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Jan 13, 2012

So its been 8 1/2 years.  In 2008 I had gotten to my all-time-low of 206 - that's over 100 pounds.  Unfortunately my migraine issue became even worse, and I was started on a med that many people see weight gain on. I didn't know that, so thought it was my destructive eating and gained like 70-80 pounds in a just a few months.  Then they eventually found out I had a pituitary adenoma. Its a tumor just under/next to the brain. It had been rotting out my skull, and had started encroaching on my optic chiasm - basically where the optical nerves go between your eyes and your brain.  So luckily that was found and surgery wasn't too bad (up my nose with a rubber hose).  I was able to get off the pain meds and the one that helped me eat my way back up to almost my pre-op weight.  I did lose about 25 pounds after the surgery, and started eating in a healthier way.  Then I changed jobs and I was back in my own pattern.  So today, I am about 282.  Totally sucks.  

I'm still never hungry.  If I don't eat I get a headache and/or lightheaded.  It is simply mental right now.  I am seeing a Christian counselor who is helping me tremendously. I'm still glad I did it.

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