JenJune21
My name is Jennifer. I have always been overweight from my early teen years to where I was when i first started this journey. I grew up with Morbidly Obese parents. I thank God for this surgery. Thankfully, both of my amazing parents have had a form of this surgery. Now, both my parents and I have had this surgery, all different form from each other. I knew beforehand many of the "down sides" of this surgery. I did not care about most of them in the fact that this surgery has saved both of my parent’s lives. My mom was over 400 pounds and my dad over 300. My mom has had skin removed three times and looks amazing. I believe her surgery was 12 years and counting ago and my dad was at least 7 years ago. I was 280 pounds and told myself I would not get any bigger. I was tired of feel FAT and sad because I let myself get that way. I told myself it was time to make a change.
My life changing surgery took place March 31, 2011 at 1pm. I had wanted this surgery so much. One month before, I was denied by my insurance twice before surgery. They told me I could finance and at that moment I was so overwhelmed, I thought there is no way I could afford this. Well, I went home cried and thought to myself, you want this and fought to get here, do it! The next day I called up my surgeon's office and told them ok tell me what to do to finance it. I wound up using something called Care Credit and my own card. March 31, 2011 I was laying there thinking you can get out of this, I was getting cold feet. I went through with it and now I am 100% done paying off my surgery. I cannot tell you how happy I am to have made the decision to go through with it and pay for it myself. It has changed my life FOREVER.
I am still on my weight loss journey and I would like to finish my last 30 pound in 2013 and FINALLY be a healthy weight. I will be able to have kids and not worry about not being here for them because I was Obese. I have an husband, Matthew, who has been super supportive right along with both of my parents cheering me along. I believe without their help and support to not give up, I would not have go through with it and I would still be unhappy with myself. I made the decision for me and my family to change my life and be healthy. I will never go back again.
