Vyerachka
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Hi there! I'm Vera. First off, I notice everyone around here seems to be from the UK -- I'm not (San Jose, CA USA) so I hope that's ok. =)
I've been overweight most of my life (and mostly, massively). It's gotten to the point that I can't walk, hardly at all, so except for going to work (I'm an Administrative Assistant at a community college), I mostly stay home. They have a scooter for me to ride at work (thank goodness for ADA -- the Americans with Disabilities Act, which requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation), and when I do have to walk, I use a cane. I'm 52, and I'm too young to be this "old"!
Last year at about this time, I reached my highest weight: 554 lbs. I've been in bariatric surgery programs before, but always derailed myself and quit -- perhaps I was afraid of the surgery, perhaps I was afraid of losing weight, perhaps...? However, last year my knee pain got so bad that I was off work for about a month and a half because I literally couldn't take a step without agonizing pain.
Since then, I've been working on losing weight, and I'm back in the bariatric surgery program. I've met my pre-surgery goal weight (470 lbs) and then some (460 lbs as of this morning -- that's 94 lbs lost!) I have my final psych consult tomorrow morning, and then the surgery can finally be scheduled! I'm opting for a vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) since it mostly preserves the anatomy without all the drastic replumbing of the RNY -- one of the things which I think scared me before.
I'm feeling really nervous about the surgery because I've lost one of my primary supporters -- my boyfriend, who was super supportive, broke up with me this past weekend over some really stupid ****, so my heart really hurts, and I'm scared about how I'm going to get through this now. I have other supportive friends, but it's not quite the same thing.
I've been overweight most of my life (and mostly, massively). It's gotten to the point that I can't walk, hardly at all, so except for going to work (I'm an Administrative Assistant at a community college), I mostly stay home. They have a scooter for me to ride at work (thank goodness for ADA -- the Americans with Disabilities Act, which requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation), and when I do have to walk, I use a cane. I'm 52, and I'm too young to be this "old"!
Last year at about this time, I reached my highest weight: 554 lbs. I've been in bariatric surgery programs before, but always derailed myself and quit -- perhaps I was afraid of the surgery, perhaps I was afraid of losing weight, perhaps...? However, last year my knee pain got so bad that I was off work for about a month and a half because I literally couldn't take a step without agonizing pain.
Since then, I've been working on losing weight, and I'm back in the bariatric surgery program. I've met my pre-surgery goal weight (470 lbs) and then some (460 lbs as of this morning -- that's 94 lbs lost!) I have my final psych consult tomorrow morning, and then the surgery can finally be scheduled! I'm opting for a vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG) since it mostly preserves the anatomy without all the drastic replumbing of the RNY -- one of the things which I think scared me before.
I'm feeling really nervous about the surgery because I've lost one of my primary supporters -- my boyfriend, who was super supportive, broke up with me this past weekend over some really stupid ****, so my heart really hurts, and I'm scared about how I'm going to get through this now. I have other supportive friends, but it's not quite the same thing.