I should give some background on my weight loss surgery…..I won’t give you all the boring details on how I got obese……let me say that there was a lot of vodka and cokes with a lot of chips, and peanuts etc as well as a good amount of cheeseburgers thrown in. You get away with some of this when you’re young but when you get into your 40s and you are not as active the weight just gets out of control.
I tried a lot of different “diets “after I got obese and started eating better….but was unable to get (and keep) much weight off. When I turned 50 years (2004) old I was 340 lbs. I went to my Dr. and asked what could be done…..we had already tried all the conventional “treatments”. Dr. Carson asked me what I knew about WLS. The truth was I knew nothing about it other than I have a niece that had gastric bypass and had great success with losing weight as well as maintaining her goal weight. Dr. Carson then told me about the bariatric clinic in Edmonton and how they had started a lapband program to go with their RNY program. He asked if I wanted for him to put in a referral for me and see what they had to say. I thought that there was no harm in checking it out so I told him to go for it. I heard nothing for close to a year and had pretty well forgotten about it when I got a call from the Royal Alex in Edmonton and was scheduled for my first appointment at the end of August 2005. I went thru the program and had lap-band surgery on August 01 2006. My weight was 300 lbs at surgery. I have lost 60 lbs to a low of 240 at Christmas 06…..and maintained that weight till Christmas 07 when I went on binge and gained 10 lbs and have stayed at 250 lbs since.
The problem that I have with my band is that it does not curb my hunger…..it restricts how much volume I can eat but does not stop me from being hungry. This is not the norm…..most banders feel full when there pouch is full. I can eat till I have to throw up and still feel hungry. But that is for another post. I am working with Dr. Davey and Dr. Birch at the Royal Alex and we are trying to sort this out. I will keep the blog updated if and when there is any change……good or bad.
trol Raceway on Saturday and watched some good racing. There were some 6 sec cars out doing some test and tunes. There were a couple of Calgary cars up for the weekend….I still haven’t got the Firebird going but we are close. With luck we will have it ready for the Calgary season.