randi0516
So I am a 31 year old mother of a 2 year old. I work in child care taking care of infants. So I am consistly moving but unfortuately I am morbidly obese so my job can be challenging. Getting off the floor was getting difficult.
I was a size 5 when I began high school and kept going up. I met my husband at college and from that I got very comfortable and started eating horribly. In 2009 I hurt my back and because of my size it took them a YEAR to finally find what was going on. I got a lot of "you just need to lose weight it will stop hurting". Well over the year I was still working a full time job but working with toddlers and by the time I was diagnoised with a herniated disc and a pinched nerve I could barely walk. I use to walk the mall to get out and I was barely able to make it a quarter of the way down the aisle. Surgery was great and I got immediate relief. Dropped some weight but couldn't shed it all.
Well I just got use to being the fat girl that used to small. I am only 4'10". My father also died in 2007 of a heart attack and had a rash of other health issues. When I got pregnant with my daughter I almost didn't make it. I had horrible pre-eclampsa and diabetes. I was on insulin shots! I was home 1 day with my daughter before I was rushed by ambulance back to the hospital with fluid retention that was drowning me.
This past summer I was noticing that I wasn't feeling well and was always tired. I went to the doctor and I found out that I have a thyroid problem, PCOS, and was pre diabetic. Again the answer was lose weight. I tried MANY things and felt like it was going no where. So in January I went back to my doctor and asked about having surgery. I got in touch with Dr. Takla and started the process of getting ready for surgery. I have seen the nutritionist, weight management, going for my barium study on Feb 22, and therapy intake on the 25th. It is going to be a wild ride and thankfully I have a lot of support from my husband and my family.
