Determined to Live: How I Endured 48 Surgeries Due to Gastric Bypass
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The purpose of writing this book is to bring awareness to the epidemic of obesity. I do not want anyone to go though what I have endured, being obese a majority of my life. As a result of not knowing proper nutrition growing up and into my late teenage years, I was faced with making the life-changing decision to have gastric bypass surgery, because traditional weight-loss methods such as strict dieting and exercise did not work for me.
Lynette R. Goode
Lynette Ruffin Goode lives in Richmond, Virginia with her husband and daughter. She is a Motivational Speaker the Founder and CEO of a nonprofit 501-(3)c organization called DEON Intervention Incorporated, which stands for Drugs, Education, Obesity and Nutrition. She has several degrees which include a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, an Associate’s Degree in Human Services and she has Substance Abuse certification.
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Determined to Live - Lynette R. Goode
Copyright © 2013 LYNETTE R. GOODE, Lynette Ruffin Goode.
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ISBN: 978-1-4497-8787-5 (sc)
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2013904868
WestBow Press rev. date: 5/3/2013
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
1. Parents
2. Dealing with Obesity
3. Father Being Diagnosed with Cancer
4. Leon, the Love of My Life
5. My Greatest Accomplishment, Tiffany
6. The Gastric Bypass
7. Depression
8. Prescription Drug Addiction/Detox
9. Overcoming Life Obstacles
IMG.jpgTHE JOSEPH RUFFIN FAMILY. HELLO WORLD!
T his book is dedicated to God and my wonderful husband Tyrone Leon Goode. I never would have thought that we would go through the things we have over the past sixteen years. Every time the doctor would tell you I was not going to make it, you made me believe that I would. When I was so weak and tired of fighting the battle, you would not allow me to give up. You are an example of what a husband and father does when things get really tough. We have been through so much with my family and your family, but we made it, honey. I will never forget that morning when you came to the hospital at 2:30 in the morning. I felt someone kissing me on my head, and it was you. Somehow you knew I was giving up because I was tired of fighting for my life. You made me promise that I would not give up, and I didn’t because I am here to tell the story. People said we were not going to make it one year, but on July 8, 2013 we will be married for twenty-four years. I love you so much. The best is yet to come, honey. When God made you, he made you just for me and no one else.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to thank my parents for being so unselfish when I became very ill. You all literally rotated months to take care of my family. When I was growing up, you all encouraged all of us to give our best at whatever we did. Dad, before God called you home you got to see your baby girl graduate from college. You and Mom were so happy. There are no perfect parents, but you all did well by us. Dad, I know you are sitting in heaven just smiling saying that’s my baby. Mom, I love you so much. As long as I live I will forever be looking out for you.
Tiffany, you are our one and only child. I want to thank you for editing my book. You could have been doing a lot of stuff because I was so sick most of your childhood life, but you didn’t. When I sit back and look at the young woman you have become, I can give all the credit to God. You are an awesome young woman. I was not there for most of your early childhood years, but I am here now, and we can do some damage control to your daddy’s wallet. Every moment that we spend together is just so special to me. The world will know you all by yourself because you have so many gifts and talents that only God could have given to you.
Special gratitude to Angel Pope, when I asked you to type my manuscript because my hands would not allow me to type, you said yes. Thank you so much for listening to all those hours of tapes and putting it on paper. I will always be indebted to you. Special thanks to my best friend Lois Lane Parson for editing my book also. We will always be sisters.
Bishop Robert E. Williams, Sr., words cannot explain how much you have been there for me and my family. Through all the surgeries that I have had, you were there to comfort my family and pray for me before I went into the operating room. The relationship that you have with my family is just awesome. God put us under your leadership, and you are our spiritual head. Through all of the personal things that I went through at the hospital, you were right at the hospital with me. I will never forget that Sunday evening when you came to visit me in PICU. When the door opened at this time I could only see the colors of black and blue. He said, Girl, I cannot have you in the hospital with your hands looking like that.
Then he put lotion on my hands. That was so special to me. I want you to know Bishop; we have grown so much under your leadership. You have been a confidant to me over the years. There are certain things I have shared with only you and God.
I am so thankful for my team of doctors. Dr. Schroder, you know me better in the inside more than myself because you have done most of my surgeries except for a few. You always took the lead, and you never gave up on me. Dr. Coleman, thank you so much for allowing me to detox when you knew it was going to be an uphill battle because you could not use the drugs that you needed to because in the past they had messed with my heart. Dr. Gelrud, I will never forget you. We had to make some difficult decisions when it came to my