In the beginning

Welcome to my blog. This is my first attempt at blogging so please bear with me as I get my feet wet, so to speak.My name is Lisa and I am 34 years old. I am almost 4 weeks post gastric by-pass surgery and thought that I really needed a way to express my feelings and opinions. I thought maybe by writing everything down it might help people out there that are contemplating this option and/or have done it and just need a supporting ear.








My journey to December 9th 2009's surgery didn't start on a whim. It actually started 9 years prior in September 2000. After first moving away from home and not feeling all that good about my weight and seemingly always being disappointed that I couldn't keep the weight loss that I did manage off.

 I talked to my mom about surgery options, she mailed me an article she read in good house keeping and it was about a surgeon here in Canada that was paving the way to revolutionizing gastric bypass surgery. I was really interested and so I started doing research on it myself.

 I really wanted the surgery but back then OHIP didn't cover it and I knew unless the lottery fairy came my way I could never afford it.

After spending years and different doctors all not really supporting the surgery method of losing weight, I finally found a very nice nurse practitioner that actually listened to me and she was like 'if this is what you want then who was she to stop me.' So that July 24th day of 2008 we put in the referral to the surgeon I had been studying and researching for 8 long years. Now I thought great its done, I will be losing weight and getting healthy in no time. 1 month went by, then 2 then 12 went by with no response. Finally in August of 2009 I received a call from the Humber River Regional Bariatric Clinic saying it was my time if I was still interested. Hell  ya I was still interested. So the process began.


This blog will take you through every step that I have been through and will continue to go through on my goal to getting healthy and having society stop discriminating against me just because I was over weight.