Myra
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Hello,
Myra here. I'm a newbie. About to turn 40 in November. Pretty much I was born overweight. Life throws us lots of curve balls. Things rarely work out as we plan or dream when we are younger. I am a dreamer. I have always wanted children. As a young girl instead of thinking about boys, I thought about my children. As a young lady, instead of dreaming of the perfect wedding and the perfect man. I thought of my perfect children. But I had no time for the Dating game and never dated. The whole idea of Dating just did not appeal to me. I wanted the right man. Just didn't want to bother with weeding them out. Mamma said he wasn't going to fall from the sky and land in my lap...but he did.
I was always a bit chunky, not over weight at first. But in the winter of 1983 at the age of 9. I got burned with boiling water. I spent 18 days in the hospital being spoiled by the nurses. I gained 30 pounds. And another 30 lbs every year afterwards till I went into High School. I developed a fear of driving and never got my liscense.
By mid October 1996 things had gotten much worse for me. I was sleeping between 15 and 20 hours per day. If I was awake I was very irritable and hard to live with. I didn't work.....Not because I hadn't tried. I had no insurance and hadn't been to the Dr. in years. I had a seizure one night. Later at the Hospital.... Dr said I had a Grand Mal seizure and the worst case of Hypothyroidism he had ever seen, as well as High cholesterol, and Edema. Later I was also Diagnosed with PCOS. Insulin resistance, borderline diabetes, infertility.
Then in September of 2003, at the age of 29. I met my wonderful husband by chance, online. Out of the sky into my Lap top. It took him a month to talk me into a date. Two weeks later I had an engagement ring. In November I met his mother. We planned to wait a year to be Married. But on December the 8th (my weight 303) we went up to the courthouse and tied the knot. And I moved with him four counties away from everything I knew. During the happiest time of my life. I also became severely depressed.. no children, no family. Just me and him when he isn't working. Lots of people would have been happy(Weight 404). Adoption is expensive. So we decided to foster to adopt. My family, the one I wanted so bad. Now could only occur after the destruction of another family. Bring on the depression medicine. It was hard falling in love with all the kids and having to give them back. We finalize the adoption in October this Year. I am a Mommy to a beautiful 4 year old boy who I have had since he was 9 months old, but my weight is in the way of me being the mommy I want to be. (highest weight 477) My wonderful husband has worked and scraped and sacrificed so much for me. He has made it also possible for me to have my gastric bypass which is scheduled for October 29th..I still don't have insurance so he is paying out of pocket. At the Seminar my weight was 471 and is listed as my starting weight. I was started on one low carb slim fast as a meal replacement a day. At the physicians appointment I was down 9 pounds and now I replace two meals a day with low carb Slim Fast. My pre op day is October 17th.
Myra here. I'm a newbie. About to turn 40 in November. Pretty much I was born overweight. Life throws us lots of curve balls. Things rarely work out as we plan or dream when we are younger. I am a dreamer. I have always wanted children. As a young girl instead of thinking about boys, I thought about my children. As a young lady, instead of dreaming of the perfect wedding and the perfect man. I thought of my perfect children. But I had no time for the Dating game and never dated. The whole idea of Dating just did not appeal to me. I wanted the right man. Just didn't want to bother with weeding them out. Mamma said he wasn't going to fall from the sky and land in my lap...but he did.
I was always a bit chunky, not over weight at first. But in the winter of 1983 at the age of 9. I got burned with boiling water. I spent 18 days in the hospital being spoiled by the nurses. I gained 30 pounds. And another 30 lbs every year afterwards till I went into High School. I developed a fear of driving and never got my liscense.
By mid October 1996 things had gotten much worse for me. I was sleeping between 15 and 20 hours per day. If I was awake I was very irritable and hard to live with. I didn't work.....Not because I hadn't tried. I had no insurance and hadn't been to the Dr. in years. I had a seizure one night. Later at the Hospital.... Dr said I had a Grand Mal seizure and the worst case of Hypothyroidism he had ever seen, as well as High cholesterol, and Edema. Later I was also Diagnosed with PCOS. Insulin resistance, borderline diabetes, infertility.
Then in September of 2003, at the age of 29. I met my wonderful husband by chance, online. Out of the sky into my Lap top. It took him a month to talk me into a date. Two weeks later I had an engagement ring. In November I met his mother. We planned to wait a year to be Married. But on December the 8th (my weight 303) we went up to the courthouse and tied the knot. And I moved with him four counties away from everything I knew. During the happiest time of my life. I also became severely depressed.. no children, no family. Just me and him when he isn't working. Lots of people would have been happy(Weight 404). Adoption is expensive. So we decided to foster to adopt. My family, the one I wanted so bad. Now could only occur after the destruction of another family. Bring on the depression medicine. It was hard falling in love with all the kids and having to give them back. We finalize the adoption in October this Year. I am a Mommy to a beautiful 4 year old boy who I have had since he was 9 months old, but my weight is in the way of me being the mommy I want to be. (highest weight 477) My wonderful husband has worked and scraped and sacrificed so much for me. He has made it also possible for me to have my gastric bypass which is scheduled for October 29th..I still don't have insurance so he is paying out of pocket. At the Seminar my weight was 471 and is listed as my starting weight. I was started on one low carb slim fast as a meal replacement a day. At the physicians appointment I was down 9 pounds and now I replace two meals a day with low carb Slim Fast. My pre op day is October 17th.
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