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Hello!! I have been reading so much information from everyone on this site I decided I needed a profile to track my own journey. Well I am 22, 5'10 and 325 is my highest weight recorded. I am wearing a size 2X top and squeezing myself into 22w pants. I've been over weight since puberty and remember all the hurtful comments anyone has ever called me. Ive learned to use my weight as a comic relief, gaining all the friends I could get in High School. I was always making fun of myself, but deep down hated the way I looked. In 2005, I had a major car accident causing me to become disable. After the accident it was 8 months till I was fully recovered, yet I still had a horrible time walking without hurting (around that time I was 250). I gained over 75lbs because of depression and the fact I was not mobile without being in pain. In 2007 I swore to myself I was going to get healthier, everyone has always said " if you lose weight, you'll feel better" So that being said I tried to lose weight and lost 20lbs within a few months. A friend suggest I needed some extra help and suggested Lap-band. After researching and talking to family, friends and doctors, I attended a meeting, which gave me so much more faith in myself! Cigna requires the 6 month diet, which breezed by and somewhere in the middle of it I missed 1 month! It was horrible I felt like I had to redo the entire thing! The staff was so amazing they worked with me every step and finally on May 15 2008 I was approved to move forward with surgery! I am sure we all felt the same way when we got that phone call: PRAISE GOD! crying and disbelief was for the first 2 days and since then I have been in a unbelievable good mood.This is my BLESSING, I am more than thankful!! on the 22nd I am going in to do blood test and xrays, then will get another appointment with Dr. Woodman. I am so thrilled to meet him, no matter how dry he is...i am pretty dry myself but he is a blessing already to so many people. So I will keep everything posted!
