ColoEmpress

What a fun thread! Always good to hear the "rest" of everyone's story. Many years ago I was the office manager for a group of automation engineers at a very large defense company. Their nickname for me was Empress of the Known Universe and Beyond (EKUB). Since then, I've defaulted to the Empress moniker whenever needing to set up a userid (other than my actual name) and since I live in Colorado, it made sense to add the Colo to the front. Blessings!

Hi ready2chg! I'm also scheduled for June 3 in Denver, but my surgery will be with Dr Chae. Good luck! See you on the flip side!

Hi fellow Colorado sleevers! I'm scheduled for VSG on June 3 with Dr Chae. I would also like to find a network of friends who understands the challenges of WLS. My Nut has a support group that meets at St Joes one evening a month but its quite a drive for me so online chats will have to do. Good luck to us all!

Greetings everyone! I love this idea since there is so much more to each of us than problems with our weight. My name is Leona and I am 44 years old, living on the outskirts of Denver. My husband and I have been married 26 years and have two boys, 21 and 15. We also have a collection of 4-legged critters including two German Shepherds, a terrier and a very large cat, plus a tank of tropical fish. In my work-a-day world I am a financial analyst for a hospital system headquartered in Denver. I have had weight problems since I reached puberty in 6th grade. Before that, my family always worried because they thought I was too small! Nonetheless, between 6th and 7th grade I suddenly "blossomed" . Throughout school I was overweight until I met hubby during my Junior year and fell in love. The weight dropped and for the first time, I was no longer the "fat girl" in the AP classes. My weight stayed healthy until I got pregnant with our first boy about 5 years later. I gained 75 lbs with that pregnancy and never lost any of it. Then gained another 45 with the second and at this point, 15 years later, I still weigh what I did at 8 months pregnant. In combination with my weight issues, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2001. Being overweight and struggling with issues of weakness and bad balance don't always work out well together! For several years I fooled myself into thinking I was doing fine, but in the last 5 years I have realized that my weight is contributing to many of the issues I always blamed on the MS. I met and started talking to my surgeon almost 4 years ago, and have put a lot of thought into this decision. Tomorrow is my last required visit with the NUT, then we can submit to insurance. Fingers crossed that I will have surgery date scheduled soon! Blessings to you all! Leona