pillpusher
My story is probably like so many others....I have been obese my whole life. I don't know what it is like to be "normal". I was still very active in high school, playing varisty Basketball, Volleyball, and Tennis. I think that is what kept me from getting the size I am now then. I ate whatever I wanted and stayed overweight but with all the activity I never really gained more. I told myself that when I got to college I would lose the weight. (I don't know what I was thinking.) I then was in college for 7 years getting my doctor of Pharmacy degree and only gained more weight. I tried dieting numerous times. I was always successful in the short term but could never stick with it. The stress of school only made me eat more. I then told myself that when I graduated and only had to work, with no school to focus on I would lose the weight. Well now three years later that didn't go so well either. Like college I did the Weight Watchers but never lasted long.
I never even considered weight loss surgery until my doctor told me that my liver was enlarged. I had never had any real health problems until a few months before when I was diagnosed with high blood pressure. I thought to myself I am 28 years old with high blood pressure, PCOS, and enlarged organs. This is not good and I had been deluding myself into thinking I wasn't that big. Things weren't that bad. I had reached my all time biggest weight with a BMI of 54. I made the decision that I hope will save my life.....
I am getting the Gastric Sleeve Surgery.
