Starting weight 95kgs weighed at the surgeon's office - bloody hell.........
Very strange doing this. I would never have considered creating a blog except for my decision to undergo gastric banding surgery. I don't really know where to start - perhaps with why I considered this drastic step.
Like many obese people, I have struggled with my weight since childhood. I have never known a day when I have not been much heavier than average. I've had a happy life in general. Of course, if given the choice I would have chosen to be "normal weight", but being overweight hasn't stopped me from doing anything I wanted. I have a wonderful husband (married 34 years) and children who love me unreservedly. SO: why am I having this surgery? Basically I want to be healthy. I have barely controlled diabetes, have had renal cancer and am experiencing lots of problems with tendonitus.
I was diagnosed with diabetes in 1997, and at that time managed to lose 20kgs to maintain a weight of around 77 to 80kgs. Over the last 2 years I have regained 15kgs. For my health sake I can not stay at this weight but I don't seem to be able to lose it - nothing works.
Gastric banding here I come on the 8th January 2008, scary and exciting stuff.
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