Melissa_B.
I have been overweight since I was a child. I have never had a good relationship with food. I have been on so many diets and exercise programs, I can't even name them all. I lost 110 lbs in 1992 by taking "SPEED" aka "diet pills". I stopped taking them abruptly and crashed and burned. I went into a deep depression, was suicidal and have been fighting depression ever since. We all know the side effects of depression on top of anti-depressant meds. I said I'd never consider gastric surgery because I love food, until 6/1/07. I had a pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the lung) and am very lucky my family dr. sent me for a CT or I may not be writing this now. I quit smoking after 22 years 6/1/07 and made a decision to get healthier. I am thirty-eight years old and I feel and have health problems of a sixty year old. There are so many things I want to do......fun things. My mind wants to do them but my body can't. I am Type 2 diabetic; have high cholesterol; a fatty liver; high blood pressure; have PCOS; bladder control problems; arthritis in my joints; bulging discs in my neck and lower back and the list goes on. I am ready for a life change!
