Fat, Fifty and Fed Up
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This Buddy last logged in at 25-10-2011
Birthday: 06-05-1955
This is my story
My name is Helen, I am 51 and I have battled with my weight ALL my life, have been slim, fat and even fatter. Have tried EVERY possible means of losing weight, with some success but only short lived. Spent years at home bringing up four sons and getting fatter and fatter and losing confidence and belief in myself.
Despite being big I was always relatively healthy with no weight associated problems however as '50' loomed so did the joint problems and I was finding it increasingly difficult to walk far without pain. It was this that finally pushed me into making the decision that surgery was my only option. At the end of May 2006 I underwent gastric band surgery with the Hospital Group, I was absolutely terrifieid that I would not survive, virtually said goodbye to all my friends, hugged my boys etc etc. The surgery was successful and the weight started coming off slowely but surely, but then unfortunately in August my life turned upside down when my husband was taken ill and diagnosed with a very rare form of cancer, and he is now battling to survive. I am finding it very hard to lose weight, my only thought is that if I did not have the gastric band in place at the moment then I am sure my weight would have ballooned with all the stress and comfort eating that would have taken place. I am finding it difficult to lose weight at the moment, as although my food intake is restricted through the gastric band I am not always making the right choices. The Hospital Group have been very understanding and have told me to put the whole 'losing weight' process on hold whilst going through this difficult time, but I just want to get the weight off and it really gets me down.
It took me over two years to make the decision to have a gastric band, I know it will work for me in the end, and when my life settles down a bit I shall go and have a band fill done which will help me but in the meantime I really need lots of encouragement to persevere.
Dec 07 - Unfortunately my husband lost his battle with cancer and died in Nov, got to start thinking about me now and put this band to work.
