Banded 3.5 years

Chickie · September 7, 2008

Ok. So my story has been told before. So here is the short version...

Banded 22 Feb 2005, after one last year long try to "do it on my own". I was 24 at the time, and suffering from PCOS, type II, high blood pressure, and my knee and back were killing me all the time. My health sucked.

I also looked pretty bad. I was pretty enough, and my husband loved me just as I was, but I really wasn't happy with the way I looked at that weight.

So, I was banded, and at about six months post op, I became a veggie. No real reason, it was just something I wanted to do. I also started running. Slowly at first. But by the time I was a year or so post op, I was running 4 or 5 km a day. I never kept a tight fill, because I wanted to be able to eat lost of fruit and veggies, and a tight fill would have stopped that.

By June 2006, I was at goal. My PCOS was much better (I had been having regular cycles since about 6 months post op) my blood pressure was perfect, my sugars / insulin were perfect, and my back and knee were *so* much better, it was amazing.

I ended up having a Tummy Tuck in August 2006.

By December 2006, I had been totally unfilled. I have been ever since.

I have stayed at 107lbs / 49kg for the last 2 and a bit years now.

August 2008, I had to have the tube shortened, because it was sitting on my diaphragm, causing nasty shoulder tip pain. It was an easy surgery, and I go back to my normal life within 24 hours, and started running again in 2 weeks.

Overall, I am very happy with my weight loss, but I am far happier with the changes I made to my lifestyle.

I am still veggie, and I still run daily. I am as proud of this as I am of the weight loss. Maybe more so.

So. yeah. There it is.