Getting Started

Well, I had my gastric bypass on August 3, 2009. The lead up to it was exciting, anxiety, doubts, fears, tears, lots of hard work. My journey started in December 2008 with a seminar at Wilford Hall in San Antonio, TX. It was exciting learning all the options that were out there for me. It was frustrating thinking that their program required:
6 month nutrition supervised diet
Sleep study
Cardiac echo
Blood work
Mammogram
Pap smear
Pysch evaulation
Swallow study

I thought man I'll never get through that. But, I'm so grateful that I went this route. I've learned so much before surgery and I think that will make me even more successful. Patience has paid off.

The team at Wilford Hall is exceptional. The support group even better. I really miss that I won't be able to attend those every month. It doesn't help that I live 3 hours away. I have found support through some on-line groups and friends who have been through this process.

Today I'm 39 pounds down from when I originally started in December 2008 and 24 pounds down since surgery.