alese-inFL

PLEASE DON'T TAKE YOUR ORGANS TO HEAVEN....HEAVEN KNOWS WE NEED THEM HERE!!

Where to begin?  Actually my story is similar to everyone here with diets and the Pain of weight loss and gains...

I am female, 70 yo, married 44 yrs, two sons, one married and now a most handsome first grandson born 2/15/12...and I am FAT!! 

I was approved for surgery and scheduled VSG is set for July 30, 2013.  I am so ready and excited for the future.

I had diabetes for twenty years.  Type 1.5 meaning very little insulin produced....I took insulin via a pump.  My complications due to diabetes, which is a warning that diabetes is BAD...I am visually impaired so lost my career as a realtor....can't drive anymore!!  Lost my independence but have gotten used to it, sort of ...I had kidney failure and went on dialysis.  I was placed on the transplant list and waited 17 mos before I got the good news that I was to go down to UM/Jackson Hosp in Miami, FL for my Kidney and Pancreas transplant on 4/21/03...My donor was a 17 yo young lady who passed away but thank her parents for the GIFT OF LIFE to me and 5 others..... After the 14 hr. surgery I was off dialysis and no more insulin.  Not diabetic either....However, still suffer all the damage that diabetes caused.  Being overweight is NOT good for diabetics!!  So anyone who is diabetic, whether Type 1, 1.5 or 2, this damage and complications can still happen...

OK, the good news is that I am healthy and looking forward to having this VSG surgery.

Wt...(cough cough) 215 lbs, 5'4"...shrunk 3 in. and BMI 36.9. I lost 17 lbs and so far kept that off.

SO FAR SO GOOD!
Hugs, aleseinFL