. Time to really get this under control.

[Djmohr 6,965]

I have not seen the movie but am glad to hear that you have taken steps to get yourself healthy! Like you I was a workaholic who paid no attention to my own health. I traveled for work and went to fabulous restaurants which only made things worse for me. I tried every fad diet know and would drop 50 to 60 lbs only to put it all right back on and then some.

Last December I was diagnosed with stage 3 kidney disease which was the result of taking meds for Migraines and other auto immune illnesses. It was at this time that my new kidney doctor asked if I had ever thought about WLS. He helped me understand I could not continue to ignore my health or I would be looking at a transplant.

I am happy to say I moved forward and took control of my well being. I had my surgery in late September. I have dropped over 50lbs already. I am off almost all meds. My kidney function has greatly improved. My type 2 diabetes is in remission!

My Mother passed away at 66, I wanted to make sure that I did not do that to my children and Grandchildren. I was certainly well on my way.

It has been the best decision I ever made!

Good luck on your journey! I am sure you will not regret it.