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[medmann]

I was born into a major alcoholic family in 1968. I was educated in the life of abuse, guilt, neglect, molestation, etc. just like many people here. By the time I was 14 I was certainly on my way to serious alcohol, food, drug, and sex addictions. I was very focused and joined the USMC in 1987 and began my long search for the perfect work environment. I began weight gain (about 35-50 lbs per birth in my 5 CHILDREN STINT!) in 1988 and I can say I began a trip into depression like I have never known. The fatter I got, the worse I felt and the more I ate and the less I cared. By the time serious health issues arose (Hyperlipidemia, Hepatic enlargement, Morbid Obesity, etc.) I had made 365 lbs at 5'10'' and I was sure I could never lose it. I worked out all the time but I could never...NEVER, take a shot at the surmounting largeness I had become. SO...lucky for me my career of choice was medicine. I pulled a few strings and I had a gastric bypass Roux en Y done on May 10th, 2002. This laproscopic surgery changed so much of who I am, it deserves its own paragraph!
So after all the Bullcrap, I had this surgery, and did the same puking, pain, wonderment like everybody else. I began to lose weight but I knew I would have to stick to a regime to maintain, so I followed my own program based on my own knowledge of physiology. The BIG probs came in psychology...or behavior and personality. I learned to love myself Before another adult and that caused 2 post-op divorces. I will never talk crap on those two women but ask me in a private conversation and I will tell you the limitations of their visions! So here comes REALITY!!! Post-op side effects. I never had seizures! I never had sugar problems! Well HELLO...I am reality. I am gonna hang out and really make you earn this!

Morbid Obesity A condition in which the Body Mass Index is 40.0–49.9, which is roughly equal to 100 pounds or more over ideal body weight; a weight level that is life-threatening. A BMI greater than 50 is termed as "super obese." CLICK HERE TO OPEN THE JOURNEY BMI CALCULATOR!

Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass A type of gastric bypass procedure which combines restrictive and malabsorption techniques - meaning, it reduces the amount of food a patient can comfortably eat (restriction), and also reduces the amount of calories that can be digested in the small intestine (malabsorption). This combination of bariatric methods leads to greater weight loss and the roux-en-y procedure is seen as one of the best ways to treat clinically severe obesity. See WLS Videos for animated surgery technique.

[MsJacquiiC]

Hi medmann and welcome to The Journey -- Seems like you have had one hell of an interesting path which led to the roux-en-y gastric bypass. I can relate to so much of what you shared here. I know we all have similar stories - especially the depression that goes right hand-in-hand with obesity. I think the struggle we all have in common is all about the mental really like you alluded to in your post, rather than the physical. We learn to accept who we are and embrace ourselves as such. It's often much more difficult to do so when we are oftenly carrying around an extra 1-2-3 hundred pounds. But we do. And only then are we able to make a success out of our WLS tool.

Anyway - interesting post for sure - Thanks for sharing and again = Welcome to the community. We are very new - so it is a little slow at the moment, but as the membership base grows - so will the amount of WLS support.

Jacquii.

Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass A type of gastric bypass procedure which combines restrictive and malabsorption techniques - meaning, it reduces the amount of food a patient can comfortably eat (restriction), and also reduces the amount of calories that can be digested in the small intestine (malabsorption). This combination of bariatric methods leads to greater weight loss and the roux-en-y procedure is seen as one of the best ways to treat clinically severe obesity. See WLS Videos for animated surgery technique.

Obesity Obesity results from the excessive accumulation of fat that exceeds the body's skeletal and physical standards. Obesity has been defined as a weight more than 20% above what is considered normal according to standard age, height, and weight tables, or by a complex formula known as the body mass index. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an increase in 20 percent or more above your ideal body weight is the point at which excess weight becomes a health risk. CLICK HERE TO OPEN THE JOURNEY BMI CALCULATOR!