August 26, 2009 - The Day My Life Changed

My surgery was at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake, New York, USA. I was 63 years old, had just had a hysterectomy in March, had attended classes at AMC for 22 months with my daughter and had been overweight my whole adult life. When I was a child, my brothers called me fat, and of all the names they chose for me, that one stuck with me and I always thought I was - even when I got married at 123 lbs., I thought of myself as fat. After 3 children, I got bigger and bigger and when I quit smoking I gained 90 lbs. I tried every imaginable diet, and would lose and regain weight. Daughter had surgery June 11 and was horribly ill for the next two months. She was released from hospital 2 days before my surgery. She had had a feeding tube inserted to compensate for her inability to keep anything, even water, down. Constant nausea for two months, but I didn't let it deter me and I had my surgery and I've done extremely well ever since. I began the journey at 280 lbs and I'm now down to 226. In 2 months I lost 50 lbs. And now, I'm down even more. It's a new way of life - and I've gotten rid of all my 3X clothes as I'm now in 2X and headed for 1X. What a wonderful life. I'm really enjoying shopping in the 'regular' sizes and not the plus size. My husband of 41 years has been by my side for the whole journey and will be here even longer now that I will live to enjoy his company. I'm off all insulin and blood pressure meds !!!!!