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Avalon100

Joined: 10/06/2010

My Story:

At 42 I weighed 310 lbs. During the next ten years I was widowed, had to give up my stay-at-home wife and mother status to work full-time outside my home. I had to morph myself from the shy, hide-in-the-house hausfrau into a confident, extrovert who enjoyed meeting new people. I met a wonderful man who I eventually married and ultimately learned I not only had high blood pressure, I was a diabetic. Suddenly, I was 57 years old, a diabetic and I weighed 291 lbs. I decided I had to do something before my weight killed me. My sister had gone through roux-en-y surgery in 1998 and based on her post-surgical problems I didn't want to have bariatric surgery. So I exercised and tried to change my eating habits. I did lose weight, about 25 lbs, but I gained it right back. I got back up to 289 and it was then that I began hearing that bariatric surgery could help me to alleviate the diabetic issue. I began to explore the idea of bariatric surgery and made the decision that I was going to make my experiece different than my sister's had been and I was going to go for the roux-en-y surgery because that was the one that affected diabetes. It has changed my life and I now wish I hadn't put it off as long as I did. 14 months after the surgery I am down 102 lbs and I am down to one metformin a day. I haven't had to take insulin in more than six months. I still have weight to lose, but I am confident that I will meet my goals and the diabetes will be alleviated to the point where I need only be careful of my diet.

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