heartnbutterfly
I'm a 50 year old Mom of a 20 year old daughter & almost 7 year od special needs daughter. I've struggled with weight my entire life - starting at around 8 years old. When i wwas 10 I started going to Weight Watchers with my Mom, & will never forget how horrible those ladies made my Mom & I feel. They treated her like they thought she was trying to abuse me, when in fact she was trying to HELP me. I did lose weight by the time I was 12, but by the time I was 13 or 14 I had anorexia. I managed to hide it well, but my Dad suspected. I lived on 1 meal a day for my entire teen years, & I think I screwed up my metabolism in the process.
I have had high cholesterol ever since I was 188, but none of my Dr's have wanted to treat it. I've yo yo'd up & down with dieting, but have never really gotten thin again. I had my oldest daughter when I was 30, & had pregnancy induced hypertension with her. I developed high blood pressure while evacuated during Hurrican Katrina, but came off the meds a couple of years later because it killed my sex drive & almost killed my marriage. My OBGYN said that in his opinion I didn't need them anyway. I've been off of them ever since, & my BP has been on the high side of normal, so nobody ha put me back on them yet.
I had my youngest daugter a 43, & developed gestational diabetes with her. I managed to control it with diet, & lost about 30 lbs during the pg due to that diet. I kept it off about a year after birth, but slowly gained it back. I was warned that being obese & having GD puts me at an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, & I want to be here as long as I can for my youngest daughter. My hussband is also obese. He is a nuisance to have around because his diet is AWFUL. He brings sodas, candy, chips, & other junk foods int the house. It's hard to not eat the stuff when it's here under my nose. He isn't supportive of it, & seems intent on making our daughter fat as well. I try to feed us healthy foods, but every time I turn around he's taking her to the dollar store to get candy. She's tall, thin, & beautiful, but we do need to work on her diet.
I have 2 bad knees. One was injured when I was 9 years old, but the other hppened about 2 years ago when I fell down a step & tore my MCL in my knee. The ortho told me at the time that I was probbly looking t knee replcement surgery in my future because I had degeneration due to my weight.
I haven't beeen to a Dr in years becaue I haven't been able to afford to. I finally got us approved for Medicaid in Oct, but didn't know until Nov. We have Aetna Better health & it seems like they are a bad one to have for this? I have it because my youngest has had it for years, because all of her Dr's & specialists accept it. They just automatically put us on it too.
I'm looking for a GP who won't me make feel like a terrible person because I'm obese. if anybody has any suggestions I'm open to anywhere in River Ridge, Harahan, Jefferson, or Metairie.