Linda K.
Hi, my name is Linda Lou Kirvin, I am 47 years old. I work in a fairly large hospital as a medical coder. I love the work I do, but sitting at a desk all day, can help put pounds on and also keep pounds on....I find the more I sit at a desk, the harder it is to get up and move around after awhile, I get a little stiff....
I was a very sick child, I was born with a heart defect. When I was 6 years old, i had my first open heart surgery. Then when I was 19 years old, I had my 2nd open heart surgery. I had a porcine valve (tissue valve) put into the aortic valve. I was very blessed, I got married, had 2 children and then the valve went bad and at 27 and at 265 pounds, much fluid to add, I had to have my 3rd open heart surgery where they put in a St. Jude Mechanical Valve and also Coumadin became a daily drug and of course with coumadin, bleeding, brusing...etc... When I had my surgery at 27, I almost didn't make it, and decided at that point I would change my lifestyle. I began walking and eating much less, and within a year I had lost 100 pounds, I was very pleased with myself and so was my doctors. As we know time passes and old habits come back...Hugo was the beginning of my slip and throughout the past 15 years, i've been battling weight gain, and I have lost at this point....but I'm on the rebound, with the same thought pattern I had 20 years ago, I am determined to change the pattern that my life has set before me. I refuse to let this weight problem win. It can be conquered, the only difference this time is that I need help, I can't physically do it by myself, I need this "tool" to give me the help to succeed.I believe that God is real and very great in my life and he has brought me to this point and has given me an opportunity to get the help I need. I married a great guy that loves me no matter what, fat or thin, he loves me and I know that. He has seen my health deteroiate over the past few years due to the excessive weight gain ( I had to go on steriods due to some asthma problems) Weight gain happened, it seemed overnight I exploded. I can't get this weight down....No matter what I try...this weight is something crazy...I know I'm getting older and at 27 it was much easier to lose than at 47, but my weight is almost an impossiblity to lose......This is my answer to prayer and I'm so ready to be on the Losing...side.......to get healthy again.Pray for me! November 6......I'm ready!
