Julie M.
I am a 43 year old stay at home mom who used to teach any grade between 3rd and 12th. I have been married for 23 years, with my husband for 27 years, and we have two children, Jim, 18, who has inherited my weight issues, and Katie, 17, who is not over weight and that totally irks her brother.
We are originally from Weatherford, TX, but moved to Houston, TX in 1992. In 2004, we moved to Colorado Springs and fell in love with Colorado. When my daughter was young, I was a Girl Scout Leader for 6 years. Now, I am a volunteer to my old friends in Houston.
I have many hobbies that keep me broke! Stained glass, polymer clay, computers, pets, and watching my kids grow up. That one is particularly hard right now because they both will graduate from high school on May 23, which is also my son's 19th birthday.
I started out life with a mom who used to say she just didn't know what was wrong with this baby. She just won't eat. From that point on, I remember diet pills at 9, shaklee pills, 1000 calorie diets, Pat Walkers, diet soups, grapefruit diets, and Medifast.
I've had two children, a miscarriage, tubal ligation, hysterectomy, appendectomy, gall bladder removed, and been in a car accident that has so far required a rotator cuff repair that totally opened my shoulder. I'll have the lap band on Apr. 29, then possibly another shoulder repair and/or a knee repair.
I have high blood pressure, sleep apnea, Rheumatoid Arthritis, hair loss, low thyroid, low potassium, and a total lack of energy. Hopefully the band will help some of these.
