shellbell816
I guess I will start on March 5, 1986. I was born this day. From the very night I came home from the hospital, my mother gave
Me straight cows milk. It was also from night one I was fed cereal. (My mother learned this was the secret to getting my sister to
Sleep thru the night. I was then eating full table food by 3 months old. Needless to say by the age of 3 I was obese. A lot of other family
Dynamics caused me to turn to food. My addiction started so early. I have never been small. I developed a strong sense of humor,
Common amongst big people actually. I always had a ton of friends and even boyfriends. I had to create an enormous personality to match
The rest of me. At 14 I attended my first WLS seminar but no one would operate on a teen. Finally at 24, I'm in a position to do this.
(Quick run down of failed attempts: metabolife, hydroxycut, phentermine,slim4life, weight watchers, inches a weigh, personal trainers ect)
I could go on and on. Undoing so much damage requires more than just me. I started this journey in Feb of 2010.
A month into it, my uncle was murdered. I actually had my physc eval the next day. Fun trying to convince him I was sane.
This loss was so hard in so many ways but mainly bc my uncle was one of the few people to believe in me. I was 4-5 thru my 6 mon supervised diet when I found out I was pregnant. I thought everything I had prepared for was wasted. I did find joy in the news eventually and prepared for baby #2. I missed my final 6 month appointment for my diet because I was having difficulties with the pregnancy. I ended up miscarrying.
Surprisingly, my insurance case worker called and said go to the missed appt now and shell review it. Well, about 2 1/2 weeks ago, I got the email. I'M APPROVED. Surgery scheduled for Nov 3. Ill be updating as I go along!
