Are you one of the many who's terrified of having surgery?
Hundreds are just too scared yet hate being fat... what scares you? And how do you feel about diets - can they ever be as effective and long-lasting? ...
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This Buddy last logged in at 14-03-2010
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This is my story
I have just had my 51st birthday, I have two grown up children, a son of 23 and a daughter of 19. I suppose I have struggled with my weight for the last ten years, yoyoing up and down, I have had knee problems since the age of 18, I finally had to give up work two years ago. Not being able to exercise due to the arthritic knees has of course made my weight problem worse than ever, giving up smoking just under two years ago was as they say, the icing on the cake. I have just this week heard from PCT that they will fund bariatric surgery, I have chosen to go to St Richards in Chichester as it is not all that far from my home in Surrey, I have since found out that Mr Shaw Somers operates there. Being so overweight is of course affecting my health, the arthritis, now high blood pressure, no doubt type 2 diabetes is on the horizon. I so want my life back! I have always been active, I would walk 5 miles just to take the kids to school and go shopping, now I need a walking stick (crutches on a really bad day) just to walk ten minutes into town. I have been with my partner Gary for arout 8 years, we were planning on getting married this year, now that I am getting the bariatric surgery, maybe we will wait until I have managed to lose some weight, it will be wonderful to have some photos that I don't feel I want to hide! I want to be able to go swimming without hiding myself in a towl right up to the edge of the pool, and not dread getting out again! I want to be able to take my dog for lovely long walks like I used to, I want to be me!
