The
Incredible Shrinking Woman
My
name is Julie and I am 29 years old. I have a Masters degree in
Social Work and work as a clinician. I live in sunny Tucson,
Arizona with my wonderful husband of 3 1/2 years, Dave. We do not
have any human children at this time, but do have two dog children, our
goofy Springer Spaniels, Murry and Angus.
I have been
struggling with my weight since I was a child. 9 years old to be
exact, which was when I went on my first diet. I can remember
all of the strange and unusual diets I have been on, from eating only
fruit and rice, to the cabbage soup diet, to different diet center
diets, eating freeze dried food, counting points, counting fat grams,
counting carbohydrates. How many of us have peed on strips of
paper just hoping the stupid things would change into a different shade
of purple? Who remembers those little tiny scales to measure the
generous 4 oz portion of broiled chicken? Does any of this sound
familiar? The only thing I really ever counted was the f***ing
numbers on the scale go up...up.....up.....until one day, I had
enough. Enough of my body, enough of the fighting, just plain
enough. I was tired....tired of a lot of things. I had been
contemplating weight loss surgery for almost 1 year before I seriously
decided to look into it. I did research on the internet
into different programs and surgeons. My husband and I went to an
informational seminar and I
immediately knew I was ready for this and scheduled a consult with the
surgeon.
My journey
began in August 2003 following my consultation at the WISH Center
in Tempe, Arizona.
My surgery is scheduled for November 3, 2003. This will be the
first day of the rest of my life.
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