My journey to a new state of wellness is headed for the next major stage. I will be getting the bariatric surgery known as the gastric lap-band later this month, if all goes well with the hospital date and insurance paperwork. After decades of living in the world of the obese, I am hoping to crossover to a new life at a healthy weight.
It won’t be easy. Anyone who says getting a weight loss surgery is the “easy way,” has no idea what it feels like to struggle with a body that does not want to cooperate. For more information on bariatric surgery go here.
These days, doctors understand more and more that diets don’t work and that the “fattening” of America continues. The lap-band will be a tool that allows me to eat less without being assaulted by irrational hunger cravings. I have had to come to terms with the reality that by constricting my stomach to the size of an egg, I will be eating a different way for the rest of my life.
Today, I started a liquid pre-surgery diet. I’ve never used liquid meal replacements, so this might be the hardest part of the trip to defeat sleep apnea, high blood pressure and diabetes. However, I am determined to reach the finish line.