I am 66 now and for the last 30 years I have been overweight, up to a total of 60 kg extra.
With it came diabetes, high bloodpressure, cholesterol and a defunct gallbladder.
When my children started work last year and got beginning salaries bigger then my final one, I decided to spend my savings on me.
I got myself a Roux en Y stomach bypass operation; it did cost 16.000 NZ and was over and done in 4 days as it was done with keyhole surgery, hence a quick and painless recovery.
It reduces the stomach to a little pouch and thus it takes half a teacup of solid food to fill it up.
It is now 2 months ago and I have gone down by 20 kg, with 40 more to go, which will take about 10 months from now on.
The diabetes is gone, while the bloodpressure and the cholesterol are trending down.
The potbelly is gone, while the spare tire and the roll of fat in the groin are loose and shrinking and so are my upper legs.
While I know that what I look like is of no interest to nudists it makes living in this body a lot more comfortable.
The permanent nature of this also means I will have to take iron and vitamin pills every day for the rest of my life; a good exchange as I can let go of the other pills for the other ills!
With the summer coming up in a few months I look forward to being a comfortable nude rather than a plodding one.
With it came diabetes, high bloodpressure, cholesterol and a defunct gallbladder.
When my children started work last year and got beginning salaries bigger then my final one, I decided to spend my savings on me.
I got myself a Roux en Y stomach bypass operation; it did cost 16.000 NZ and was over and done in 4 days as it was done with keyhole surgery, hence a quick and painless recovery.
It reduces the stomach to a little pouch and thus it takes half a teacup of solid food to fill it up.
It is now 2 months ago and I have gone down by 20 kg, with 40 more to go, which will take about 10 months from now on.
The diabetes is gone, while the bloodpressure and the cholesterol are trending down.
The potbelly is gone, while the spare tire and the roll of fat in the groin are loose and shrinking and so are my upper legs.
While I know that what I look like is of no interest to nudists it makes living in this body a lot more comfortable.
The permanent nature of this also means I will have to take iron and vitamin pills every day for the rest of my life; a good exchange as I can let go of the other pills for the other ills!
With the summer coming up in a few months I look forward to being a comfortable nude rather than a plodding one.
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