Pre-preparation for Gastric Sleeve Surgery - Fairfield, OH

I am a candidate for the Verticle Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery(Gastric Sleeve Surgery) and have already attended the Weight Loss Seminar for Bariatric Surgery(March 6, 2014), I've had my Initial Consultation(April 6, 2014), my Gallbladder Ultrasound(April 11, 2014), Blood Work, 2 years Weight History, and A Letter of Medical Necessity (April 17, 2017), and now awaiting my Psych Eval(May 20, 2014) and Pre-surgical Weight Management Meeting(May 22, 2014)! The Surgeon didn't give me any specific amount of weight to loose but did say that some weight loss would be a great start to getting on the right tract with beginning this weight loss journey and would also help lessen the risk of complications during and after surgery! He also said that I was a great candidate for this particular bariatric surgery because I do not have diabetes, yet I do suffer with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and elevated sugar level! I'm hoping that May 22, 2014 will be the day that everything I needed to have will be sent in for approval by the insurance company so we can get the Ball Rolling! I'm very excited about this important move I'm about to make and experience! I'm not scared at all, plus GOD says be Axious For Nothing......so I have Faith in Him that everything will work out fine or shall I say better than fine! I have a Then and Now pic of me in one of my favorite Maxi Dresses and a few other pics that I will show to let everyone see my weight gain from 2009-2014 where I went from 160 lbs to now weight of 241.6 lbs, highest weight of 252 lbs, I took the surgeons advice and lost a little bit of weight of about 11.4 lbs or so by drinking lots of water, cutting out sweets and exercising much more than I ever had(Myself and family have a YMCA Membership)! ;-)

Well it all began after I had my first child when the pounds started to come on in the year 1994, but then I went on a diet called Metabolife and began to lose the weight, I was 140 lbs gaining up to 20 lbs my weight after birth! Then dieting got me down to 153 lbs which I maintained up to nearly 2 year (1996)when I descovered I was then pregnant with my second child, causing me to gain more than 40 lbs+.......weighing in at 190 lbs and after delivering finding myself dieting yet again, and yes I lost weight but only 15 lbs....down to 175 give or take a pound or two. Ever since then I found myself dieting almost every year there after. I tried numerous diet plans like: Metabolife, Hydroxycut, Lipozene, Exenodren, EvoLean, Mega-Green Tea, Phentermine(Supervised Weight-loss), Garcinia Cambogia, Adipex(Supervised Weight-Loss), Alli, Jenny Craig, Phentarmine (resorted to trying online weight-loss plans).......but with 95% of the diets I've tried I would lose weight and gain it back double. I've even tried liquid diets like the "HollyWood Diet SuperStars supposedly use. You name them, I've probably tried them out over the course of 19 year and have been miserable with continuously gaining and losing weight or gaining it back double, especially these last 5-6 years. Also my family history involves High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Breast Cancer, Stroke and Heart Disease! Since the weight gain over the past couple of years I too have been strickened with High Blood Pressure, Elevated Sugar Levels, High Cholesterol, pain in my back, feet, ankles, and knees or joints! I want to stop the vicious cycle of these diseases in my family....starting with "ME!" And even on a more personal level within myself I want to be able to see myself in the mirror and look and feel healthy, be healthy and happy again! This tool will help me I believe to gain a better healthier life-style, happiness, growth level of confidence and commitment to living a longer prosperous life with GOD at the front end guiding me all the way through the help given by my surgeon and his great staff members when the time comes to have the surgery! I have FAITH in GOD Almighty that everything will work out for the Best!

It seems a person has to jump many hoops to get what they really need in life these days for whatever reason, but I am willing and somewhat able to jump as many hoops as I can to get what I need and do whatever else I need to do to have this VSG Surgery(Tool). I really need this tool to get me started in the right direction to getting my life back on track to a greater chance at a longer life and a healthier "Me!"