Jul15
Looking Beyond
Its not an easy decision to make. In some ways, it seems like a foolish thing to do — having what could be considered “elective” surgery, and probably having to find a group of mortgage lenders to have it done. And yet, if it were cancer or an emergency type surgery, we would have it done, and that would be that. I’m not just slightly overweight and vain about my looks. I am extremely overweight, and quite honestly, have gone way beyond not caring how I look. My reasons for considering the WLS are what are called co-morbidities. They are factors, health reasons, that go hand in hand with the obesity. I have severe sleep apnea. I have Atrial Fib (my heart is out of rhythm, on a continous basis). My feet and ankles swell on a daily basis, and without taking high doses of a diaretic, it is hard for me to even walk around. My knees hurt. And now, we are looking diabetes. Its just the onset, and I do not take medication for it yet. But. Its just a matter of time. So, it goes beyond being vain about my looks. This surgery, which will cost as much as we paid for our house (granted, its a small house, and we didn’t pay THAT much), its still something we really really need to consider.
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