Hello all...yes I am finally getting around to my story...Some of it is, I find some things on this site hard to either get used to or to use...But other places I have no problem at all, and I am not computer stupid so I don't know what the heck...LOL...anyway my story is I am 32 years old, the mother of a 2 1/2 year old little girl, a Step Mom, but I really consider just being their mom (cause their mom hasn't been in their life 3-4 years) to an 11 year old boy and a 9 year old boy...I have been overweight all my life...even as a child I was overweight and over the years its just gotten worse, and with the pregnancy I had 2 1/2 years ago things started to really go down hill since then...I have a lot of physical problems that limit how much activity I do and house work and all...But you figure I went from no children to two and then had my daughter to three...So a lot of big changes...But lets just say things are worse and I am tired of it...I want to do this not only for me, to make my life better but for my family...I was 24 when my mom died and I really know how hard it is to be without a mother and I don't want them to face that, even though the boys have by their mother abandoning them...But we wont get into that yet lol...Anyway, there just are way too many things I can't do and want to be able to do again...I still have a few hurdles to jump through, like finally using my bipap machine...I have had a lot of problems trying different masks and such, between my panic with something being on my face, to my TMJ (Jaw joints hurting) and such that I have had it for almost a year and haven't been in compliance enough for them to let me have surgery...Thats right they told me until they can see I am using faithfully then no surgery for me...So now I have the nasal pillows and that seems to be working better...the head gear is a pain in the butt because it keeps sliding up so now I make a pony tail to try and keep the headgear from sliding up...Anyway another factor is my diabetes...I have to have that well in control, an A1C of under 8%(which is an average of my blood sugars over a 3 month period), which with stress and what not it can be hard...Anyway thats about all I can say for now....I am sure there is much more but I am off to go read...I will post more when I can...Angela

About Me
Skowhegan, ME
Location
44.2
BMI
RNY
Surgery
07/29/2008
Surgery Date
Feb 25, 2008
Member Since

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