Shamira
Well i've always been the thick girl growing up. I developed faster than most girls my age. I was never fat just taller and thicker. Well all of that was ok until i got to highschool. I had my first real boyfriend(he was a senior). Well we dated and he graduated. My nother said that i ate everything in the house. I loved bread and potatoes. I would eat chips, mashed potatoes, tater tots you name it i ate it. By my sophmore yeah my weight started to get out of control. I graduated weighing 274 but in my mind i still wasn't fat there was just more of me to love. I went to college and instead of losing weight like the myths says you do. I gained. I pledge a sorority and went from a size 26 to an 18 but that didn't last long. I held my weight well after graduation in 2002.
My husband and i stayed in contact ove the years and finally decided to make it official. In April 2004 i moved to Atlanta to be with my future hubby. It was then at that time my weight kept increasing. I went to a doctor for my check up and she mentined my weight. I told her that my problem was that i don't eat all the time and when i do eat i eat the wrong things. She talked down to me and i didn't like that. She then gave me pills to supress my appietete. Now if my problem was not eating why would she prescibe pills to keep me from eating. I didn't like that feeling so i didn't go back. She suggested that i go to weight watchers and i did. i lost 5lbs but gained it back and was at a stand still. It got discouraging becuase i got tired of counting points. My husband and I are both big so we decided to change our eating habits and workout. That only held up as much and i did. Once one of us missed a day the other missed a day and then it grew from there. We decided to enroll at Ballys and got a personal trainer but he was so concerned with money that i really got sick of him. It was time for our wedding. We had it in my home town in Mississippi. It was extremely hot. We had a beautiful wedding but my back was killing me from standing up so much. You know i've always been one who didn't care what someone said about me but deep down my feelings were always hurt.
I know my husband getting tired of people staring at him and i do too. We've decided to make a life changing decision not only for our future family bit for ourselves as well.
De. 2nd 2006:
My huby and i went to a Dr. Champion information session. It was very informative but i was very scared. This will be the first major surgery that i will have. My hubby researched the doctor and has talked with him on more than one occasion. That makes me feel good but i just need to do the research for myself. We've been discussing this issue for a while and how to imporve our life. We are doing this for our future and for the future of our future family. Next will be to meet with the doctor and get the paperwork in order.
January 24, 2007
We submitted my husbands paperwork under my insurance and it wasn't covered. We found out that his Cobra ins would cover the surgery but the cost for Cobra is high. I don't know what to do at this point. It's not a good day for me today.
April 10, 2007
Well i haven't been on in a minute. We have a lot going on at the moment we are both studying for the PHR exam and i'm preparing to take my last class and will graduate in December. We tried looking into getting coverage through other insurance companies but that didn't work. I mean some people had the nerver to say you won't becovered becasue you are fat. One young lady couldn't beleive that my husband doesn't have any medical problems and was questioning him about that because she thought he was lying. We haven't given up and will continue to find other ways for this to happen.
