jeremybanks
I am 34 years old i am still pre-op. I have been weighting for a long time for this chance. I have been a big man most of my life. But up intill 7 years ago i was mostly musle and was 6'1 and weight was about 300. I was still over weight but i was able to carry it well. And keep it there did not gain or lose any weight. Cause it was mostly corn bread feed strenght from working long days an being a Fire an Rescue worker on my time off which means everyday after work mostly till about 1 or so in the morning till i had to home and get rest. My family till this day says they did not understand how i was able to go with out total rest. But i was responding November 20,2001 to a fire alarm. And was involved in a accident. Which broke my C-2 in my neck and ripped the tendens around my neck the helped me to turn my neck. Also injured my back an other parts of my body. The Neurosurgeions at Vanderbilt told me they did not know how i was so lucky to be able to walk but they say 98% of the people that break that part of the necks are dead or in a wheel chair. I am just lucky enough to be able to walk but i have my limatations. Can't walk far or pick much weight. So basically making it hard for me to exercise. My PCP here were i live says if i can get my weight down i will get mobile i can become more active maybe be able to go to college and further my education. But I would like to most of all if i can loose this weight i would like to go to middle schools and high schools an talk to high risk stundents that are on there way to being very over weight like me. I would like to describe my experence in life with them so maybe they will seek help from me or some one who really cares about this cause of over weight people. Insteed of just saying exercise and such things teach them the ways to eat so the exercise makes a different cause if you do not all the exerciseing will not make a difference. I am just feed up of the people that say care but behind the scence talk crap and do not really care. To them it is just a job but to me i am there now and would love to be able to make a change in veiwing big people.
