Gotta love trying to write about what you are most ashamed of! I have always been a very large person. As a child I was always the biggest in my group of friends. And as an adult well I just continued to get bigger and bigger! I had many problems with my back, legs, knees, and feet. Not to mention my blood pressure was very high, my norm pressure would be 240/130 and that would be on good days! I kid you not I was signing my death papers!

As I had my three beautiful daughter my weight and pains got worse. I hated that I could not even get down on the floor to play barbies with them without calling for major help to get up off the floor, or crawl to a piece of furniture to get up. Even at that it was a hard and painful act to do!

Even with my weight I tried to stay busy with my girls. Being a single mom of 3 very active girls you have to keep moving! We did and still do everything together. But at night I would cry myself to sleep due the pain I was in EVERY DAY! The pain was sooooo bad! I am 5'7 and I got up to 340lbs. How embarrassing it was for me to go places and have people pointing and talking. I hated to go to my girls school and hear the other kids make fun of me to my girls. They were so good about it thou. "God made my mommy that way and we Love her" is what I would always hear them say! They are awesome kids!

In Oct of 2006 I met a wonderful man who loved me for me! He saw through my weight and saw the fun loving bubbly person I am on the inside. Six months later we got married and it went down hill from there. Right after we got married I start getting more and more visits to the hosp. due to my blood pressure and my stomach and back. Well after fighting my weight my whole life and never being able to drop a pound, I decided to have the gastric bypass. I went through the classes and had a date set up to have surgery. Well God decided I was having it earlier. I ended up in the E.R one night, 8th of April 08 with a lot bigger problem and was rushed in to surgery the next morning. They decided to do my Gastric bypass at the same time. I am a very Blessed women to have a husband like I do. He dragged me into the E.R that night and if he hadn't I would not be here today! So ladies if your husband is concerned and think you need to go to the hosp. GO! It might be something bigger than you thought!

I am still having quit of few issue with my stomach. Things that I will have to live with for now, but I do have to have another major surgery. More to come on that. I have more testing tomorrow. I should know by next week what they are going to do with me. Most people by now a year out from surgery are having fun in the gym and pool. I still am having issues doing stuff like that due to pain in my stomach when I work out my muscles. I do a little here and there but can not do alto. I have lost weight but could have lost more if I could do a normal work out. I am currently down to 215 lbs. So in a year I have lost 125lbs! Not to shabby! I feel SO much better! And even thou I am having tummy issues still and in need of more surgery, I would never change it for the world! I am smaller now then I was when I was in the 6th grade! AMEN! The rest of my weight to loose is coming of slowly but I am O.K with that! I am able to do thing and enjoy my life! And that is what really matters!

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