Kelleybell
Hi , My name is Kelley. I am hoping with all that I am, to get WLS ( GB ) . I have struggled all my adult life with my weight. I say adult, it actually starsted when I was 15. Hence the name my family started calling me Kelleybell. Its actualy Kelley Belly. My parents shortned it as I got older,but still to this day my father calls me Kelleybell. My little brother would always tease at me calling me Kelley Belly full of jelly when we were younger. Not fond memories at all.
I think I first became aware of my weight problem when I was 15 when I started getting asked the question "When are you due" .UGH ! & if I had a dime for every time Ive been asked that in my life I wouldnt have to worry about insurance paying for this surgery !! LOL !! So back to the story...I remember watching tv with my mom at that age seeing an infomercial for Fiberfill weight loss system. I absolutely BEGGED my mom to get it for me. She did. I t didnt work . If I lost anything I dont remember. Since then Ive tried alot of fad diets (frozen low cal meals, Metabolife etc) and even was on Phen-fen ( which I LOVED) for three months. I lost 50lbs in 3 months. It was a diet but a diet I actually seen results. In the first week I lost 9 lbs. Which then gave me incentive to keep going with it. I was walking up to 4 miles a day & eating decent with soo much energy I loved it ! Then...they banned it. My Dr. kept me on the half they didnt ban the adipex I believe it was called. It just wasnt the same. It didnt control my appetite & I didnt have near the energy. So over the course of a year I gained it all back plus more. I was checked for all of the probs. the press warned about it & I was fine so I was really depressed they banned it. Now Im glad but still in the same boat.
Fast forward to 2002...I was in a horrible car crash (my fault & too long to explain) that left me in a wheelchair for 3 years & disabled for the rest of my life. I am walking now but have so much arthritis from so many bones in my lower half that the weight is now limiting my ability to function normally. Other than a thigh bone on one leg & a tibia on the other & one hip, the rest of me is metal. From pelvis to ankles. I had a pressure ulcer on the bottom of my foot under my pinkie toe & it wouldnt heal & I got a bone infection from it which resulted in my toe & 5th metetarsal being amputated. I have leg length descrepancy due to part of my tibia being missing at the time of the accident on the same leg. So extra weight is not a good thing on these bones of mine. Unfortanatly I am in a catch 22, I cant walk 4 miles like I used to to excersise 100 lbs off. I excersise but its not substantial enough. I just am not physically able to stay on my feet enough. I am just now starting to do pool excersise at home b/c of the accident I cant get PT b/c I exahausted the limit that my ins. will pay for my lifetime after the accident. Nice,huh?! So Im basically on my own. And THIS is what Ive decided to do. My sister had GB 10 yrs ago & is still going strong. She was shorter than me and over 300lbs. She lost to 150 & is up to 165 just after having a baby. So I am confident I will get alot of support from her & others like you people here at OH & my Dr.s forum. My husband is behind me like he has been for 21 years. Hes such a wonderful man loving me whatever size I am but knows this is so needed to live healthy for the rest of my life. In the beginning losing weight was all about looks, now its about living. The looks stuff will be a bonus but I really want to be alive to see my grandchildren...Oh I forgot to mention my kids ( oops) I have 2 beautiful daughters 13 & 17. They are excited for me to be doing something to get myself happier & healthier. They always say ( hubby & kids) "cause if mama aint happy aint nobody happy" LOL ! And I hate to say it but its true. This puts soo much stress on the family as well as myself..The emotional rollercoaster Im on has GOT to stop ! Im making my family crazy too !
I hope to bring you all along my journey, good and bad & hope you all will allow me to go on yours too. Thanks for reading my book :) If you have any other questions youd like to ask feel free :) I love that this site is here for support from others in my shoes ! I believe with all my heart that with all of the support around me & most of all the Precious Lord on my side Im going to be OK !!
