ldegristina
I am a 48 yrs old woman that has been single for over a decade. I have been strugling with my weight since I was a child. I can remember every birthday wish, as I would blow out the candles I wish to be thin. Twice in my life I was actually at a normal size. The first time was for my wedding ... I was only 21 and about to be a Princess in a large wedding. I worked very hard at getting thin and actually enjoyed it. Then I got married ... my Italian husband loved pasta, fried foods and McDonalds. Needless to say little by little we both put on 100 pounds each. We tried to have children but it never happened. Fifteen years later my doctor put me on Phen-Phen. That was wonderful ... I was losing weight going to the gym and starting to like myself. But my husband wasn't in the same mind-set and we split up later that year. I lost 80 pounds on Phen-Phen and was actually enjoying my new found freedom in a new body. As my luck would have it, they take Phen-Phen off the market - it worked fine for me I had no side effects. At that same time I lost my Mother so a little weight came back on. But not bad 5 year after losing the weight I was still able to shop in normal clothing stores. I had put back on about 30 pounds, but I was holding my own. Then in 2003 I decided to move to Nevada with my sister, we had great plans for the Wild West ... but the Lord had different plans. On April 9, 2005 my sister lost her battle to pancreatic cancer. So now I am living out here by my self with no family. I had made several friends but no one was a close as a sister. So that is when I developed the "poor-me syndrome" I found myself sleeping the whole weekend away and lost interest and energy. Looking back I guess you can say I was depressed ... but I didn't believe it. As you can guess ... I gain all the weight I had lost and more. So here I am heavier than I have ever been and hating the way I look. I tried to date but felt that I was to fat to chatch the right guy, and besides with 3 dogs and 2 cats who really needs a man?
As I gained all this nasty weight my health went down hill fast. I am on meds for high blood pressure, cholestrol, depression and I have sleep apnea. I was terrified of diabetes because I saw what it did to my parents. I was going to a Family Practioner that does not believe in the weight loss surgery. She kept telling me that I wil have it all back on in 5 years. My Insurance Company insisted that I have a Primary doctor approve the surgery. After many frustration visits and years I decided to change doctors and in Jan 2008 I started on the right track. So I started from scratch with new doctor., new blood work, I had to see a pysic councilor and nutrionist and various classes ... but I am trilled to say that yesterday I found out that my insurance company approved my surgery and I am schedule for June 5th. I am so happy that I am finally on the way to being thin forever (I hope)!
