Olsbols
Sliced and diced!!!
Instead of taking over other threads with my ramblings and questions, I thought I would start my own little thread and leave you guys in peace!!! 
Right, where do I start? I've always been overweight... even as a child, I was always the 'happy, chubby friend' who everyone could rely on.
My weight increased at an alarming rate, and despite being dragged to Dieticians and the like, it just kept on piling on. By the time I was 12 I couldn't squeeze into a size 16 skirt and Mum had to make my school uniform... humiliating
School was just one long bullyfest, and I only really felt free from bullies when I went to college - but after that, I was picked on at work due to my size and so I turned to my ever-present 'friend', food - which just made me fatter and more unhappy
In 1995 I went to live overseas in India and I lost a lot of weight from healthy eating (we don't eat the way the restaurants feed peeps over here!!!) and exercise... for once, I felt attractive and got some male attention!!! Had my first boyfriend and, even though he turned out to be a complete t*sspot, I gained lots of confidence in myself. I even started to sway my hips as I walked!!!
Then it all went downhill when I returned to the UK in 2000 to do my Nurse Training - I was sure I had an underactive Thyroid, but no-one listened to me. Actually, I'm rather annoyed as I got a print out of my records last year for my General Medicine Consultant (had to see him to be refered for a GB) to look at, and it showed that blood's taken after I returned from India showed my TSH to be over 7!!! Clear indication of an underactive Thyroid!!! Grrrr...
Anyhow, I ploughed on with my course at Barts and The Royal London, and continued to pile on weight, despite being on 3-4 12hr shifts a week!!! I went back to India for my elective placement, and it was there that my Doc friend took bloods and sent them off to a huge Thyroid lab in Mumbai - my results came back... 11.63 TSH!!! That's nearly three times the normal level!!!
Anyhow, I was so ill and overweight that I had to leave my course (I can go back if I want, but have to redo my second year as I have been gone for over 4 years) and was in hospital for a while as I became Type II Diabetic due - I'm insulin resistant due to the fat, so I am looking foward to getting rid of that soon after the bypass!!!
I've been on and off LL and CD, struggled with SW and generally been yo-yoing on diets since 2005... I started off over 215kgs (exact start weight unknown, as never left the house to go to Boots to weigh myself as I couldn't face the stares and laughs, and the Doc's scales only go up to the 20's!!!)
I have so far managed to get down to under 160kgs, and it feels great to be able to walk around, work and drive again... but I have another 12-14st to shift, so I have opted for a Gastric Bypass to help me not only lose the weight, but to address my eating issues and change the way/things I eat.
When I got the referral and met Mr Somers (gosh, what a nice man!!!), he said he was happy to go with whatever proceedure I wanted, and let me go home to think about it with all the printed info in my sweaty paws... it only took me a night to decided... bypass or nothing!!!
I have been given my pre-op for this Friday (4th) and his secretary said she will book me in for the op on the 17th!!!
I am really excited... but also nervous... not of the op itself, but of the psychological issues surrounding the loss I will suffer... my comfort blanket, food, will be changed forever How will I cope?
They offered me an appointment to speak to his brilliant Psychological team, but I think I have talked enough about my abusive and addictive relationship with food (I went to see a Psychotherapist in 2004/5 and just spent the time crying!!!) and just need to plough on and deal with it when it comes.
I have been reading your stories on here and it really has confirmed what I felt for a long time... this is the right thing to do, and I only have a slimmer, happier future to look forward to
Wishing you all the best...
Ollie x
Right, where do I start? I've always been overweight... even as a child, I was always the 'happy, chubby friend' who everyone could rely on.
My weight increased at an alarming rate, and despite being dragged to Dieticians and the like, it just kept on piling on. By the time I was 12 I couldn't squeeze into a size 16 skirt and Mum had to make my school uniform... humiliating
School was just one long bullyfest, and I only really felt free from bullies when I went to college - but after that, I was picked on at work due to my size and so I turned to my ever-present 'friend', food - which just made me fatter and more unhappy
In 1995 I went to live overseas in India and I lost a lot of weight from healthy eating (we don't eat the way the restaurants feed peeps over here!!!) and exercise... for once, I felt attractive and got some male attention!!! Had my first boyfriend and, even though he turned out to be a complete t*sspot, I gained lots of confidence in myself. I even started to sway my hips as I walked!!!
Then it all went downhill when I returned to the UK in 2000 to do my Nurse Training - I was sure I had an underactive Thyroid, but no-one listened to me. Actually, I'm rather annoyed as I got a print out of my records last year for my General Medicine Consultant (had to see him to be refered for a GB) to look at, and it showed that blood's taken after I returned from India showed my TSH to be over 7!!! Clear indication of an underactive Thyroid!!! Grrrr...
Anyhow, I ploughed on with my course at Barts and The Royal London, and continued to pile on weight, despite being on 3-4 12hr shifts a week!!! I went back to India for my elective placement, and it was there that my Doc friend took bloods and sent them off to a huge Thyroid lab in Mumbai - my results came back... 11.63 TSH!!! That's nearly three times the normal level!!!
Anyhow, I was so ill and overweight that I had to leave my course (I can go back if I want, but have to redo my second year as I have been gone for over 4 years) and was in hospital for a while as I became Type II Diabetic due - I'm insulin resistant due to the fat, so I am looking foward to getting rid of that soon after the bypass!!!
I've been on and off LL and CD, struggled with SW and generally been yo-yoing on diets since 2005... I started off over 215kgs (exact start weight unknown, as never left the house to go to Boots to weigh myself as I couldn't face the stares and laughs, and the Doc's scales only go up to the 20's!!!)
I have so far managed to get down to under 160kgs, and it feels great to be able to walk around, work and drive again... but I have another 12-14st to shift, so I have opted for a Gastric Bypass to help me not only lose the weight, but to address my eating issues and change the way/things I eat.
When I got the referral and met Mr Somers (gosh, what a nice man!!!), he said he was happy to go with whatever proceedure I wanted, and let me go home to think about it with all the printed info in my sweaty paws... it only took me a night to decided... bypass or nothing!!!
I have been given my pre-op for this Friday (4th) and his secretary said she will book me in for the op on the 17th!!!
I am really excited... but also nervous... not of the op itself, but of the psychological issues surrounding the loss I will suffer... my comfort blanket, food, will be changed forever
How will I cope? They offered me an appointment to speak to his brilliant Psychological team, but I think I have talked enough about my abusive and addictive relationship with food (I went to see a Psychotherapist in 2004/5 and just spent the time crying!!!) and just need to plough on and deal with it when it comes.
I have been reading your stories on here and it really has confirmed what I felt for a long time... this is the right thing to do, and I only have a slimmer, happier future to look forward to
Wishing you all the best...
Ollie x
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