AliciasMommy
Wow, My story? I'd be here all day just trying to put into words the thing I could actually call "my story"....
To make a long story short...
I had the Gastric Bypass when I was 19, I think. I was weighing in at a hefty 290-300 possibly around then, that was all in 2003. By 2006 I was weighing 135-140, in march of this year, I found out I was pregnant with my own little princess.. Hence the name, princess chloe mtb.. I am currently in my last trimester, standing 34 weeks and wanting to see her more and more as each day passes.
I got the surgery when I was fairly young and had to put up a fight with both the insurance co. (kaiser; northern ca) and with the reality of what was actually going to happen. I was something of a loner with a good sense of humor before I got the surgery and now, I am something like the same person but I think that I had to go through some serious self revealing moments to make me come back to the person I really was and not what I wanted everyone to think I was because I'd lost the weight. If I had to do all over again, I would in a heartbeat without a second thought. I don't regret anything that happened, I did experience some side effects such as, the occasional vomiting spell when I eat too much. Yes, even at 3, going on 4 years out, I still cannot tolerate a full plate of anything. I cannot have anything with too much sugar or drink pepsi or any dark carbonated soda like I used to. I have gained what feels like a million pounds with the pregnancy and know that it's only a matter of getting back on the protein shakes once I deliver my baby girl. If there is one thing that I would do different, I would ENLIST some serious head doc's to make sure that everything was okay with me before, during and after the surgery, this is a big thing to take on and it messes with the head in a way that no person without the help of GOD and PROFESSIONALS can deal with or even begin to understand alone.
I thank God for where he has brought me and what he has brought me from, for with him all things are possible.
