md131s
What made me decide on RNY
Sep 05, 2010
What made me literally obsessed with losing weight was the death of my mother. Seeing a loved one die slowly of complications from diabetes, high blood pressure and then kidney disease is the hardest thing to live through. Diabetes itself is an insidious disease. It kills painfully and slowly. Even though my mother controlled it her whole life, she was plagued by diabetic neuropathy, gangrene of both her feet, and then finally end stage renal failure. She always monitored he sugar levels and ate very very healthy. Looking back in hindsight, growing up my mother cooked with very little salt, never ate out and boiled or broiled most of her meats.
Although I do not have diabetes or high blood pressure, in comparison, I was 100lbs heavier than my mother. This had me thinking, if she had so many health issues, then her fate is my future.
