My story.... - ThinnerTimes

bigguy_132 · 10-20-2007, 11:50 PM

Well, this is going to be a long post but I have decided it is time to share my story. First off I am 20 years old. I have been big all my life. When I was 2 years old I put on 70 lbs for some reason and the doctors could not figure out why. About four years ago I was diagnosed with type II diabetes and I was told that I could get rid of it maybe with weight loss. About three years ago my doctor suggested that I have some kind of surgery to lose weight. At the time I was young and dumb and I told my doctor that I could lose the weight on my own. My doctor although supportive of the decision suggested otherwise. This summer I decided that it was time to do something. I was tired of being big. I was tired of not being happy with myself. Sure I was a bubbly, fun, outgoing guy and always had a smile on my face. But truly I was not happy with myself. I talked to my mom about doing lap-band and getting it done. I was originally trying to have it done in Colorado but my parents decided that this was too far for me to go. So I started the long process of research. I was going to go to Fargo but they turned me down for the lap-band. And then I found Minneapolis. I gave them a call and they scheduled a consultation appointment and I was to attend a seminar. I went to the seminar and they talked about all the different surgeries. I was leaning more towards gastric bypass at this time since diabetics had better success rates then with lap-band. I met with my eventual surgeon and he was comfortable doing a lap-band on me so if I wanted to do one he would support it. I decided that I was going to for sure do gastric bypass. I started the road of getting all the paperwork and everything that I needed to do. I got my psych evaluation done, my dietary visits, and my insurance pre-approval. Surgery was scheduled for October 9, 2007. But my doctor was heading outta town the next week so I was re-scheduled for October 5, 2007. From the time I found Minneapolis it took one and a half months to get into surgery. Here I am today doing well and down 28 lbs. Thanks for reading my story.

OsoDelDesierto · 10-21-2007, 12:14 AM

Jeremy, thank you for posting your story so far. I'm sure that you will have a lot of great "WOW" moments as you continue your journey toward a healthy new life, and I look forward to hearing more of your story as it unfolds...