Brenda_F
I've pretty much been overweight most of my life. There was a while there in my mid 20's when I was fairly trim & could even wear my shirts tucked in if I had to. Can't imagine that now.
I was married the year after I graduated, then divorced a few years later due to abuse. You know what they say, though, most people get right back in something like that. And, guess what! I wasn't any different. (Thought I was, but... nope). I was engaged to someone even worse, went through H...E...double hockey stix, & finally got out. Of course, I thought this was all due to me being ugly & fat, so I lost quite a bit of the weight I carried around. That didn't last long. I met a terrific guy who really cares about me, got settled & comfortable in my new relationship, & started puting on the pounds. After 2 miscariages, we had twin boys. When they were 3 in 2004, we were pregnant again, this time with a single boy. I was gaining soooo much weight, taking on so much fluid, & my blood pressure was sky rocketing so high that the poor little guy didn't have a chance in there. My doctor seemed to be too busy to notice any of this even when we brought it up many times. At about 8 1/2 months along, I had a severe & total abruption. We lost Wyatt, & this was to be the beginning of the worst part of my life. It became very hard to get around. I was still recuperating from the abruption & the weight was terrible. It took me sooo long to recover.
This whole thing seemed so unfair to my family. I could no longer play with the boys like I had always done. I was always getting tired out when we went shopping (my feet hurt so bad). It was awful. Then, my cousin had gastric bypass. She did great, & after a couple years I really started to take interest in it. I decided I wanted my life back, & now have a surgery date of June 4th, 2007. WooooHooo!
We are now also going to be starting the process of adoption for another little one. We're going thru the AASK program & just ask that whoever we adopt be younger than our boys. Our home studies will be starting soon. We are already licensed for foster care, but don't get much of a call for that here in our county I guess. Our boys, Bailey & Riley, are so excited to add someone else to our family. They're such good little boys & we're so proud of them. The loss of Wyatt has left a mark on their little hearts too.
So... my new journey has begun. Thank you God, for walking beside me in all of those times.