Lisa Mendonca:  

Life WELL LET SEE. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL I GOT MARRIED, PUTTED AROUND IN THE ELECTRONICS FIELD. REALIZED IT WAS'NT FOR ME. THEN I WENT TO WORK FOR ALAMEDA HOSPITAL IN THE RADIOLOGY DEPT. TRANSFERRED TO A HOSPITAL IN THE CITY, DID THIS FOR ABOUT 2 YRS. THEN WHEN THE CITY'S BUDGET CUTS CAME THROUGH MOST OF OUR RAD DEPT STAFF INCLUDING ME GOT LAID OFF. FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON I GOT INTO MANAGEMENT. I ENJOYED IT, BUT NOT ME. IN 1991 ANDREW & I BOUGHT OUR HOME IN SAN LEANDRO, RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL. WE NEVER HAD ANY CHILDREN, JUST 2 DOGS & 3 CATS AND A CHINCHILLA. PLUS I HELPED RAISE MY COUSIN'S SON COREY. WHO IS GONNA BE 15 IN MAY AND GRADUATING FROM BANCROFT IN JUNE OF 07. "GO BRONCOS". I GOT BOARED WITH THE OFFICE STUFF REALLY FAST AND DECIDED I WAS GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. I WENT TO LANEY COLLEGE AT NIGHT. I TOOK CLINICAL LAB SCIENCE CLASSES AND OTHER MED CLASSES. AND IN JAN 1994 I BECAME A PHLEBOTOMIST. AND THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING EVER SINCE. AND I LOVE IT. I ALSO DID BODY REMOVAL'S WITH ANDREW AT NIGHT. THAT WAS VERY COOL. I DID THIS FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS WITH HIM. ANDREW & I WERE MARRIED FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS, THEN IN 2002 WE DIVORCED. IN ALL THIS TIME TOWARD THE END OF OUR MARRIAGE I BALLOONED UP TO A VERY SCARY WEIGHT. I WAS DEPRESSED AND DID'NT CARE. UNTIL ONE DAY I WENT TO MY DOCTOR FOR A CHECK-UP AND WAS TOLD I HAD TYPE 2 DIABETES, MY WEIGHT WAS THE CAUSE OF MY MIGRAINES. SO I TRIED ONE TOO MANY DIETS AND LOST THE WEIGHT AND TURNED RIGHT AROUND AND GAINED IT BACK, PLUS SOME. THEN I SAW CARNE WILSON DO THE GASTRIC BYPASS. I THOUGHT OK THIS COULD HELP. LONG STORY SHORT. I HAD THE BYPASS IN NOVEMBER 2004. I HAVE LOST & MAINTAINED A 185 POUNDS. GONE!!!!!! I FEEL SO MUCH BETT...Expand for more