claudia P.
Howdy! Here's a little about me!
I will be 47 years old a few days after my planned RNY. I was a healthy child, stick thin, and then came puberty. I was then "healthy" but a larger girl. Not heavy, just not skinny. As I became an adult I began to "thicken". I remember being 21 and going to Weight Watchers. Now, I was only about 15 pounds over weight, and I lost down to within 4 pounds of the top of the range for my height. I was all the time dancing, playing softball, raquetball, always on the go. Then as time slid by, I started gaining a little weight... and a little more, and a little more. I used to smoke and I quit five times before it stuck for good. I swear that everytime I quit smoking, I gained 25 -30 pounds. Guess what, it never went away after I went back to be a smoker! I had two darling daughters in my early thirties and a terrible marriage. When that ended, I dropped down to about 265 pounds. It was great... then other things came along that stressed me and again I turned to food as my crutch. My name is Claudia and I am addicted to cookies! Yes, I am! Never met one I didn't like. If I burned them a little when baking I just referred to them as "milk-dunking" cookies! hahaha Anyway, I have gargantuan breasts (H cup) and asked the doc if I lost 50 lbs if she would recommend me for a reduction. She said she would but asked if I had considered WLS. I told her that a gastro doc told me two years earlier that no doc would operate on me because of my hiatal hernia. She said it may have been just a doc who was against WLS and I should at least check it out. I have been working toward this goal since May 2007. It's finally coming next week on July 16th, five days short of my 47th birthday. Now, my husband is not a great proponent here, because he LOVES big women. It's not just me, he's weird that way... he just gets physically excited by big women. He has said though that he loves me for many more reasons and he wants me to be healthy, so he's on board here. My daughters are excited and a little nervous, but have a great faith in our Precious God that all is and will be well. All the glory goes to God, for every step that has been taken has been blessed by Him and He will continue to use me in grand ways after the surgery as he has before. Thank you God for your strength! (II Corinthians 12:9) Bless you all and have a great day!
