Kim Pittman
I HAVE BEEN OVERWEIGHT SINCE BIRTH. I HAVE STRUGGLED WITH IT FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE AND TRIED MANY DIETS. OVER THE YEARS I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY MANY TIMES BUT WOULD GIVE UP BECAUSE MY INSURANCE WOULD NOT PAY FOR IT. RECENTLY I REACHED A POINT THAT IT NO LONGER MATTERED I HAD TO HAVE THIS DONE OR DIE. I ATTENDED DR. WILLIAM WHITEHEADS SEMINAR IN MAY. I THEN SENT IN MY APPLICATION AND WAS ACCEPTED HOWEVER I WAS REQUIRED TO LOSE 50 POUNDS BEFORE THEY WOULD DO IT. THAT SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE. THE FIRST DAY I WENT TO THE NUTRIONIST I WEIGHED 478 I WAS 495 ON THE APPLICATION. I WENT EVERY WEEK TO CHECK IN WITH THIS WONDERFUL NUTRIONIST CALLED ANN. SHE WAS SO NICE AND HELPFUL AND WOULD GET JUST AS EXCITED AS I WAS WHEN I WOULD WEIGH AND THE SCALE WOULD GO DOWN. AT THE END OF OCTOBER I FINALLY MADE IT AND GOT MY FIRST APPOINTMENT WITH THE DR. I THEN HAD MY PSYCH EVALUATION ON OCT. 25.
I FINALLY GOT A CALL FROM JANET AND I GO IN FOR MY PREOP TEST WEDNESDAY THE 8TH OF NOVEMBER AND MY SURGERY IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 14TH. I AM EXCITED TO SOON BE ON THE LOSING SIDE.
