I just wanted to introduce myself! Hi!

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone!

First, I want to thank Diane for beginning this site. I'm less than 2 weeks=

away from having

my surgery, and finding support online was hard. But it was worth the wait =

to find all the

excellent ppl involved here.

And I just wanted to introduce myself.

My name's Mike, and I've always been a little heavy all my life. I'm 29, an=

d the weight

began to really pack on 4 years ago. I was extremely depressed, especially =

after all the

dieting, gym memberships (my wife and I went for an entire year, she shrunk=

and I went

nowhere.) It was a little comforting when I recently found out I had Hypogo=

nadism—a

major reason for my symptoms and gain. My heads been spinning with everythi=

ng that I've

been finding out about myself. It's very odd to have Dr's tell you that you=

may have

become a totally different person (emotionally and physically) if you hadn'=

t been hit in the

head with a bat at age 12 (true story). They say that's where my Hypogonadi=

sm stems

from—sharp blow to the head around age of puberty. I did go through puberty=

(thank god)

but slowly after that, my body and brain made less and less testosterone un=

til, finally,

about 5 years ago it stopped making it all together. Resulting in sudden we=

ight gain, loss

of muscle and bone mass. With this surgery, I'll lose the weight I could ne=

ver do on my

own, plus I'll be able to have Hormone therapy that will work (because I'll=

be the size of a

normal person.)

Well, I have to get back to work. Thanks for listening everyone. I'll be ba=

ck—and often!

Mikey