Time to act

Once I left the Army I proceeded to gain 100 pounds in about a year. That is right people about a year. I maintained that weight 280 pounds for about 15 years. Not to say that I didn't try to lose the weight. God knows I tried everything under the sun. I would lose some and gain it back and then I started losing the weight and gaining it back with interest. I worked my way up to 328 pounds. I had met Dr. Snyder once when he did a hernia repair on my oldest son. We briefly discussed weight loss surgery. At that point it was not covered by insurance and I could never pay for it. Years passed and one day I was at my primary care Doc’s office. We were going over my latest test results. I was on 12 pills a day and had 3 major co-morbidity factors. He asked me to see Dr Snyder about WLS. I had to change insurance companies and fight for a year but I managed to get insurance to cover the procedure that I think saved my life.