Linda G.
To start with I think I was born a size 14, then when I got to be a big girl I went up to a size 24 and only being 5'1" it is quite a strain on my body. So it all began in 1982 when we went to the Worlds fair and had such a great time that I enden up pregnant with our first child. I enden up with gestational diabetes and went from a a size 9 to a size 16 overnight. So after my bouncing baby boy was born on Memorial day 1983, I got back down to my fighting size of a 11. Then I got pregnant again in 1984 and dropped down to a size 7 WOW was I a hot pregnant momma!!!!!!!! Then came the days of the steroids (PREDNISONE) UP TO AND OVER 80 MGS FOR OVER 8 MONTHS. I went from a hot mommy of 2 to the Michelin woman over night. I had every side effect known to the drug manufacturer. Took me over 18 months to get off the the steroids. Oh and the weight I still have it!!!!!!!! I switched doctors and they promised me I would never be on that much again, that their are other ways to combat my asthme. So in 1992 I went out of work on Disability, which really made me mad as I was the first woman in the history of the company I worked for to get a position in the male dominated computer room as a computer operator. YAH for me!!!! Then I got pneumonia and I had it twice in 3 months and lost 50% of my lung compacity.
So now lets move ahead to January 2002 had a slip and fall in a parking lot on black ice, I messed up my left side of my body pretty bad. Had to have surgery on my left knee and my lower back to fix damages. So here goes my weight again. Got to moving and my weight dropped down. Then in January of 2005 I was hit by a car that didn't want to wait in line for $5.00 worth of gas. So I ended up having to have surgery on my left knee again and thank goodness the DR who did it could do it laperscopically (I hope I spelled it right), He did everything but replace the inners. I also had to have surgery on my right shoulder as my knee was so bad that I kept falling as my knee cap was 6 degrees off center. So then lets talk about the drugs, antidepressant, pain pills, anti-inflamatory drugs, asthma drugs.
I have been diagnosed with neropathy of my legs, fibermiralgia. I have been on so many different medications that I litterally went thru drug withdrawl after being put on Oxycotin for 2 days and Opana for 12. I was so sick that I thought I was going to die.
So on to the GOOD stuff I am a wife to my best friend in the whole world for 27 years my hubby Ray who is a truck driver. The mother of 2 great adults, my son is 24 and a mechanic ( 3 certs from being a master mechanic. My beautiful daughter is 22 and she has a degree in interior design and is going to school to finish up her Architecual design degree. She works full time as an associate designer and goes to school full time. Both my kids have wonderful girlfriend and boyfriends. I also am a mommy to my Shi-Tzu Mugzy Boo and am grandma to a beautiful red mini poodle named Zoey Lynn.
I have a wonder family base as all of the inlaws on all sides get together for special occasions and holidays. So if you go to count the immediate family it would be say oh about 100. We love to travel together, camp, and just hang out. I was afraid to tell them about the surgery but everyone is on board with it.
So enough of me