Bneal2620
I've been overweight since I started kindergarten. Then it wasn't a big deal because I was so tall. The doctors started to become concerned with the way I was growing. After a battery of tests I was put on steroids and other drugs to slow the growth down. My adrenal glands were a little haywire. There is a name for it, something like adrenal hypoplasia, if I remember correctly. My growth stopped height wise at about 5'3" but the weight didn't stop there. I hovered around 200 pounds for the most of my school years. After graduation I started college and working full time. Then I met my husband and everything just stopped. I was in love, nothing else seemed to keep my attention for long except for him. I lost weight, I was wearing a size 14 or so for a while. I was excited about it. I got pregnant not too long after that and with the pregnancy I gained at least 75lbs.
I didn't lose that weight after the baby was born. Luckily when the next baby came along I didn't really gain much weight with his pregnancy. After I gave birth though, that is another story. At first I'd lose and then I'd gain, about 50lbs by the time he was two. That put me well above 300lbs. I finally got tired of that and lost about 50lbs, which in turn allowed me to get pregnant again. We weren't trying to get pregnant so we were surprised with our little girl. She's now 3 and I'm well above 300 lbs again.
Since her birth I've been diagnosed with PCOS, I've probably had it since before my first pregnancy but it's become a popular diagnosis as of late. Since being on some of the meds that I'm currently taking it seems that the weight will not come off. I haven't been trying extremely hard though, I will admit. That is all about to change. Recently I cared for my father while he was suffering with lung cancer. It all put my life into perspective for me and I've decided that I will not sit around waiting on something to happen. I'm going to live my life and make things happen from now on.
For a second time in my existence my father is giving me life, a second chance to live. My mother also passed away at a relatively young age, seven years ago. He was only 61. I want to be around for my kids as long as possible so I hope to up the odds with wls.
