annie_irene
Here is my story... I used to be athletic and played vollyball and did cheerleading from first grade or so till 8th grade. I was about 150 pounds at the age of 15 but mostly I was muscle. Then at an eairly age of 15.5 years old I became pregnant with my 1st born son Christopher Micheal Myron Brown. I knew I would gain weight because many people in my family are heavy. When I found out I was going to have a baby i was happy and scared. Mostly i feared his dad would leave me if i got big so when a situation arose with my mom and myself i parted ways with everyone I knew and loved to move in with my grandma and grandpa in Apache Junction.
We were there for about 2 years then we moved to missouri to this little town called Sarcoxie just 30 minutes from joplin. I had gained a lot of weight with Chris and went from 150-236 but went on the atckins diet wich was very popular at the time and got down to 178 to 180. I was happy with that weight but it was not my goal weight.
When we moved out here I quickly found a boyfriend named Gerald and He and i got pregnant ( I say we cause he had sympathy mornig sickness and whate ever else i had) I gained some weight with this pregnacy but quickly went back to work after. that was in 1998 . THen in 2000 my Best Friend Grampa passed away. That is the first of my downward spiral. I put alittle more weight on and then in 2001 I got pregnant with my 3rd child Olivia. We faced devestating new. She was sick. She had Digeorge syndrome. Her heart had a hole and the aortic arch was not compleated. She was flown by Jet to St. Louis Childrens Hospital. We flew up the freeway and got there to be with her . After a few surgeries and a slight heart attack and seizure she begeain to heal. I put on a good bit more weight on then too. W
When we returned home I was a little overwhelmed with all the care Olivia required I was glad I was a cna and was fimiliar with what she needed. About the time she was getting better we noticed her older brother Jerry lee was having many behavior and sensory issues. He didn't want much holding from me and prefered his dads care to mine which makes me feel bad still. He has warmed up to me now but it took awhile. We Soon found out he had Autism. I cant imagine having a communication disorder to his exttreame.
Finnaly things calmed down and we were able to grow as a family. During My 3 childerns lives they all became diagnosed with adhd. I think well i know food was kinda an escape for me, but also whenever I wanted anything no one could help me out excpt for food or resteraunt related things. I had a small budget for bill paying and at the time I also was a ciggerette smoker. Me and my husband both quit that habbit just about the same time. So now I think I could weight as much as 400 pounds and have the missouri mc+ insurance and need to try to get gastric bypass for my health so I can take better care of my family and myself for a change. I m soooooo thankfull that they are all alive and doing well reaching goals and not regressing so I look foward to a happy ending to add to this paige. Blessings~Annie
