Mary P.
In High School I always thought that I was fat compared to the other girls. I was 5'7"Medium frame and 115 lbs. That was NOT fat. My sister was always the chunky one. Turns out she did have an actual problem. A tomer on her pituitary gland. Me, I just kept gaining from the time of my first pregnancy. and would loose,then gain even more back. Each time a new wonder pill or a new diet. My last pregnancy ( with twins) I got up just under 300 lbs. WOW! By this time I needed to have a full left knee replacement at the ripe old age of 40. Doc told me can't do the surgery until I lose 50 lbs. Well, that actually was easy. all I needed to do was Keep breast feed those twins and stick to Weight Watches and was back down to 225. YEAH! I had my knee replacement when the girls were 8 months old.
Now, here comes the next round.
My life really gets turned upside down. A little over three years ago my husband decides to move the family form the twin cities area up to the Iron Range. big change for the four kids But HUGE change for me. I grew up in inner city Minneapolis, MN. The move was very stressful for me. at first I thought I was doing OK with my weight but it slowly crept back up until I hit a all time high of 305.
Well, that gets me up to date. I started the WLS journey in November 2007. I have completed all of my preliminaries to have surgery but I am still waiting for my consult and date. They say October or November. I getting a bit frustrated but holding on.
