Hi Sara !!!!!!!!

[Guest guest]

Hi Sara,

I just love that name........welcome to this incredible group of family

and

friends. Your struggle is so familiar so don't ever feel alone...we are here for

you. What a wonderful calling you have to adopt such a wonderful family. I just

have one question....How do you do it??????????????? You must be superwoman!!!

My

three kids were a lot for me to handle and VERY expensive... You are a much

better

woman than I. Thank God he put people like you on this earth to nurture those

little ones. Once again...WELCOME.

Bye,

Genz ( Genzel from Texas )

Vaughn and Sara Schütz wrote:

> Hi,

>

> I am new, although I have been on this list for a few weeks. I posted once

> before to ask a couple of questions. Thanks to those who answered. Anyway, I

> would like to introduce myself to the group. My name is Sara. I am 42 years

> old, 5 feet 4 and a half inches tall, and I think I weigh about 250, maybe a

> bit less. My scale at home is not that accurate. Until a few days ago (when

I

> finally weighed myself again after avoiding it for a long time) I thought I

> weighed less, and that my BMI would be borderline (39 or so) and that I might

> have to gain a bit of weight to have this surgery, LOL. It was discouraging

to

> find out I now weigh more than I thought I did. So I guess my BMI is about

42.

>

> I've been through diets, phen-fen, even exercised hard 5-6 days a week for

> fairly long periods of time. I have lost weight, and have always regained it,

> and more. Pretty much the same story that we all have, I think. I just can't

> do it anymore. I told my husband that I was never going to diet again because

> it was useless, incredibly difficult, and I always ended up worse off than I

> was before. I won't take weight loss medication again either because the

> Phen-fen made me feel like I was going to die because of all the side effects

> it caused in me. I started researching weight loss surgery about 3 months

> ago. I happened upon Dr. R's site by accident during one of my searches for

> more information, and after reading a bit, I was suddenly struck by the

feeling

> that this is what I need to do. I have since been reading everything and

> praying about it a lot, and I truly feel that I need to pursue this. I had

> been thinking about having open RNY, but did not feel comfortable with that.

I

> feel very comfortable with the MGB!

> I have 6 children, 5 are adopted. I mention that because I saw a post from

> someone a few days ago who is adopting. Adoption is a miracle in our lives.

I

> am a DES daughter and have lost 6 pregnancies through miscarriage and one

child

> to complications from being born prematurely. So, to be able to adopt has

been

> an incredible blessing. I am not totally digressing from WLS and the MGB

> here. I need this surgery in large part because of my children. I need more

> energy: I need to be healthy; I need to not hurt when I have to get up in the

> middle of the night with the baby; I need to be able to sleep without waking

up

> every few minutes from my own snoring (which has only happened with the last

20

> pounds or so - sleep apnea?), and I need to live a long time. And, we do want

> to adopt another child before we are too old, LOL. So I need to lose this

> weight and be healthy!! My children are 17, 13, 11, 10, 9, and 9 months. My

> husband is an angel who supports me in everything, and is very supportive

about

> the MGB.

> So that's my story in a large nutshell. I appreciate everyone's posts here

and

> all the information and support I get from being on this list.

>

> Thanks,

> Sara

> BMI 42 (I think)

>

>