E. Williams
My struggle with my weight has been a lifetime battle. I have often felt as if I was going to die from being obese. I remember the first time I was called "morbidly obese". I was 21 years old and gettiing ready to have a DNC and I remember glancing at the form the doctor was writing on and next to my weight it read "morbidly obese". I was so embarrassed! I wanted to melt into the floor and that has been how I have felt for the past 10 years. It seems like for my entire 32 years I have been on a diet or trying to find some cure for my obesity. I have tried every diet and only lose at the most 20-30 pounds. Finally this year on New Year's Day, I prayed and told the Lord, "God I need to do some things different this year! This is the year of new beginnings and I need this year to be a NEW YEAR for me!". So I started off the year attempting for the last time a medically supervised diet program. and again was on the program for about 5 months and only lost 26 pounds. That was it! I had had enough! So I went to see my primary care physician and she diagnosed me with oseoarthritis. Did I mention that I was only 32 years old? And now I have arthritis! This was crazy! So I asked her for a referral to a bariatric doctor. Enough was enough! So that began my journey towards the surgery. I have been through all the tests and procedures and am now waiting for insurance approval for gastric bypass.
