lenad2
Well here's a little story of my life
I guess I've always had a weight issue even in my early years. I always felt like I was bigger than everyone in my class or in my group of friends. My mom always told me that I was big boned. I had a larger frame that's all. My mom has a very petite bone structure, where as I, have a large bone structure. She was at one point a size 2. I know my body would never be that size and I'm okay with that. But somewhere along the road I got heavier and heavier. I'm not 100% sure what caused me to hide behind my fat, but that's exactly where I wound up. I've been in a committed relationship with a wonderful man for 8 years now. We have a beautiful 5 year old daughter and he has a son who's 11 from a previous relationship. In our 8 years we went through some battles that put our relationship through the test. We came out on top. But during a brief moment while we had to be apart, I gained more weight. Even though we had to be apart, I always felt off limits to the opposite sex. I was a "taken" woman. So in order to avoid the uncomfortable pick up lines, I made myself unavoidable. Undesirable I guess you could call it. My man loved me no matter how big I became. But I've reached a point in my life where I just can't love myself like this. It saddens me that I have difficulties getting out of the car without my knees killing me. They hurt all the time getting up and down. I'm afraid of diabetes, my father had type 2, and I'm ready to stop hiding from life. I want to be active in life, and enjoy it healthy.
First things first, I contacted my health insurance to see if they covered the lap band procedure. They responded back with, if you meet all of the health criteria then yes. But you need a referral from your primary care physician. So..... I made an appointment to meet with my PCP and can't get in until December 17, 2010. But I don't care how long this process takes me, as long as I can get approved. =) My mom, being a very smart lady, said, "hey, you should email your doctor and request her to put in an order to have a blood panel done before your appointment. That way she can see all of your current stats!!" =) yay mom! you're awesome!! So I did just that. And in less than 24 hours, the office emailed me back and said, that the doctor but in my lab request and to go a week before my appointment and make sure I fast the night before. And the doctor will go over my test results at my upcoming appointment! YAY TALK ABOUT GETTING THE BALL ROLLING!!
