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Hello Welcome to my Weight Loss page... I just want to share with you my experience and how having this surgery has changed my life....
First let me start out by telling you a little about myself. My Name is Lisa and i am from California... San Fernando Valley area... and was raised in Van Nuys....and i now live in North Carolina. I am 31 years Young and have a wonderful Husband and a Beautiful Son named Cody. Who i might mention is my hero and inspiration for this surgery. Yes My son is my hero and he is the one that helped me to change my life.... Not because he is just my son and i want to be here for him, but also something that he did that made ME realize that IF I DIDN"T DO THIS than i was going to die and leave him Motherless. He got out the front door one day and we live 3 homes from a major street with high traffic and tractor trailers.... and I was in the bedroom and by the time i got to the door i felt like i was about to have a heart attack... Pains in my Chest... couldn't breath. couldn't even yell his name, i was just so out of breath.... Luckly he decided to come back to the front door and i was able to grab him, and instead of being mad that he had ran out the door, i found myself crying and hugging him and telling him "Thank You" as of that day i decided that this surgery wasn't just an option but was what i need to do regardless of my fears.See my son is only 2 years old and has already lost his Grandmother to Cancer and i just couldn't leave him now, not ever.... He is my whole world the true reason why i am living on this earth and i waited a long time to have a son and now that i have him, i had to do WHAT EVER IT TAKES TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM HERE FOR HIM.....
Well i spoke to my Dr. and when she first mentioned this surgery, i said NO WAY YOUR CRAZY... and left the office, but that was before my son changed my life.... after the incident with my son, i called the Dr. back and rescheduled another appointment to talk to her about it... and while waiting for the appointment i heard about Carnie Wilson and found out about Spotlighthealth, and started researching all that i could... Went to the appointment and the Dr. herself had the surgery and told me all about it both good and bad.... she referred me to DR. Steven Olchowski, in Wilmington, NC. and i had to wait 4 months just for the first consult... and when i wen t to that appointment i had done alot of research and felt like i knew a little about the surgery.... My first Consult was on November 7th of 2001 the day before my sons 2nd Birthday... and well I got a call a few weeks later after the paperwork had been filed and accepted and the Nurse asked if Feb 26th would be ok for the Surgery.... I was floored.... couldn't believe that I was really going to do this, than in the begining of Jananuary i went to a support group meeting and again floored when i met others that had, had this same surgery and looking at them there and looking at there before photos i just couldn't believe it.... I cried all the way home.... The feeling were unexplainable.... Just the thought of being able to do simple things with my son was overwhelming.... and than the next day i got another call from the DR's office asking if i would like to change my Surgery date to Jan 25th, and of course i said yes, and than when i hung up the phone i realized that not only was that the day before my Husbands Birthday but that it was only 2 weeks away... and wow talk about emotions running high... than came the day.... Jananuary 25th 2002.... I can remember riding to the hospital that morning, thinking about things that only a Mother would Think about..... "What if i don't Make it" will my son know that i love him.... "What about my Husband" will he be ok alone with our son, and would he know that I loved him.... but i made a promise to myself that day not to cry, i didn't want to upset them... so i silently sat just thinking about the "What if's" and than got to the hospital and the next thing i knew i was waking up in recovery and saying to myself.."thank you i made it" I went in on a Friday Morning and was going home on that same weekend.... sunday afternoon. What a journey... i thought but yet my Journey had just begun....
Today i am 8 months post op and doing well. I can eat most food and dump on a lot of stuff. I am still glad that i have done this and can now see the difference in myself and in others around me... things that i couldn't do a year ago i can do, and the feeling is wonderful. |
