lstrickland
I have always been on the larger side. As they all used to say big boned. I am about 5'9" and not small boned so I have to agree with them there. I was not overweight during my school years and all went very well for me during that period. In high school I weighed about 142 so that was a good weight for my height. My first child I put on 68 pounds and it took a long time to get the weight off. By they I was pregnant again but tried not to gain as much. I began around this time to diet and continued for years yoyo dieting. I had 2 more children and continued to yo yo. I was mostly using diet pills that everyone thought were so safe that I was given them the entire pregnancy with my third child. Scary!!! Thank God no problems. I took the pills for many years until they began to have very bad effects on me. Had no idea what that was at that time. Boy have times changed and for the better, Drs would never give them to anybody like that today. In fact the ones they gave me are not even on the market today. I am very grateful for that for others. I continued my ups and downs with weight for many more years but really began to put on weight fast when I quit smoking and was put on bata blockers for hypertension. I began to baloon about 8 years ago and I could not seem to loose weight no matter what diet I tried or how much will power I put forth. Before this weight gain I was a very outgoing attractive woman. Now all I want to do is stay home and try to do housework or play with my grandchildren. I said try because I get tired easily and give up and that makes me feel bad about myself also. I want to get back to the person I was before the weight gain. I want to be healthy again and run and play and enjoy myself. I want to care again about me and not give up. I am so excited about this surgury that I can harly sit still. I have researched this surgury for 4 years now and believe I am ready. I was ready before this but did not have the money to pay cash. I came into some money recently and the first thing I did was to send an email to Cathy and start the ball rolling. I am sooooo ready. When I think about it I want to start singing and duh, I don,t sing!! I feel like it though. This is the happiest I have been in several years. I have been really lucky to not have been diagnosed with many conditions due to being obese. I hate that word! Can't wait until I no longer have to use that word to refer to myself. I have only been diagnoses with high blood pressure and I take meds to control it. I believe I also have sleep apneia. Self diognosed. I am grateful for that blessing. I am looking forward to meeting my surgeon, Dr. Rumbaut and his staff. I have heard nothing but good things about them and hope all was so true. I am ready to start my new slimmer, healthier life. I am blessed to even be able to have this opportunity. My family is behind me completely which really helps. I want them to be proud of my new me also. My date is August 14 and I am ready for this, lets roll Doc.
