poohjo1
MY NAME IS AMANDA AND I HAVE BEEN HEAVY ALL MY LIFE. I CAN REMEMBER IN KINDERGARTEN KIDS TELLING ME I WAS FAT. I HAVE STRUGGLED WITH THIS THROUGH THE YEARS. I AM MARRIED TO A WONDERFUL MAN WHO NEVER SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT MY WEIGHT, BUT I KNOW HE IS NOT BLIND. IN 1999 WE HAD OUR DAUGTER AFTER YEARS OF TRYING TO CONCEIVE. OF COURSE, IN THE BACK OF MY MIND I KNEW IT WAS BECAUSE OF MY WEIGHT. SINCE HER BIRTH I GAINED ABOUT 50LBS AND WAS GETTING BIGGER BY THE DAY. I KNEW MY INSURANCE HAS A POLICY OF NOT COVERING ANY WLS PERIOD. OTHER THAN BEING OVER WEIGHT I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY HEALTHY. NO MEDICAL PROBLEMS TO SPEAK OF. IN 2007 A FRIEND OF MINE SAID SHE WAS CONSIDERING WLS IN MEXICO BECAUSE IT WAS A LOT LESS THAN IN THE USA. SO OF COURSE WE RESEARCHED EVERYTHING, BUT THAT IS AS FAR AS WE WENT. I AM A REGISTERED NURSE IN AN EMERGENCY DEPT AND AT 315 LBS IT WAS GETTING HARD JUST TO BREATHE AT WORK. I DECIDED THEN IN 2008 THAT I HAD TO DO SOMETHING. SO I WENT BACK TO ALL THE RESEARCH I HAD DONE IN 2007. EVERYONE FOR THE MOST PART WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE. I SCHEDULED FOR 6/24/2008.