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Hello, My name is Tabbatha Burleson. I am 28 years old. I am 9 days post-op. I

have two boys and a wonderful husband. We have been together for 10 years this

Dec. and married for 7 of those years come March.

I have struggled with my weight since I was 17 years old. But it has only been

within the last four or five years that I really started to have problems. My

doctors recomended me to have this surgery done about 3 years ago, but things

fell through, and I was not able to go through with the surgery. I believe that

at that time I wasn't really ready. It wasn't until this last summer that I

really started to research wls surgery. I came to the conclusion that if I

didn't go through with it this time, I was not going to live to see my two boys

grow up. I was 350+ lbs, with severe sleep apnea, hip pain, high blood pressure,

breathing problems whenever I exerted myself, severe swelling of my legs and

feet, and I was getting sores on them that would leak plasma and take forever to

heal.

My husband and family wanted so badly for me to have this surgery. In July of

07, I finally made the decision to go ahead and go for having the surgery. I

went to my doctor and they made the appointment. In Sept. I had my appointment.

I went to orientation and saw Dr.K and the psychologist, all in one day. By then

I weighed 371 lbs.

By the end of September I was approved by Medi-cal to have the surgery. I was

so excited! I couldn't believe how fast things were going.

I set my date for surgery Nov.7, 2007. I couldn't believe that it was finally

going to happen. To me it was a miracle. My whole family was so proud of me and

so happy for me.

Here I am. Nine days out of surgery. I already feel so much better. When I

went in this week to have the drains taken out I weighed 347 lbs. I was amazed.

In one week I had lost almost 30lbs. I know that it is mostly, if not all, water

weight.

I feel the need to connect with others who have gone through or are going

through the same things that I am. It is even better that we share the same

surgery and doctor.

I hope too, that I might be able to help someone else that is wondering if

they should have the surgery, and have questions.

I am sorry if I have gone on and on. I wasn't sure what exactly to write.

Please feel free to ask any questions that you want of me.

Thank You, Tabbatha Burleson.

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