Amanda B.
July 13, 2007
Jul 13, 2007
I am 28 years old and I currently weigh in at 342 lbs down a few from the 354 I weighed when I started this 6 month diet thing in February. I have a large family of 4 kids ages 14, 12, 4, and 2. The oldest 3 are boys, and my youngest is my princess. I have been researching weight loss surgery since my daughter was born over 2 years ago. I graduated from pharmacy school in 2005. I have been a licensed pharmacist for 2 years now. I want to have surgery for many reasons. The main one is of course for my health. The second is for my kids. I don't want my kids especially my daughter to be embarrassed about me. I also don't want them to think that being super morbidly obese is a healthy way to live. I don't want to be the fattest mom on the cheerleading squad or the football team. My third reason is for my career. It is hard to talk to patients about health issues or just in general gaining their respect as a pharmacist being a super morbidly obese person. I have experienced this discrimination many times in the past 2 years and know that it will continue to happen as long as I am huge. My husband is a little guy so he is not as supportive as I would like for him to be, yet he understands. He fears that if successful I will think I deserve more than he can give me and leave him. I think that this is ridiculous.
I have always been overweight as long as I can remember. I have been over 200 lbs since at least 4th grade. I broke my ankle when I was at recess and when they weighed me at the hospital I remember how they all talked about how heavy I was. I hit 300 lbs in high school and have pretty much bounced from 294-360 since I was 22. I always lost weight during my pregnancies and ended up gaining weight while breastfeeding (go figure). Currently, I am certain of my decision to have surgery and I am in the process of finding the means to do so.
I am currently awaiting my 6 month medically supervised diet to end. I have been attending Weight Watchers, taking Adipex daily, and weighing in at my PCP office weekly for over 5 months. I was denied for surgery 2 days after insurance received my paperwork.
I have always been overweight as long as I can remember. I have been over 200 lbs since at least 4th grade. I broke my ankle when I was at recess and when they weighed me at the hospital I remember how they all talked about how heavy I was. I hit 300 lbs in high school and have pretty much bounced from 294-360 since I was 22. I always lost weight during my pregnancies and ended up gaining weight while breastfeeding (go figure). Currently, I am certain of my decision to have surgery and I am in the process of finding the means to do so.
I am currently awaiting my 6 month medically supervised diet to end. I have been attending Weight Watchers, taking Adipex daily, and weighing in at my PCP office weekly for over 5 months. I was denied for surgery 2 days after insurance received my paperwork.
