weightloss surgery - VSG

For anyone considering weightloss surgery but on the fence about it, I completely endorse it. When I decided to get healthy and do something about my excessive weight problem, I was in pretty bad shape. I'd had a really serious car accident 18 years before that broke my pelvis, shattered all the bones in one leg causing nerve damage, and broke my dominate side shoulder blade in half (which never healed properly so still has issues 20 years later). As far as I know, it is common practice to be non-weight bearing for at least 3 months following pelvic fractures, meaning I had 3 months to lose muscle mass. Actually, ended up being closer to 5 months for me due to a bone splinter.

So one doctor's visit in my mid-30's, the reality of how unhealthy I had become smacked me in the face. I was veering dangerously close to 400lbs and had so little strength in my legs I could hardly walk from my car into the store, and I wouldn't dream of walking around the store itself. I used the provided mobility scooters despite the constant aggrivation of it quitting on me in the middle of the store. I had a handful of comorbidities that mainly afflict people with weight issues (I'm sure you can guess the big 3) and was just generally miserable dealing with all of the symptoms my weight problem gifted me with. I was in a lot of pain from my accident and packing on all that excess weight only exasperated it. Below are some milestones I hit:

starting weight - 378 lbs in Nov 2020

surgery weight - 275 lbs in June 2021

hit below 200 lbs - Aug 2022