Mia1307
Hello everyone,
I hope my story will help any of you who are beginning this journey or are going through it.
Well where do I begin? I have not been obese or morbidly obese all my life. I started to gain a lot of weight in my mid to late 20's. Then I made the biggest mistake of my life, and married my ex husband, who turned out to be a physical, mental and sexual abuser.. Lovely... He was Mr. Charming for a year and a half prior to our wedding. Four months later I received my first beating. More shocked than I can say, I naively thought it was a one time thing..... Well it wasn't. For many reasons that I cannot explain here, I stayed for 2 yrs.
Needless to say when I left him, I blew up gaining another 150lbs as protection etc and dealing with a lot of emotional issues. I realized after the fact that the emotional issues I had as a result, were really with me the whole time, since my childhood, abandonment, low self esteem etc etc. This further fueled my addiction to the point that I am now a very unfit, and unhealthy person.
A couple of years ago I met a wonderful person who has changed my life, he accepted me as I am, warts and all. He taught me the true meaning of joy! As a result things began to happen which belong in the twilight zone, but are meant to be. I met a woman who is like my second grandmother, she produced a piece of paper which said: Live in Joy even though you have all the facts.
This is changing my life, every decision I make is based on this, which in turn led me to Dr. Husted. I first saw him on the Discovery Channel in Kathy's escape from obesity. Both of them placed a seed which grew to the long, long decision making process of having surgery.
There is light at the end of the tunnel for me, I have decided to "get busy living instead of busy dying". I will use the DS procedure as the tool it is meant to be and look forward to changing my life and participate in it.
For me all the choices I make are made with the ultimate goal being joy. I now have reached the point that I cannot wait for my surgery on April 2nd!!!
