My weight was always something that was out of control, but after I went through uterine cancer and a hysterectomy it became something that I no longer had control of. I would eat healthy and still gain weight. Losing weight was something that was impossible because of the hormones. Not only was I depressed because of the hormones, now I was depressed because I couldn't lose weight. I found out my thyroid was acting up as well, so I felt like my whole body was against me! It was terrible!
I finally had enough! I was going to take control and do something about this! I decided to look into weight loss surgery. My counselor had gastric bypass surgery in 1999 and had a great experience with it. She said it was life changing and she wished that she would have done it sooner.
I found out that to get started I needed to go to an informational session at Rockwood clinic in Spokane. Once I did this session, I made up my mind that I wanted to get the gastric bypass. It offered me the best option to lose the greatest amount of weight. My intention was to get the weight off so I could get preventative breast surgery to reduce my risks of getting breast cancer. See my Previvor's blog for more details on this.
The process of getting approved for weight loss surgery is a complicated one. Most insurance companies require 3-6 months of monitored weight loss before surgery can be approved. Also, Rockwood clinic suggests to get started on behavioral changes before surgery to make sure you're prepared for the drastic changes after surgery. Since this was such a long process, I will post separately about it.
Once I had decided what type of surgery I wanted to get, I had to talk to Chad, my husband, about it. He was very unsure of the surgery at first, but I know now that he wanted to be absolutely sure it was the right thing for me.
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