Since I kept being told that I needed to lose weight, I started seeing a dietician. Well, this dietician did what I call the american version of medicine...he prescribed me a new medication. Guess it was used for depression, but also to help smokers stop smoking ie, it helped to curb cravings. Well after being on that medication for 2 months, I lost a whopping 4lbs. So I started thinking about having a gastric bypass. I had tried all the diets, weight watchers, atkins...none really worked for me. At this point I had just started working in my new department which was OB. I used to work in the cardiology department but switched within 8 months in California to what I always wanted to do, work with babies. Anyway, a lot of the nurses that I worked with in OB had had a gastric bypass and were doing really well. I had read all the horror stories, but I was seeing first hand that as long as you follow Dr's orders and chose a good surgeon, a gastric bypass can be very successful. So I did it. The surgeon that I picked was amazing. She made sure that I was in the right frame of mind to have the surgery by making me go see her dietician and a psychologist. I remember that at the seminar, my main concern was whether or not it would affect my being able to have children. They assured me that it wouldn't and I even met some post gastric bypass patients who were succesful in having children. So I did it! In the first year I lost 110lbs! It's been 6 years since the bypass and I am still without any problems. I have regained about 15lbs since, but that is normal.
Now since losing weight, I was on the hunt for a man! I dated a lot but none of them were husband material. So I dated some more. (this makes me sound like a whore, but really I'm not...I just kept picking losers) Then this one nurse that I worked with in the nursery kept telling me that I really needed to meet her son. She kept saying that we had a ton in common and that we would be perfect for each other. Well, it was always bad timing...either I was dating someone or he was. Until Finally, 4 years later, I was able to meet Mike.
Mike is a big race fan as am I. I grew up in racing. My uncle used to race and every summer since I was 13 or so, I worked at a race track. So, one saturday, my coworker Jackie convinced me to go meet Mike at a race. Well, I didn't want to go alone to a racetrack and meet some guy even if I knew his mom really well and she was awesome, so I made my roommate tag along. Well, the poor thing was ignored the whole night because Mike and I hit it off right off the bat. We have honestly been together ever since. It is at this point in time that I really started worrying about being able to have children. I knew about 6 weeks after I met Mike that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him and wanted to have his children. So I went to see one of my favorite OB's that I worked with to try and figure this all out
To be continued
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