ObesityHelp

As a teenager, I remember thinking that I was over weight.....130lbs.  I would only love to weigh that now.

My story really begins when I was 26 and a single mother to my beautiful daughter Makenna.   I saw all my friends getting married, having babies and a new mini-vans.  All the things I wanted.  So, being that I was already a mother, I married the 1st guy who showed interest in a single mom, making $6.50 an hour.  To make a long story short, Jerry and I didn't have great marriage and it didn’t take long for the problems to start.  Two year into our marriage my whole world fell apart, I found out that he was sexually abusing my daughter.  That was 10 years ago and it still haunts me to this very day.  During the stress of the divorce and trying to get help for my daughter, this is where my weight problem began. 

  Fast Forward to my family today…. In August I’ll celebrate 8 years of marriage with Thomas.  He is my rock….when I am weak, he is strong.  I love him so much.  Tom’s job took us overseas and we spent 3 amazing years in .  When we came back to the US, we bought home our son Kevin.  On March 23, 2006 Thomas legally adopted Makenna as his daughter, her birth certificate was destroyed and a new one was issued with Thomas listed as her birthfather.  It was amazing day.  Then on March 7, 2007, I gave birth to our “little” bundle of joy, Matthew weighed in at 11lbs. 15.4oz. Yes, I had a c-section, vertical even!!

 
So, over years the weight has slowly been added to my 5’ 3” frame.  My first medical related issue arose in 2000, when Thomas and I were having problems getting pregnant and I was diagnosed with PCOS (Polycystic ovary syndrome) and I was told in order to get pregnant I would have to loose weight.  The battle began.  I was trying to loose weight but wasn’t having any luck.  When we moved overseas, I started seeing one of the military docs and I was once again told to loose weight.  Diet, exercise, pills and shakes nothing was working.  Finally my doc put me on clomid, a fertility drug, after 12 months and one miscarriage we were pregnant.  While I was pregnant, I was diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes.  I read how bad this was for the baby, so again, I tried to eat better and hope I didn’t have to deal with this again.  My second dose of clomid, I was pregnant with Matt.  We told our Doctor right away that I was diabetes with the last baby, so I was only 12 weeks pregnant when I ate a piece of cake and 2 hours later my BS was 320.  I called the doctor right away and was on insulin right away.  I had a really had time with my sugars this time and I ended up having to take four shots a day.  After Matt was born, my sugars where fine.  About 6 months later, I went to the Doctor because I wasn’t feeling right, I wanted him to check my A1C, which came back fine but my cholesterol was 248 and my triglycerides were 660 (should be under 200)!!  I instantly freaked out because my father had a heart attack at 50 and all my readings where higher then his at the time of the heart attack.  I was put on meds and for the last 6 months we have been trying to get them under control.  Now, that I’m on 4omg of Lovastatin a day my latest test came back that my cholesterol was 196 but my triglycerides were still high, 523.  Then I found out that my A1C was 6.6 which mean, I had the joy of starting Metformin.  I’m 36 years old and I’m so scared that I’m going to have a heart attack and Thomas is going to be left alone to take care of the family.  This is why I’m looking into surgery.