Bryson J
I AM A HAPPY GUY ABD I GUESS HAVE ALWAYS FORCED MY SELF TO BE THAT WAY. I WAS TOLD MYSELF THAT I WAS FINE THE WAY THAT I WAS. LOL I WOULD MAKE DIET PLANS AND WORK OUT PLANS AND THINGS I KNEW I WOULDN COMPLETE, IT DIDNT MATTER HOW MUCH I YELLED AT MY SELF IT STILL WOULDN GET DONE. THEN I BEGAN TO MAKE JOKES ABOUT MYSELF TO OTHER TO EASE THE PAIN, TRYING TO BE SO OUTGOING THAT THEY WILL OVER LOOK MY IMPERFECTIONS YOU KNOW. BUT THEN IT HIT ME LIKE A TON OF BRICKS ONE DAY! I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO GET SOMETHING CHECKED AND I MENTIONED TO THE DOCTOR THAT I KEPT PEEING EVERY 10 MIN. I COULD DEAL WITH IT! HE THEN PROCEEDED TO TAKE MY BLOOD. I WAS MAKING EXCUSES FOR MY SELF AS TO Y I WAS PEEING SO MUCH AS IF I WAS A DOCTOR....I WAS DOING A REAL GOOD JOB UNTIL..THE DOCTOR CAME BACK INTO THE ROOM WITH 2 OFFICERS AND TOLD ME THAT I WAS UNABLE TO LEAVE! THAT MY SUGAR WAS A DANGEROUS NUMBER IT WAS 1100. I NEED TO BE TREATED RIGHT AWAY. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT...THEN HE TOLD ME I HAVE DIABETES! I QUICKLY LOOKED AT MY GIRLFRIEND AND BEGAN TO YELL AND SCREAM HOW COULD YOU GIEV THIS TO ME. THE DOCTOR LOOKED AT ME DIRECTLY IN MY EYES AND SAID ITS NOT A STD! HE BEGAN TO EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT IT WAS AND HOW IT AFFECTED MY BODY. AND WHAT IT WILL SOON TO DO MY BODY. I BRUSHED OFF AS IF NOTHING WAS WRONG BUT IN MY MIND ALL I COULD SEE WAS ALL THE TIMES I DRANK THOSE SODAS AND THAT CANDY OR THAT EXTRA PLATE. ALL THOSE TIME I STUFFED MY FACE AT GATHERINGS TO ENTERTAIN OTHERS. LIKE A TRAINED MONKEY AT A ZOO. ALL THOSE TIMES PEOPLE WARNED ME. IT HIT ME! I KNEW I WAS DYING AND NOW I ADDED SOMETHING ELSE TO MY LIFE I KNEW I WASNT GONNA KEEP UP WITH AND ALLOW THE LAZINESS TO OVER TAKE MY HEALTH. I WAS OVERTAKEN WITH SADNESS. I WENT BACK TO WORK WITH 13 PERSCRIPTIONS MY NEW MEDICINE BAG. AND AS I BEGAN TO STICK MY SELF OVER AND OVER AGAIN I BEGAN TO CRY, A MAN CAME UP TO ME AND GAVE ME A HUG AND HE KNEW WHAT IWAS GOING THREW. HE TO WAS A DIABETIC. YEARS WENT ON AND I STARTED TO DO WELL STARTED LOSING WEIGHT AND I LEARNED THAT I COULD LIVE WITH IT. AND THE OLD ME CAME BACK AND YET AGAIN MY EATING HABITS AND OLD WAYS CAME BACK THEN OVER TIME I GOT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SLEEP DISORDERS. ASTHMA, HIGH CHOLESTEROL. KNEE PAIN BACK PAIN, ANYTHING YOU COULD THING OF. I BECAM 451 POUNDS AT 21 YEARS OLD AND HAD THE HEART OF A 40 YEAR OLD MAN!. THEDOCTOR TOLD ME I CAN HAVE A HEART ATTACK THIS YOUNG. I STILL WASNT ABLE TO OVERCOME MY DEPRESSION AND LAZY AND JULY 2007 AT THE AGE OF 21 I HAD A MILD STROKE! I KNEW I WAS GOING TO DIE. I GOT A NEW JOB AND THEY TOLD I HAD A PPO INSURANCE, AND THERE WAS SEVERAL PEOPLE AT THIS JOB WHO HAD GOTTEN THIS SURGERY I WAS SCARED, BUT I KNEW THAT I WAS KILLING MY SELF ANDI COULD TRUST MY SELF TO TRUST MY SELF AND I HAD TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE I DIE SO YOUNG. I APPLIED FOR THE SURGERY AND WAS APPROVED BUT GOT SCARED AND LAZY AGAIN AND IT WAS PUSHED BACK OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE MY LACK OF WANTING TO GO TO ALL THESE DOCTORS. I WENT TO THE STORE TO BUY A SHIRT FOR A PARTY...AND IT WAS A BIG AND TALL STORE AND THEY SAID THEY DIDNT HAVE MY SIZE. I CRYED IN THE LADIES ARM, SHE THEN TOLD ME ABOUT THE SURGERY AGAIN AND I KNEW IT WAS GOD TELLING ME GO BACK AND DONT BE LAZY OR AFRAID! I KNEW THAT WAS IT AND I DIDNT WANT TO BE THE MAN CUT OUT OF HIS HOUSE NO MAM. I DID ALL MY APPOINTMENTS AND GOT MY SURGERY ON JAN4 2010 AND NOW HAVE LOST 55 POUNDS IN ONE MONTH AND I FEEL GREAT! I CAN RUN AND JUMP AND SKIP AND NOT FEEL AS TIRED AS I DID BEFORE I CAN WALK UP STEP FAST AND HANG WITH THE FOOTBALL TEAM! I CAN AND I WILL! AND THERE ARE TIME WHERE I ASKMY SELF WHAT HAVE I DONE TO MY SELF? AND THEN THERE ARE TIE WHERE I SAY LOOK WHAT I HAVE TO FOR MYSELF. ITS WORTH IT ALL MY HEALTH PROBLEMS RELATED TO WEIGHT ARE GONE. AND ITS FEEL GREAT FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO ME AND ASK ME WHAT TO DO AND I LOOK GREAT! THE TABLES HAVE TURNED! YOU SWEET YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO GLOAT IN YOUR SUCCESS BECAUSE ITS YOUR TIME TO SHINE! GET THE SURGERY IT WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE!!!! XOXOXOXOX
