Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.
I CAN REMEMBER BEING IN 4TH OR 5TH GRADE AND LOOKING AT MYSELF IN THE BATH TUB AND THINKING MY LEGS AND BELLY ARE HUGE. I WEIGHED 133 AT THIS TIME. IT WAS A DOWN HILL BATTLE FROM THEN ON. I STARVED MYSELF AND THREW UP FOR YEARS TO GET MY WEIGHT DOWN AND JUST GAINED MORE. MY FIRST PREGNANCY I GAINED 100 POUNDS AND HAD A 9 POUND BABY GIRL. I LOST ABOUT 35 OF THAT WEIGHT AND 5 YEARS LATER GOT PREGNANT AGAIN AND GAINED 35 POUNDS AND HAD A 7 POUND BABY GIRL. I WEIGHED MORE THAN THE DOCTOR COULD WEIGH ME ON A REGULAR OFFICE SCALE. MY SELF ESTEAM WAS ON THE GROUND AND MY HUSBAND WAS TERRIBLE TO ME OVER IT. I WENT ON A DIET OF ONE CUP OF COOKED RICE A DAY AND WATER. I DONT REMEMBER HOW LONG I DID IT ABOUT 4 MONTHS I THINK AND I LOST 108 POUNDS. MY HAIR FELL OUT/I HAD BRUSES EVERYWHERE/AND MY TEETH BLED EVERY TIME I BRUSHED. I GAINED THAT BACK AND THEN SOME. SO I FINALLY DECIDED TO LOOK INTO WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY. I THREW OUT MY HUSBAND, GOT A DIVORCE, AND STARTED TO TAKE CARE OF MYSELF. IT TOOK ME 3 YEARS AND I WAS APPROVED FOR SURGERY. OPEN RNY 100 MILES AWAY FROM HOME.
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