“I have so much energy that not only do I now work full time (before I couldn’t work at all), I am also going back to school to become a nurse. Before my surgery, I didn’t feel that I had a present, much less a reason to plan for the future. Now I’m always planning for a full life.            

I’ve also discontinued many of my medications, and I no longer have sleep apnea and do not have to sleep with my c-pap machine. My advice to anyone considering weight loss surgery is ‘Just take the leap!’  You deserve a full life without the weight holding you back. Your world can expand and get so much better. The healthier you feel, the more you can do and then you do more and start to feel even healthier. It’s a wonderful cycle that grows and grows as you shrink and shrink. You CAN do it with a little help. For me, lap band was just the tool I needed to start living and just quit merely surviving.”