tyrasmom757
Well, I think my story is like many others that I have read in these profiles. I have been overweight all of my life. I can't ever remember buying normal clothes. I was constantly teased through high school, even when I went to my reunion, no one spoke to me. I was never popular, and didn't have many friends. I always thought when someone looked at me that they were talking about me negatively.
My father had many problems with his weight. On, Dec 3, 2005, My dad went into the hospital. The diagnosis was a bad heart; 4 clogged arteries. At over 400 lbs. what would one really expect. His kidneys were in bad shape, so they didn't want to operate him. He was even to heavy to fit on the table to get a cardic cath. They decided to put him on some thinners to see if it will unclog the arteries. He stayed in the hospital for quite some time, before being transfered into a nursing home. Three weeks after he went into the hosptal, I decided to lose some weight. It was very tiresome playing simple games w/ my daughter, I wasn't very happy w/ myself, so I stayed inside alot, thinking people were just going to talk about me.
My dad eventually came home, and we kept to our diet. Until he stated hanging with the wrong crowd,not following his diet. I also started to cheat and gained about 5 lbs. On June 21, 2006 at 6:35pm, I found my pops on the floor deceased after cooking him a healthy dinner. That was a HUGE wake up call. I sometimes still wish I would of called 911 the day before when he had a hard time getting out of the chair. My dad, like me, was a very stubborn man, and unfortunatly didn't lead on to any type of pain. He passed from a massive heart attack and kidney failure.
I love my dad like no other. There isn't an hour that goes by without me thinking about him. I miss him dearly. I am not really a religious person, but I know he is not suffering, and I hope that he is up somewhere chillin w/ his buddies from vietnam.
I cannot live like this anymore....going on a diet...doing well, and then gaining all sore, more or all of the weight back that I initially lost. I just hope that soon I will be able to come up here and talk about my achievements like I see here. I am very very very nervous, as this date is coming up soon. I am also extremely excited to see where I am going to be a year later from surgery. I truly feel it is my time.
