brenda87
My First Day on OH
Jan 07, 2009
I'm 21 years old--will be 22 next month. I'm from a little town in SEMO. I want to have gastric bypass surgery as soon as possible so I can start my life. I've always been overweight. Most people my age just want to graduate college. That's a big deal for me, too, but having this surgery is more important by a long shot. I want my college years to be fun and I want to live my life to the fullest while I'm there. I know I won't be able to do this until I get all this weight off. I have steadily gained 30 pounds each year for 3 years. I'm at 5'8-340 pounds and am now wearing a pant size of 26W. God, I could just cry... okay now I am crying. It's so frustrating because I have no insurance and I'm at a minimum wage job. To make matters worse, I have no credit. Some would just say to get a job with insurance, but it's not that easy. It is going to take too long until I have enough money paid in to the insurance in order to even be considered for surgery. Then, from my understaning, I will probably have to wait alot longer before everything is set in motiion. I want this surgery so bad right now in my life because I want to be able to go to college and enjoy it. I just don't know what to do about this situation. That really sucks because I spend about 80% of my time depressed over this and thinking about surgery. And yes, I have tried different diets. I have snce I was twelve years years old. I'm just stuck, stuck, suck. I just want to live a normal life of a young adult.
