Tiggy
Well to begin with my name is Jesse.. I grew up in a not so stable home as my mom and dad fought a lot, my dad working night shifts so I would only really see him on the weekends when he didn't work.. but to make a long sad story short they separated when I was about 7 or 8 years old.. Of course I was depressed about it all and especially when my mom found a new guy who moved in.. He was not a great guy and he made my life miserable for almost 8 years.. Not a day went by that I was filled with hate and disgust over this man.. So during those 16 years I did a lot of emotional eating and staying and hiding in my room with the computer.. I was 380lbs by the time I was 16 years old.. And that was also around the time I learned about weight loss surgery and so desperately wanted it.. We looked into it too and my mom was all for it.. In fact it was her idea! We did everything we needed to do but the insurance denied us.. They even said themselves it was necessary but they do not cover weight loss surgery.. We did that about two more times over the years AS I KEPT GAINING WEIGHT! Feeling like it was hopeless and I would never have my dream come true of having weight loss surgery.. being depressed about not being able to have this surgery that would change my life for the better and let me enjoy what I had left of my school years..
Out of desperation I even tried contacting celebrities like Oprah and Mark Cuban.. My mom emailed Dr. Phil even cause she was desperate for me too.. No answers though of course.. Why give 25k out of their millions of dollars.. Because they need it to put new fountains in the yards and buy another house or two or a new car to give away to their audiences.. Make sure it was on TV to make themselves look good...
For years I been telling my mom to ask for the money from my grandmother and finally my mom got the courage to do so.. and of course she said yes! I always knew she would.. except now I was 19 years old and I have gotten up to 556lbs.. That's right.. I gained almost 200lbs from when I was 16 years old trying to get Weight Loss Surgery to now 19 years old.. But better late than never.. It's just going to be a lot harder to get to a normal size.. than it would have been if I had gotten this surgery at 16 years old..
I would have been skinny by now and would have had a great Senior year of High School and would have gotten my Senior Pictures taken so I could be in my Senior Yearbook.. but I was not because I was too big to be able to wear the required outfit that all Seniors had to wear.. but I didn't want to go through the embarrassment. And if I had the surgery at 16 years old I could have graduated on stage with my friends and have my family there to watch me graduate because I worked SO HARD to do so.. but I could not because they didn't have my gown size and I didn't want to have my mom spend more money on a oversized gown just so I could be embarrassed walking on stage with a big maroon gown on.. looking like a big maroon blob.. So yes.. It hurts a lot not being able have that memory of graduating on stage, going to prom, seeing myself in the yearbook.. If it wasn't for my mailed diploma I wouldn't have no proof that I even went to that school and graduated..
But yes.. I finally did get my surgery on September 17th 2007 thanks to my grandmother who passed away in February 2008. It was the greatest gift I ever gotten and it was from her.. and she even got to see how much it helped me too.. and she was happy she did it.. and I love her so much and I thank my mom too as she finally did ask her for it.. even though she had to pay back the money with the inheritance she got to my Uncle and Aunt.. Cause that is only fair.
