amandazon247
My story seems to repeat so many I have read before. I was always overweight even as child. I am 6 ft tall so I have always been tall and able to carry alot of weight well. Well that gives of the impression that I am not over wieght when I really am. Until 2000 I was only about 50-60 pounds overweight so I didnt worry to much about it. But after I got pregnant and had twins my weight skyrocketted to over 300 pounds. Its seemed after they were born I couldnt seem to get it down past 270. I have yo yo'd between 270 and 330 for the last 7 years. In 2005 we went to a weight loss Seminar and I decided to go ahead and at least do the 6 month diet, I had not comitted to surgery just yet. . During the 6 month supervised diet in May of 2006 I had a checkup and found out I had a cancerous tumor. The diet got put on hold and I had to have 36 radiation treatment and 5 chemo treatments. I lost weight back down to 270. At the end of July the treaments all stopped and I was Clean. October 25th another clean bill of heath and 10 pounds gained back. My oncologist told me that my being overweight put me at higher risk to have cancer again. Shocked and scared (chemo is a living nighmare and lord help me I was soo sick I thought I was dying) I decided I had to do something. I finished up the 6 month diet. I saw the nutritionist and had my psychological eval( I will have to tell you about that one day) and headed to Dr. Dyer for my appointment. I was appoved in less than a week aznd now my surgery Date is March 31,2008. I have been through a lot in my life and I have a feeling this is going to be an interesting journey.
