Jaime C.
So I wondered if people ever update this section- "my story." Of course your story will always change and mine has since WLS so I don't even know where to start. I have had WLS and it's the best decision I ever made. I have lost over 100 pounds. I am healthy and hacve accepted and embraced a knew lifestyle sine my surgery. I have a wonderful and loving family and surrounded by people who truely love me. If someone ever asks me if I would do this surgery again, I tell them "Hell yes. A million times." It has been worth every tear, heartache, headache and hurt. I have learned so much about myself and have learned to love myself. I am still learning everyday and learning how to except myself. Self image is everything and by all means I do not consider myself skinny or thin. I still look in the mirror and see the fat girl but I am working on that. WLS does not solve all your problems and for all the people researching this surgery, I hope you read my blog and realize that. This is a lifestyle change and not something to do if you want all your problems solved. The greatest discovery yet through my journey is that I do not confuse Love with pain anymore and i have learned to fully and truly love myself. Thus, being able to make the people around me happy which makes a big difference.
I guess that's my new story... the old story seems so ancient- so unreal. I was misrable and in a terrible unhealthy relationship. I think most ladies who lack self esteem and don't love themselves have a hard time leaving men who are verbally or even physcially abusive to them. I thought I could never love anymore and thought that no one would want me. Well 3 years later, I found my soul mate and happily married to the most wonderful person and expecting a baby boy in July 2010. The best part- in my heart I feel that he would have still loved me at 300 pounds... All of me. Anyway, embrace a lifestyle change and make the most of it. Don't let anyone dictate or control your happiness. Be in charge... be proud of who you are regardless of your weight. I am a strong believer that if you don't like something about your life then do something about it.
About Me
Before & After
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