Obesity is always looked upon like a curse.
Especially when you are travelling
in a bus or train or flight,
people look at you like…
why didn’t he book two seats?!
It’s really very embarrassing at that point of time.
So at the age of 10, I was obese.
Later when I started working,
erratic work lifestyle
and wrong eating habits made it worse,
leading to high blood pressure and diabetes.
I tried doing exercise, I tried doing dieting
But nothing worked.
And at that point of time,
I thought of going for bariatric surgery.
But my mother said no.
Actually, Mummyji was scared that
after the surgery, he’d starve!
My health issues…
my BP and diabetes medicines
and their impact on me and my family
kept on increasing.
One day,
my son’s classmate called him obese,
and he broke down.
And that was it.
Then I decided to go for bariatric surgery.
This was indeed a big step for us.
Even a week before my surgery,
I was thinking whether I had made the right choice or not.
But my doctors supported me very well.
Really? You forgot all about me!
You were always with me.
I also worked hard to understand this process.
I kept telling him, ‘You can do this.’
It’s been over 5 years.
I’m not taking any diabetes or blood pressure medicines.
My overall lifestyle has become quite positive and healthy.
But I continue a strict regime of
diet, exercise
and regular follow-up with my doctors.
In functions, our relatives can’t even recognize him!
My wife, though happy, is a little envious that
I’ve lost more weight than her!
After his surgery, our lifestyle, food habits...
everything has changed, but for the better.
Without this surgery,
and with my health conditions of blood pressure and diabetes,
I don’t know what would have happened to me.
Bariatric surgery has made me aware
of my ultimate goal,
which is...
healthy living.
Healthy... and happy too.