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My name is Brooke, and Im 22 years old. I have struggled since i was young with weight, i kept putting it off because it was easier that way. I always had a hard time keeping an exercise schedule and dieting. Two years ago I met a man who changed my life, yes he does love me the way i am but he makes me want to be a better person. The past few months, i watched and took care of my mother when something so simple as a compressed back fracture ruined her life. I watched it cause a stroke, her recovered but had complications and passed away November 29 from sepsis shock. The ICU doctors said when she first went in, that if she was a healthy normal 53 year old, that she would have recovered, but she was over weight and had other underlying issues she couldn't control but I think if she hadn't been over weight, she would have had a better chance and maybe she would still be here. It scares me that because of my weight, I could easily have complications from simple things and die too. I won't let my family bury anyone else, especially due to something I have control over, i just need the help to get there. I honestly don't know if lap band is right for me but I'm going to see doctors, see what the best option is and full heartily go into it. I can't imagine what may come of my mom passing, its still too new but my promise to her is that I am going to lose all my excess weight and live a long happy life, for her. I am going to change my entire life for the better, finish school, get my dream job of helping people, get married to the wonderful man i am with now, and have beautiful children. All for my mom and my promise to her, and the promise to myself.
I am doing this for her, but more importantly im doing this for me and my loved ones.