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My name is Diane,
I am from Luxemburg /Europe I am born january 64 and since I was a teenager I was very obese...
Besides I am married to Alain and we have 4 wonderful kids adopted from Peru, Vietnam and Madagascar.
I do work in one adoption agency and have a very busy daily life. Beeing overweight for a long long time...I did barely go out and felt bad about myself...I was ashamed about the way I looked...I could not stand the looks of the other people anymore..I nearly gave up myself....
Two bad things happened in my life...at the age of 17 I had ovarian cancer and underwent a hysterectomy and when I was 23 I had a very bad car accident and lost my right leg. Since than my weight was getting higher and higher up to the point where I could barely walk anymore and suffered from severe side effects due to my extreme weight of 337 pounds...
I than took the decision to have the RNY surgery wich was done on February 8th 2005 in the "Centre Hospitalier" in Luxemburg City. My surgeon was Dr Martine Goergen and she really gave me my life back!
Since than and up to day I lost a total of 169 pounds...right now November 2006 I weigh a 167 pounds...I am half of the person I used to be...and I am still loosing ...I had no side effects at all...I am in a perfect shape, my blood tests are allways fine and I am so much happyer than I used to be...I got my life back!
At no time I regretted my decision! It was the best thing I have done in my life (besides getting married to my dh and having our 4 children of course)
Ok and here I am and I have no idea what else I could write...
So just let me say nice to meet you all!!
Greetings Diane from Luxemburg
PS: My native language is not english...so dont be surprised if it may sound weird from time to time or if I make mistakes..just forgive me plse...besides english I do speak luxemburgish, german and french fluently
Update 11th of June 2008
I have not been here for a long time ;-) New weight is 67 Kilo or 147,5 Pounds...I am so thrilled. More than I ever dreamed of! Still no corrective surgery done but I suppose I need a tummy tuck sooner or later ;-)
I lost a total of 86 Kilo ( 189,4 Pounds) I am healthy, no problems at all! My life has changed so dramatically! I regret only one thing...that I have not done it earlyer in my life...
Update 02.09.2012
Today is my 7th weightloss birthday and I am doing fine ;-) I was not able to keep all the weight off and it is still sometimes a fight but I must be grateful for what I have..
My new weight is 90,5 Kilo or 199,5 pounds..I would love to loose abou 10 Kilos again but I am really fighting with my head.
I am happy though and healthy wich is the most important. I am far from where I started but I am also far from the really small I have been..
Nevertheless...it seems I am stabilised on my weight. I am not really gaining more and where would I be without the weight loss surgery? Would I still be alive? Seriously I dont know....
So maybe the most important thing would be working on my inner peace, accepting myself the way I am...not really fat but also not really slim..just normal :-))
09.02.2015
10 years post op...I am fine! I hear about others that are not great but I am still fine and all is good so far. My weight is around 88 kilos so for years I managed to keep it stable and that is making me happy. I really can not say anything negative besides I am just doing great!
Best Wishes Diane
