Well, I have battled the bulge since I was 5. I was always in pageants, modeling, and continued that pattern of life until college, but I had to starve myself nearly to death to stay bony. After three years of college, I started picking up some weight, more than I had in the past. Of course, I was introduced to mac and cheese, and all those cheap fattening foods college students survive on. Bam, I just blew up over the last fifteen years. I have taken the weight loss drugs, tried programs, and nothing sticks, so here I am hoping I can one day have this surgery. I'm so tired of people acting like I have the plague because I am a big girl. Society can be ever so unkind.