Nancyj1026
Wow..Time for me to share my story. It's a bit long, but worth while reading.
Well, let me begin with I'm 25 years old and never felt as good as I feel right now. I have struggled with my weight for a very long time. My mother gave birth to a 10 pound baby. On July 20 1981. The only time I was (what they call a normal weight) when I was 1year old. I was sick as a dog. Didn't eat and skin and bones. Months later when I was better all of the weight I should have gained caught up to me and then some.
Growning up I always felt unconfortable but never really showed it. You know how people say that when you're over weight have develop a talent that makes people not pay too much attention to your weight. Well, mine was making people laugh. I would make jokes that made people's stomach hurt. I had a breakdown. I feel in love with an older man that treated me like I see the skinny women were being treated. My breakdown happened when I found out he was married and didn't bother to tell me. I took a year off from dating/or looking to date anyone to find myself.
When the year was over, I crowled out of my cave and decided to look pass my weight. I knew I was a great person and if anyone wanted to be with me they would have to deal with all of me not just the side of me they wanted to deal with. I started developing a persona that its either all or nothing. People where responding positively towards it. I started dating again but shut down my heart.
You know how theres always a member of your family that you're compared to well I was compared damn near half my life to a cousin of mine. She took a year away from the family and lost a lot of weight and became the talk of the family. The family then got on my case on how I should be like her. I couldn't anymore of the comparison. I packed up my car fled to Florida. A few months in florida I met a man that treated like a queen should have been treated. At first I thought something was wrong with him because I was never treated that way before. We moved in together and began our life together. A year later I met the woman that I call my god mother. She is more than a friend. She has become my guardian angel. A god sent. We met while working at a communications company. She did all the research about the surgery.
I always believe that god places people in your life at the time he knows you need it not when you think you need it. She gave me the information about Dr. Overcash. I was a bit reluctant so I did call. I told her that I wanted to see how things happened for her before I made the decision on getting the surgery done. Months later she had the surgery and when she came back to work she looked like a new person instantly. I was shocked and amazed. I saw her and my jaw dropped. We met for lunch at the usual place and we started talking about the surgery. How everything happened from pain to the smile she wears proudly everyday. I then made the decision on getting it done. I saw the result with my own two eyes.
Months later I had a date set. October 26, 2005. I wasn't nervous at all. I knew that day would be the day of my rebirth. The man in my life didn't really see the point of me getting the surgery done, but I knew that know matter how much he loved me, if I wasn't happy with me it we weren't going to go anywhere. I got to the hospital really early that Thursday. Checked in and then woke up the surgery was done. It was like night and day. I was shedding pounds faster than I'd ever seen in my life. At first, I didn't really see it because I still saw myself the same way. Big.
To those of you who reads my story, thank you. This is a message to all of the people how want to get it done but unsure. For those who has done it you know where I'm coming from. And for those who are having doubts in the begining stages..trust me it was worth every moment that you've endored.
Peace-Love and good luck in the journey.
