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The Decision: Why I chose the sleeve

Posted on March 18, 2013 | Leave a comment

Unlike LeBron James, I’m not taking up an hour of primetime television to discuss why I made the choice I did with regard to which surgery I am going to have. I am, however, going to take up a little bit of the blogosphere to explain why I chose the procedure I am going to have because several people have asked.

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all great changes are preceded by chaos, or how I decided to quit fighting and go under the knife.

Posted on March 16, 2013 | 4 comments

The last post I made to this blog was in June of 2012. This was the last time that I really invested time into taking care of myself.

Since then, I’ve backslid in the biggest of ways–not really paying attention to what I ate, how much I ate, or how much I moved. As a result I’ve gained back over half the weight I lost when I set out upon the latest of weight loss journeys that my adult life has been consumed with.

In January, I had a 6-month checkup with my primary care physician. Because I am diabetic, I must go in every 6 months and have my a1c, cholesterol, triglycerides and other things checked. I knew before I went in to do the lab work that the results would be dismal; I was just waiting for her to say them to my face.

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