LovieMadison
My name is Liz and I am married with 3 children, two grandchildren and one on the way (update: the one on the way is here and it is a boy Dakota Bradley Specht). I have a wonderful husband that supports most anything I want to do. His name is Doug and he is my very best friend in this world. I have pretty much been heavy most all of my life. At least the part of my life that I remember most. I have been on so many diets that I really cant remember every one of them. Done pretty well sometimes and then sometimes it was a flop from the start. I remember always making the statement that the second half of my life was going to be wonderful because the first half had been nothing but heck to put it mild. Well, you know what? It has been. When I meet my husband in 2001 it was the most wonderful night of my life. He truelly loves me for me and accepts me for what I am. Even now at my heaviest I still feel how much he truelly loves me. That is a good thing. The down side of this story is that in the past year my weight is finally getting the best of me. I have totally felt like someone else. I have no energy what so ever, been diagnosed with high blood pressure, sleep apnea and the joints in my legs are killing me! It is so hard just to do the simple things like walk. I started researching bariactric surgery and I have found that it is time for me to start taking care of me. I want to see my grand children grow up and I want to grow old with Doug. I am so tired of being big. I want to have the energy to do the things that I can now only dream of doing. I teach Nursey children at Church and I love getting in the floor with them and I cant do that anymore like I use too. I went to my first seminar at the SC Obesity Center in Lexington and I was so ready to go with this. I got all excited about the doctors there. When my family doctor said he would give me my ref. I was like "YES" then after that I found out that this practice was "not within your network Mrs. Madison" I almost started bawling. I prayed that God would lead me in this venture. I can feel him with me and I know this is the right was to go. I pulled myself together and decided I was not going to let this stop me and found a doctor who is in my network but I just got to get to that seminar this month on the 14th and see how I like him. His name is Dr. Dalton Prickett out of Columbia so if any of you no him please let me know. I have found him on the net. Seems ok but not sure as of yet but will let you know asap. Well I guess that is about it for now but I will write more later.
Update:
Doctor Dalton Prickett is one of finest Doctors that I have ever known. He is a wonderful surgeon and God has surley Blessed his hands. I pray that he will continue his work or saving lives and making peoples lives better. The Lord gave him a gift and he is working his tool. Thank you Dr. Prickett.... YOU ARE AWSOME!
