In2aButterfly
Well I am 32 years old..living in Bergen County, NJ. I was married on New Year's Eve of 2006. I still think of myself as a newlywed. I have a fantastic husband who is very supportive of my decision to have surgery. He had gastric Bypass in 2003. We do not have kids yet. Right now at the weight that I am I am unable to have a baby. It is a big reason why I decided to have surgery. We have a furbaby...Ginger. Ginger is an 8 year old brindle Boxer. I love her to death!
Well my weight gain started at around 16 years old and just got worse from there. I took dance classes when I was younger all the way through high school. Once that stopped I just ballooned up. Having over-weight boyfriends didn't help either. I have been on every diet plan, pill, you name it. On night this past January..I took a diet pill that I bought on the internet. I had taken it many times before and was fine. I usually took them right before I went to bed..probably not te best idea...to prevent that heart racing feeling. I figured I'd sleep right thru it and still burn fat. Well..I layed down and about 15 minutes later I felt nauseous. I sat up, my husband came in thebedroom and asked if I took anything. Of course, I said no. He gave me some Pepto, which wasn't working...then all of a sudden my body started shaking and I had the chills, my fingers went numb, I was dizzy, my heart was racing.....then...up came what was left of the diet pills. I was scared so I told my husband that I had taken the pills. He found them in the closet and flushed them, then called 911. The ambulance came..this was about 2 am, and took me to the emergency room. They gave me fluids and I took some blood, I stated there for about 3 hours just resting, then I was discharged. I swore never again to touch a diet pill.
I had lost a lot of weight right before my wedding. The pictures are in my album. I starved myself and was at the gym 5 days a week. People were telling me how great I looked and I was convinced after being on every diet known to man that the only way to lose weight is to not eat. Driving back from resort where the wedding was held, we stopped at a diner. This was the first full meal I had eaten in 4 months. Well, that started my path back to eating like I did before the wedding weight loss. And up I went and kept going. I went from 180 in January 2007 to 248 in June 2008. My knees hurt, I can't bend down. I get out of breath walking. I can not walk and talk at the same time. I have stopped getting my period. The last natural period I got was October 2007. I am sad all the time. I just want to be in control, be healthy, have a baby...look beautiful, like i know I can. I see the pictures from before the wedding and I want to cry.
I am now waiting for my surgery to get appoved. So I am keeping my fingers crossed. I'll keep you posted!
UPDATE!! I had my surgey on July 15, 2008. I am down 22 pounds!! My blood pressure at my 2 week post-op was 116 over 72. I was thrilled!!
