Over the summer I mentioned that major lifestyle and nutrition changes were on the horizon, and now that they are closer than ever I figured it was time to let everyone in on the secret. About 2.5yrs ago, my endocrinologist spoke to me about bariatric surgery, specifically a gastric sleeve, in order to help me lose weight as well as (hopefully) reverse my diabetes. My initial reaction was nope, no way, not going to happen and she told me to just go home and think about it. Which I did, a lot, before calling her office a couple of weeks after and asking her to put in the referral. In part because I knew that the waiting list was quite long and in part because I know she wouldn’t have suggested it if she didn’t truly think I would benefit from it. I told myself that I would try and make the changes myself while I waited and once they called me, I could always tell them that I wasn’t interested. Well, they finally called last summer and I hadn’t made the progress I would have
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