anjelica4
I am just beginning this journey. I was dead set against it after seeing my sister go through what amounted to me as torture. She had a bypass surgery in 2003. She lost alot of hair, her teeth were terrible and she actually looked grey. I knew someone who died from a pulmonary embolism after bypass surgery and that set my resolve even more. I always looked at myself as a healthy fat person. I was busy, I could do anything, my clothes were bigger but so what. Then my asthma started acting up and I was up and down 50 times a night. I ended up at the hospital with a REALLY bad asthma attack in July, 2006. It was then that the doctors found a minor heart problem, high blood pressure and diabetes. Talk about a smack in the face! All in one shot. I was coming out of a bad relationship and just assumed it was stress related and moved on. It would get better as soon as all the stress went away. Except it hasn't gotten better. I feel like crap all the time now. My blood pressure is always up, my sugars are sky-high and every bone in my body hurts. I have two kids who need me. It scares me that I might not watch them graduate from college or high school for that matter. I want this! I actually started working for a company that schedules lap band seminars for 120+ practices around the country. I have and am learning so much. I have realized that life is all about timing and I think this might be mine...
