Heathab915
My name is Heather and I have been overweight most of my life. When I was a child I wasnt very big but I was bigger than my friends. In high school I was the same. I got pregnant when I was 18 and after the birth of my daughter I weighed 224. I couldnt seem to lose the weight. I gained more and more. Then years later I started losing weight and my husband (at the time...now my ex) didnt like me losing weight, that caused huge problems and led to divorce. I continued to lose weight. I kept thinking to myself"im gonna show him, Im gonna look great". That motivated me. I got down to a size 12. I felt great and eventually met my current husband. He is the greatest! I got pregnant again and then gained more weight and just like before couldnt lose it. I then kinda gave up on the diets. I tried them all but this time it was harder. I also think that since my husband didnt care what I looked like then it shouldnt have mattered to me.He always told me that he loved me no matter what I looked like. Which I knew was true and loved him more for that but now our daughter is 7 and I am not getting any younger I realized, finally, that I needed to do something for myself. I decided to have this surgery. It was the best thing I have ever done for myself. I am almost down 60 lbs(as of 7/9/2010) but I feel great! After all the problems I have had after the surgery, not being able to keep food down and throwing up ALOT, I would do this again and tell many others that if they are thinking about the surgery to just do it.
