Jamie D.
My name is Jamie, I am a mother of three beautiful children, two boys and one girl. I am happily married to the man of my dreams and have been for the past 8 1/2 years. I started getting chubby at about age 6. It has just been a continuous gain every year from there on out. I am at the heaviest I have ever been, and am ready for a change. I am tired of hearing how pretty my face is. I don't think that is a compliment, although it is said with good intentions, it hurts.
I started my WLS journey back in May of this year and it has been a struggle. I know it isn't as long as some people, and I shouldn't complain. I am very happy that I have a surgery date, and am on my way to a new healthy me. My famiy doctor has given me nothing but greif and headaches since asking him to sign my ohip forms, and he has been my biggest obstacle to overcome, and I did it.
My surgery date is December 9th of this year, and I am viewing it as the first day of my new beginning on life. I already have a wonderful life, a great husband who loves me unconditionally and treats me like a queen, and the three best kids a mom could ask for...I want to change me...not my life, but me. I want to walk into a room and have people look at me because they like what they see, not look at me and feel sorry for me because I am so fat. I don't want my children to grow up and be ashamed of their mother, and not invite their friends over, or have me take them to school. I want to be comfortable in my own skin. I want to feel as beautiful as my husband tells me I am. I want to have the confidence that I so desperatly need. I want to be the best mom, wife, sister, daughter, friend, woman that I can be.
I have never been more excited and ready for something than I am for this...I know it is going to be a rough road, with many ups and downs, but I am ready...Bring it on!!!
