amauch01
O.k. so I've had this profile for awhile but I'm finally writing something. 
I've been working on getting approved for my surgery since June of last year, but I've been thinking about it for over year and finally the time has come!
My surgery is scheduled for April 21st. I'm so excited! The nerves haven't really set in yet,
but I'm sure they'll be coming. So... my story, I haven't always been over weight, well I guess I"ve always fluctuated, I went through a few chubby years as a kid, but once I got into Junior High and Highschool I was pretty thin, still considered thick I guess, but thinner than now! All the weight came after I had my son. I gained 40 pounds while I was pregnant. I lost alittle and then gained it back and it's been coming on ever since,and he's eleven now. I continued to get bigger and bigger every year. I've tried every diet possible along the way but nothing ever stuck, I think the most I've ever lost at one time is 18 pounds. I started my journey at 241 now I"m at 231 and I'm about 5'1 and a half. Don't forget that half!
Alot of people say I'm not "big" enough to have the surgery, and I've noticed it's skinny healthy people that say that to me. The people who have never felt the humiliation of not fitting into a roller coaster ride with your kids, who don't feel uncomfortable everytime they walk into a party, they've never been the biggest person in the room. They don't sleep with a scuba mask(this would be my cpap machine, my husband calls me scuba steve
, yah he thinks he's hillarious) on their face everynight, or feel pain with every step they take. I think their just trying to be nice, but they have no idea! Wow that was alot of negativity! I am having this surgery for my health, I'm borderline diabetic, I have really bad arthritis in my knees, pain in my feet, high cholesterol, a fatty liver, severe sleep apnea. Diabetes and liver disease run on both sides of my family so I"m bound to get it eventually. So this is why I've decided to take such drastic measures. Sorry more negativity! I'm excited and ready now to start living a healthy and active life. I want to be around for my kids, grandkids, and great grandkids.
I love these little smiley face guys!!!
