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Hi everyone! My name is Cindy and I will be 30 tommorrow. I am married ,have

four children and I am a OB RN ( who is not working at this time due to

ulcers, acid reflux and the stress of it all!). I have been overweight for as

long as I can remember. Right now I weigh 246lbs ( I am 5'6 " ). I have tried

all the diets out there, as I am sure everyone here has. You know the cycle,

loose 5 lbs, gain back 10!!

I teach my children at home and there is so much I want to do with them, but

I never have the energy. I wake up in the mornings and feel like pulling the

covers up over my head and staying in bed forever. I can't play ball with my

kids because I get short of breath. My kids are young ( 10 to 5) and they

have their whole life ahead of them... I want to be there to watch them grow

up and have kids of their own one day... but some days I wonder if I will be

around for that. I want to have another baby, but I am scared of all the

weight I will gain if I get pg again.

My dh says he loves me just the way I am.. but I know he misses the size 9

bride he married. ( that was during one of my loose weight at all cost

periods, I was in nursing school and I lived off of light Beer, Nabs,

Cigerattes and Dt. Mt Dew.. and danced 4-5 nights a week.. I never ate!!) All

of that is gone now ( except the Dt. Mt Dew) and I am a size 22 instead!!

Some days I beg my dh to let me start smoking again just to see if it will

help me loose weight again! I'm gonna die either way, right?

Anyhow, I found Dr. R's website and I am so fasinated by it!! I sounds safer

than RNY I have been reading about. I am very interested in learning more

about your experiences and deciding if this is the right for surgery for me.

Thanks for " listening "

Cindy