knittermom
My name is April and I'm a mother, sister, friend and teacher. I've been severely obese or morbidly obese for the last twenty-four years. As a single parent, all of my resources (including emotional ones) went into raising my beautiful 23 year old daughter. Now that she has graduated from college and is in her first year of law school, it is my turn to focus on myself! This weight has affected every part of my life, especially socially. I would try and find reasons not to attend my DD's Delta Gamma sorority functions because I was too embarrassed to be seen - especially since she went to a private college in LA and most of the other mothers were rail thin. I have degenerative disk disease in my spine and have had 8 bilateral steroid injections for pain in the past 4 years. I'm tired of being in pain and having to pop 20 mg of Norco just to make it through 5th period everyday. I am praying that if I am lucky enough to be approved for the Lapband that I will learn how to work with this tool and become a much healthier person both physically and mentally. The support of this forum is wonderful and I hope to be an active participant.
