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I am a single mother of three very active boys. I am a full time student studying Social Work. I am seeking weight loss surgery in the hopes of becoming healthier and being able to keep up with my boys. I started putting on weight when I hit puberty at the age of nine. It just started piling on and nothing I did stopped it. In sixth grade I wore a women's size 12. By seventh grade I was in a 14. I held that until my freshman year when I went up to a 16. When I graduated high school I was wearing a 20. My first son was born when I was 22. I went from wearing a 22 when I got pregnant to an 18 afterwards. I was ecstatic. It didn't last long though. With both of my other pregnancies I lost weight just to follow it with more weight gain. Then I started having marital issues. Needless to say that didn't help matters. I got up to my highest weight of 308 lbs when I was 30, following the collapse of my marriage. I have been able to shed a few of those pounds by cutting out the comfort foods that I used to get through that really difficult time. I come from a long line of obesity. Many people on all sides of my family have suffered from obesity. In fact, my sister had the DS in 2005 and my cousin is having the DS on December 29, 2008.
