Lap Band - the begining

So yesterday I finally got a response from the surgeon in my town (I live in Montreal, the clinic is in Town of Mount-Royal, working with the Hopital Sacre Coeur of Ville Saint-Laurent).

I have my very first appointment on September 26th 2011. Am I excited? Yes. Nervous? Very.

However I cannot help myself but think of all the things it will allow me to do... Go to the gym, go to the amusement park with my brothers and my boyfriend... or even sit on a swing at a park. All these things I cannot enjoy because I am overweight and have tried every trick in the book..

I remember being 10 years old, having to rush after school to go meet with the dietician. Is that fun for a 10 year old? Ya think? NOT! Kids that age want to eat those cookies in the jar, not count how many portions of 250ml of milk produce they had in one day. They just want those damn cookies.

So here I am, on my way to being healthy. A healthy 22 year old, hopefully if it is even completed before my next birthday, or the one after, and so on.

I am meeting with my family doctor on September 16th, to follow up on my medication and blood tests. I have to do some more in November to verify my Thyroid gland.

At the moment I take 45 grams of Celexa, 90 grams of Seroquel and some Rivotril every now and then when my anxiety is unmanageable. I also take OrthoCept birth control, which is obviously to prevent from getting pregnant, but also to maintain a regular menstrual cycle as this had also gone bonkers, probably due to the weight.

I am hoping that with the surgery, my mood will increase and that it will have such an impact on my body and my hormones that I will no longer have to take such medication!