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Hello everyone. What an awsome forum. I'm so glad to have found you. I am 40 years old and have been slightly overweight all my adult life, but have really ballooned over the past 10 years, mostly I believe due to thyroid and hormone problems. I, too, have tried just about every diet out there and a few made up ones of my own, without success. 2 years ago my best friend had a RNY done and although she had great success with the weight loss, the complications were massive and because I was by her side the whole time, I saw first hand that I did not want to go through that no matter what. On top of the fact that I am an RN and have an aversion against cutting out parts of my body. But my curiosity was peaked so I started doing research on weight loss surgeries. That is when I came across the lap band. The more I learned, the more I liked. I was so excited. Then I found out that my insurance would pay for RNY but not the lap band. It was "too new". This was a year ago. Since then I have moved from Florida to Tn and have a new insurance that says they will pay for it. Which is why I am here now.
I have made the decision to go for it. My first MD appointment is Jan. 17th. I have full support of my awsome hubby and the rest of my family just says "cool". I guess they know that as an RN, I have enough medical knowledge to not venture into something like this without researching it thouroughly. Anyhow, I just thought I would intro myself and jump in because I just may need a little support from some "old pro's" and maybe I can eventually contribute to someone elses success.
Sign me,
Taking the first step.....