Sunday, August 8, 2010

The adventure begins

Have spent the last couple of months thinking and mulling about the idea of having bariatric surgery to help me with weight loss.

I am a 42 year old female who has battled with her weight since she was a child. I am currently at my biggest ever weighing in at just over 119 kg at a height of only 1.58m. This puts my BMI at somewhere like 48. I need to loose about 1/2 of my body weight so this will not be an easy or quick journey but will hopefully be worthwhile.

Over the years I have struggled constantly with my weight. My last big loss was 20kg about 3 years ago and then a gain of around 25kg. I have been large as far back as I can remember and I need to get my weight under control before my health totally and completely spirals out of control........

I suffer with high blood pressure and high cholestrol levels and am going through the menopause. I think I also suffer from mild depression and hardly ever leave home. None of these things should be an issue in my life at this age but they are and I need to reverse those that can be reversed.

I have done loads of reading on the Roux en Y gastric bypass and have a friend that went through the procedure late last year so have had lots of info off her to help me make the decision to go ahead with the procedure.

I am hoping to document my journey / adventure from start to finish and will add photos of me now before the op and then update these at least once a month.

I hope this blog will help others that are thinking of going through the procedure in Saudi Arabia or elsewhere in the world and that it will entice others that have already gone through this to share their experiences with me and the people that ultimately read these pages.

I have my first appointment with the specialist tomorrow so will post after with info.

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