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I am now 54 years old.  I am an insulin dependent diabetic and take two other medications for it. I became diabetic at the age of 49. I am disabled from a lower back injury.  My knees ach from trying to support my weight.  I can not walk easily and I need a mobility scooter to get around in the grocery and department stores due to my back pain and knee pain.  I am certain my weight is a factor to my back pain as well.   It is embarrassing to run into people I know and haven't seen in years and be in a scooter because you can not walk behind a shopping cart.  I have difficulty getting out of a chair.  My biggest fear is that I will become so obese that I will be completely immobile.  I am so heavy, my husband who has nice muscles from lifting heavy objects at work, can not push me in a wheelchair because I weigh so much it hurts his hernia surgery sight.  He had the surgery in 2005 so its not like its a recent surgery and shouldn't be pushing me.  Although he is not embarrassed to be seen wih me fat or in a scooter, I am embarrassed for him.  He has always loved me and looked at me the same way no matter my size.  He's the love of my life and a wonderful man.