Denage
I am a 40 year old single mother of the greatest little girl in the world. I am a nurse by profession and spend my life helping others have improve their health, yet I am quickly destroying mine. I am the heaviest I have ever been. I have struggled with my weight my entire life. I went on my first "diet" at age 8, because my mother thought I needed to loose "12 pounds". I can remember thinking that that was a monumental amount to have to loose. I can remember her telling me "today it is 12 pounds, next year it may be more", never imagining that I would find myself 125 pounds over weight. I managed to loose 125 pounds on Adkins when I was in my early 30s, but when I became pregnant and changed my eating habits it all came back with a vengeance. Now I am 20 pounds heavier than I was before starting Adkins. I have MS and a terrible family history of diabetes and heart disease. I don't want to have to deal with either of those health issues if I can help it. I want to be able to feel good when I get out of bed, shop in any store I want to buy clothes in, feel pretty and attractive and "comfortable in my own skin". I am tired of being tired, having low energy,stuffing myself into restaurant booths, and being self conscious in public due to my weight. I need help loosing the weight and maintaining my weight loss when i am where I want to be. I want to live life to it's fullest without the constraints of obesity hanging over my head. I am working my getting my last few ducks in a row to submit to insurance. I am certain I will be denied based on the "it's experimental" argument, but with the MS I am not a candidate for either the lapband, nor the RNY. My surgeon says he thinks we can get it appealed and approved and he is willing to help in that fight. I am so anxious to have the sleeve and begin a healthier, more active life.
