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ckittrell

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    I just made the decision to have gastric sleeve surgery and have a seminar to attend in 2 weeks to kick off the process. This is the scariest thing I have ever done and keep trying to talk myself out of it. I am 50, have about 125-130 lbs to lose, and am in constant pain from being so big. I know I need to do this but how does everyone get past the fear of something going wrong? Thanks for any input/suggestions you have.

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    Hi Debbie,

    I'm also just starting out. Today

    Was my first visit with the surgeon.

    I prayed that everything would go

    Smoothly and it did. The said thing

    Is I allowed my weight to get so

    Out of control. I got on the scale

    To be weighed. Can not believe

    I weigh 365 pounds. And even

    More disturbing at 51 years old

    I can't' remember the last time.

    I weighed under 200 pounds.

    Nervous but ready to save my

    Life That's exactly what I plan

    To do .Take my life back .

    I wish the same for you.

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  11. Posted

    When I was preparing to have my sleeve surgery, I spent a lot of time on this forum. I found most of the people here to be very helpful. Even though there's every kind of personality here, we all have one thing in common: we wanted to lose weight and be healthier.

    Approaching any surgery is scary. There are real risks, and real rewards when all goes well.

    I have struggled with weight my whole life. Total sugar junkie. Used food to replace every unmet need I had, to repress every emotion for which I was unprepared to deal.

    I gained and lost hundreds of pounds over the course of my life. Hundreds.

    When my husband died eight years ago it broke me. I shattered, and it took me almost a decade to put myself back together. During that time, I lost everything: my beloved, my home, my income, even my sense of self. And I spent the next eight years eating to fill this giant empty void inside my being where someone who I thought of as the love of my life used to be.

    I ballooned up bigger than I had ever been, surpassing my previous high weight and moving into the 320s.

    I avoided social situations, and only left the house when necessary. I was afraid I would have to ask for a stronger chair when invited to sit down for dinner at somebody's home. I was afraid that I would need to sit down every 20 or 30 steps during a leisurely stroll through the mall with a friend. My body ached; sometimes the pain was so bad that I could scarcely move-even sitting still was painful.

    Life had become extremely small.

    Deciding to get the surgery was surprisingly easy, but getting through the approval process and going through with the surgery summoned up terror in me that had been there since my first surgery when I was three years old.

    I thought it would be a miracle if I were able to get the surgery, simply because my trauma was so severe for so many years that it seemed like an impossible feat to put myself in the hands of medical professionals, who I have never trusted all my life.

    With lots of support from my mother, my sister who had already had the surgery, and my therapist, I was able to get the sleeve.

    And it changed my life!

    I also decided that I was going to make up for lost time now that I was going to be able to physically get around again. I sold all my stuff, ditched my apartment, bought an RV and moved in! And it's wonderful! I could not have fit in here, nor could I do the things necessary when living in an RV, at my previous weight.

    This surgery has allowed me an opportunity for a whole new lease on life. I am officially one year postop, and I am down about 130 pounds, with another 30 to go. It's amazing the difference a single year can make!

    If you know that this is right for you, and the only thing giving you pause is fear that is not coming from your true intuition: there are many people on these forums who feel that this surgery has saved our lives.

    I am one of those people. Here is a before and present a photo of me, in a year, this could be you!attachicon.gif ImageUploadedByBariatricPal1480776848.497729.jpg

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    Thank you for sharing your Story.

    And offering words of encouragement.

    Like you I have been struggling

    with my weight all my life. I need help

    I've been going back and forth

    with the idea of having the sleeve.

    I think you help me make up my

    Mind.

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