New & Ready for change!

I'm Katie. Im 24 from Columbus, Ohio. I've heard a lot of great things about this place that I hope to find to be true. This is the first time ive joined a weightloss community like this, other than Weight Watchers Online years back. I have always struggled with weight my whole life. I had under went a study with Nationwide Childrens Hospital when I was 17 to have the controversial "Teen Gastric Bypass Surgery." Though the study did help, my insurance declined me numerous times. It wasn't until my 21st birthday that i had my surgery. I had many complications and almost died. After 2 sugeries in a 24 hour period and in a medicated coma for 15 Days, I woke up... My recovery was very hard and painful. I was in the hospital for one month before I was released to go home. I am thankful I am here today, and I am thankful for the doctors and nurses who had taken care of me during that time. People ask me all the time if i could go back, would i go back and do it again. I know it put my family under a tremendous amount of stress, especially my mother who was given small odds by my surgeon that i would survive. Now that I look back, there is nothing i would change. I had to make a sacrfice to either save my life or die early (i was 467lbs)... I chose to save my life, even if it resulted in odds of death. About 22 months after surgery, I gave birth and lost my daughter Ava at 22 weeks into my pregnancy, she lived in my arms for 12 minutes. After her death I became a wreck! I fell apart and crawled back into old habits. I didnt even want to see the light of day, and I began to emotionally eat. Though I still can't eat a lot food as a normal person, i noticed that i was eatting the higher fat and sweet foods again..."comfort food!" I was told about this place and i am with hope i can find the support i am looking for and i am an available ear to anyone who might have questions about Gastric Bypass, or general weightloss. I am looking forward to making new friends along this new journey!