I'm 35, 6' tall, and weigh 380. I've been overweight my whole life. This past year or so has been rough. I received diagnoses of diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and I'm on meds for the blood pressure and the diabetes. There's been a few cases of heart disease in my family, so this kind of scared me. I've struggled to maintain a healthier lifestyle before, and slip into old habits slowly over time. I'm ready for a drastic change in my life, and I feel like this is the best way to achieve that.

I imagine it's because of the diagnoses I received this year, but getting covered by my insurance and getting a date set with my surgeon, Dr. Veninga in Carrollton, TX, took maybe a month. Some of this was just because of everyone rushing to get things done before the end of the year.

I visit the hospital tomorrow for some preliminary stuff, like an endoscopy, and then surgery on Friday.

Everyone's mileage varies. I'd be happy to lose a hundred pounds, but I hope that I'll be able to push it further than that.

I'll report back soon, if anyone is curious how it goes. If there's anyone out there that had a similar build prior to surgery, I'd be curious to hear about your progress and experience.

Wish me luck!

I had my EKG and endoscopy today. I was mainly nervous about the EKG and maybe the chest xrays. I was afraid of them finding something weird, but everything was normal. I was a little worried about how bad an IV was going to hurt (it didn't), or whether I'd have a weird reaction to anesthesia (I didn't).

I'm not nervous at all anymore. Is it weird to actually be looking forward to surgery?

I'm excited because this will help me make the changes I know I need in my life. I've already made some changes to my diet and my level of exercise, but everything combined is going to give me such a good chance to finally keep the weight off this time that I can't help but be excited.

I can't wait to fit in smaller jeans, or smaller shirts, and to not worry if I'm going to fit in a booth at a restaurant.

You will do great ! Keep it up ! I just had mine done in January 5th . I was. 292 and 6 days post op I'm 270 . It's been hard getting fluids and protein in but they said it would be . It's tuff at first . Everyday gets better . Good luck