Weight loss surgery
Mar. 31st, 2004 03:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
capnzebbieI'm scheduled for a gastric bypass on April 26th. I'm pretty freaked out about it. I'm going in for the seminar at the doctor's office on April 15th, and that's when I'll make my final decision, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to do it.
It's been a hard decision. This is something that never would have occurred to me before last October, when my supervisor at work had it done. In fact, when she first told me that she was considering it I said she ought to think long and hard about it, because it's major surgery. I was very concerned about her, but she's done really well with it. Since then, two other co-workers have had the procedure. My supervisor is now six months post-op, one co-worker is five weeks post-op, and the other is one-week post-op. And now, it's almost my turn.
Some of the people to whom I've mentioned it have wondered why I want to have it done. I don't know what they see when they look at me, but when I look in the mirror I see a hugely fat person. Maybe they wonder because I don't weigh as much as the other three people did before their surgery. I actually weigh about the same as my supervisor did, I think, but I'm about 5 inches taller than she is. I weigh about a hundred pounds less than the other two.
But I guess I have a bad genetic heritage or something, one that doesn't tolerate obesity well, because I've got some health problems going on that are going to kill me if I don't do something pretty quickly.
I've read some of the entries on the weight loss surgery journal by people who are trying to get approved, and some of them wish they were one of those people who get approved right away instead of having to jump through hoops and wait for months. Of course, if you're one of those people who get approved right away it usually means that you need to get it done right away because of health problems. I was approved in three days. That's pretty scary. It took a while for it to sink in just how scary that is. So, surgery April 26th.
It's been a hard decision. This is something that never would have occurred to me before last October, when my supervisor at work had it done. In fact, when she first told me that she was considering it I said she ought to think long and hard about it, because it's major surgery. I was very concerned about her, but she's done really well with it. Since then, two other co-workers have had the procedure. My supervisor is now six months post-op, one co-worker is five weeks post-op, and the other is one-week post-op. And now, it's almost my turn.
Some of the people to whom I've mentioned it have wondered why I want to have it done. I don't know what they see when they look at me, but when I look in the mirror I see a hugely fat person. Maybe they wonder because I don't weigh as much as the other three people did before their surgery. I actually weigh about the same as my supervisor did, I think, but I'm about 5 inches taller than she is. I weigh about a hundred pounds less than the other two.
But I guess I have a bad genetic heritage or something, one that doesn't tolerate obesity well, because I've got some health problems going on that are going to kill me if I don't do something pretty quickly.
I've read some of the entries on the weight loss surgery journal by people who are trying to get approved, and some of them wish they were one of those people who get approved right away instead of having to jump through hoops and wait for months. Of course, if you're one of those people who get approved right away it usually means that you need to get it done right away because of health problems. I was approved in three days. That's pretty scary. It took a while for it to sink in just how scary that is. So, surgery April 26th.
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Date: 2004-03-31 07:09 pm (UTC)Where are you getting this done?
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Date: 2004-03-31 07:22 pm (UTC)