Smitty9
Hi, My name is Lisa, I live in Eugene, Oregon.
I come from a large family, I am the youngest of 9 children. I love having a large family, there is plenty of love to go around.
I have 2 purposes for having this surgery.
1. My parents died at rather young ages , 69 & 71. My father had gone through 2 different heart surgerys, had high blood pressure and cholesterol. My mother also had high blood pressure and cholesterol, congestive heart failure and was a Type II Diabetic. Neither of them was really overweight but they were nevertheless in ill health in their older years. All of these will be greatly diminished on my part for having the surgery. I currently have 3 brothers that are now Diabetics.
2. To lose weight. All of us out here have tried and tried, with no success, otherwise we would not be communicating today.
My first diet was when I was in high school. Started working at the town restaurant and ate to my hearts content. Then my next one was when I was in college, then just before I had my daughter in 1991, and so on........ I have gradually put on an extra 100 lbs in the past 15 years. I cannot blame it on "baby fat" any more, my daughter is now 15.
I really have no hesitation going into this. Others that have had it and the support from all of you on OH.com have been a great comfort. I actually first looked into this type of surgery about a year ago, but did not pursue it as I did not know whether or not my insurance would cover the costs. Once I knew I was covered, i jumped in with both feet and paddled hard to get my surgery date set!!! Only 2 weeks from today, and I will be on my way.
Lisa
