Ashley Nicole
i have been overweight every since i was about 7 yrs ol.. the doctor told my mom to put me on a diet when i was 7. I remember her buying me all this diet food and eating chips and telling her they taste like dog food.... i have never since NOT been on a diet.. all my friends joke about how im always on a diet... but the funny thing is im always on a diet but always still FAT. in jan of this yr i had my heighest weight reading of 296. my doc told me that i needed to think about bariatric surgery because at the rate i was going i wasnt going to have a future ( she said it in meaner words though) she told me i needed to lose weight before i could do the surgery. case and point i went on atkins... on atkins in about 3 months i lost 40 pounds... i was pround of the weight i lost on my own but in the back of my mind i knew though i still wanted surgery. I knew i still had 110 more pounds to go and it seemed so impossible.. here i was 21 yrs old... 250 pounds and on the border of being a diabetic, high blood pressure, and mild case of sleep apnea. i was so not ready to take medicine. in the meantime i had been approved by insurance company. thing was i would have to wait til april 16 to have surgery and i was going to be swithcing company's at the end of march. i wasnt aware of the thing were you can pay so much and keep your insurance so i took it as an answer that i wasnt meant to have the surgery. i knew that i was going to refuse to take blood if necessary and i knew the high risk of that bloodless stand when being operated on.
the more i did atkins the sicker i became... i was constipated. my stomach always was bloated and i was have really bad stomach pains. none of the constipation remedies worked.. even tried taking magnesium and it broke my face out in a rash. i was completley distrought. so i just gave up on diets i was tired and i figured i would just stay fat...
did some research and found a new study that was incision free. everything sounded good. it was not yet recruiting near me. so i waited and i prayed. and finally it was. i filled out the info and i went to the appointment and was approved. i have been praying since. Although atkins is the best and only diet that really works for me... i know the ill effects that come along with it...So I am really looking forward to losing the weight after I have the Toga procedure.
im not looking for a quick fix in surgery. im just looking for a better lifestyle. A better me. A heathier me. im too young to be on a gazzilion medicines. thats why i opted to shrink my stomach and take in smaller, healthier portions and i hope its the best decision for me.
