How It all Begin!


Let’s see where do I begin! I was a very skinny child growing up, until around age 10 or 11. I want go into a lot of details, but some things happened to me that made to turn to food for comfort and that is when the weight gain started. I became a food addict at a very young age. I ate all the time. I would hide food in my room and eat when no one was watching. As years went on as a teenager and I got a job I would go through drive thrus and order 2 burgers and 2 fries and sit in my car and eat when no one was looking.
I met the man of my dreams in 1988 and we were married in 1990 and we had our Beautiful daughter in 1993. During all that time my food addiction never slowed down, and the man I married never stopped loving me no matter how many times I dieted and failed. He supported me through it all. I kept gaining weigh over the years, my health was going down hill and my body was taking a beating. I became disabled, because the weight on my joints couldn’t handle it anymore. I was in bad shape.
I reached my all time heaviest weight Sept. 2011 of 505 lbs! I was bed ridden for months. I gave up for a while, but it took a friend being hard on me and telling me the cold hard truth, that I was going to die if I didn’t get my ass out of that bed and help myself. Thank you Susan! I know we didn’t talk a while after that, but I am glad we are talking again. Love ya!
Well I got my ass out of that be.d, starting going back to therapy and counting calories and my pain management doctor advice me to go to pool therapy. Best decision of my life. Loved the pool.
So between Sept 2011 till 11/7/14 I went from 505 lbs to 411 lbs. That is 94 lbs. When I went in for weight loss surgery (duodenal switch) I was 411 lbs, When I came home I was 430lbs and I am now 368 lbs. So I have lost 62 lbs since surgery. My surgery went great, when I went into recovery, I went into Atrial Flutter and they put me in ICU and gave me IV meds to try and turn it around, but it didn’t work, so they had to end up shocking my heart twice. I had no pains at all from the surgery, just very weak from the heart thing. I was 2 months Pre Op 1/7/2015. I am feeling great. I am still having a hard time getting all my water and protein in, but tomorrow is a new day.

 

About Me
Halifax, VA
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Surgery
11/07/2014
Surgery Date
Oct 06, 2003
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505lbs
281lbs

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