Hi.. I’m Wendy from a small town in northern Minnesota. I’m 46 yrs old, I’m 5’4.5” tall and weigh 213. I’m pre gastric bypass with hopes to have surgery in February. I also have gastroparesis in which my stomach does not empty my foods like it should; the muscles around my stomach don’t contract properly to aide in pushing my food to my small intestine. This makes me feel full all the time and extremely nauseous with vomiting. It’s so hard to deal with some days! I’m also on disability due to severe depression and degenerate joint disease..I’ve had two back surgeries and three knee surgeries including a partial knee replacement and need the other knee replaced as well. I’m in extreme pain daily from my back and joints..so getting around isn’t easy at all. I’m also a recovering drug addict. I was abusing benzodiazepines like Valium, Diazepam, Klonopin, Clorazepam, Ativan. I was given these meds by prescription for my anxiety and depression. I soon found myself abusing them and my life out of control. I put myself in treatment and have been clean and sober for over a year and a half now. Now that I’ve got ahold of that, it’s time I take care of my weight. I’ve always been thin except twice in my life..The first time following a divorce and death of my father..I was able to lose all that weight gain in 9months..Not this time! With my back and joints being as bad as they now..exercising is very minimal.. I have lost 40-50lbs by myself with pool therapy and the use of phentermine. Now I’m just staying here I'm at in weight by maybe a 5lb fluctuation either way. Very frustrated in myself for allow this weight to come back on. I hope to find some good information here as well as friends!

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