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sandi · 07-16-2006, 09:48 AM

I was 56 when I had my surgery, 2 years ago, last week!

I weighed 422 pounds and had MULTIPLE co-morbidities....
Dr. Callery's words to me, 2 weeks before surgery were, "Sandi, I don't know if you'll make it off the table....." my words to him were, "Dr. Callery, I don't know if I'll live through tomorrow....."
My words to my husband and my mother as they rolled me down the hall toward the OR that morning were... "....Let's Roll...."

I knew going in that it was either DO or DIE.... but, what kind of life was I experiencing at 422 pounds? I couldn't walk 10 feet without being out of breath, my body hurt so badly that I was in constant pain, I was on humongous amounts of meds including insulin 3 times a day, I was on 88 units of one of those, a heart condition, and a blood disorder that was discovered only 1 month prior to my surgery that caused me to be more suceptible to DVT..... amongst many others..

"Sandi, I don't know if you'll make it off the table..." the words still ring in my ears and they still bring tears to my eyes to this day... but, I'll never look back at those days again... I've lost 213 pounds, more than what I weigh and I can happily say that I no longer take ANY insulin, my heart condition is GONE, I still have the blood disorder, but, I was born with that, so were my sister and one brother who died of it a year before my surgery... we just didn't know we had it... until he passed away.... I've gone back to work after not being able to for over 5 years, I can move like I used to and I don't feel or look my 58 years, so I'm told! LOL
I'd do it all again in one single heartbeat.....
Yes, I have LOTS of skin remaining behind (literally) to remind me from whence I came, and I know that I have surgery yet ahead of me to remove at least some of it, I'm not worried about all of it, but, I'll go one step at a time when that time comes.......my 40 longs just gotta go!!