dwatson

I HAD A LAP BAND PUT IN 2009.  I KEPT IT UNTIL 2013.  I HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH IT AND MY SURGEON TOLD ME THAT IT NEEDED TO COME OUT.  IN JULY OF 2013, I HAD IT REMOVED AND HAD THE STEEVE OPERATION.  I WEIGHTED 223 WHEN I HAD THE SLEEVE AN NOW WEIGH 178.  I GAINED FROM 174 TO 224 THE DAY I HAD THE SLEEVE.  MY GOAL IS 145-150.  I FEEL LIKE THIS SURGERY HAS BEEN MY BEST FRIEND.  WHERE FOOD USED TO BEONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS THIS SURGERY HAS BECOME THAT.  ALTHOUGH I HATE TO SAY IT, IF I HAD NOT HAD THIS DONE, I PROBABLY WOULD BE WEIGHING OVER 300.  MY HIGHEST WEIGHT WAS 264 IN 2006.   IT HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY JOURNEY ALL THE TIME BUT I WOULD HAVE IT AGAIN.  I MOVE BETTER, MY INDURANCE IS SO MUCH BETTER, AND MY HEALTH IS GREAT.  I EVEN HAD DIABETES BUT NOT NOW (PRAISE GOD, YES I SAID PRAISE GOD).  I AM PROUD FOR YOUR SIGHT AND WANT TO STAY A REGULAR SUPPORTER OF IT.