mdj016

Hello, I am a 24 year old mom as of January 2016 and had been considering weight loss surgery since I was in high school. I am married to my best friend who knows more about me than my mother or anyone else. I kept a lot bottled up in school due to teasing and fake rumors made up about me. I ate lunch in the office every day of my entire high school career just because I didn't have friends.My "friends" were teachers and other staff. I had dieted several times, exercised in addition to the sports I played, and was  active in high school. I played varsity basketball, softball, helped the team secure a 3rd place finish my junior year, I threw shot put and discus, and was in FCCLA, FFA, Yearbook, worked 25+ hours at my part time job and some other things I'm sure I have forgotten about by now.
   I was smart, not 4.0 smart, but 3.6 smart. To me, a lot of times the "fat kids" were smart, didn't play sports, in band and just antisocial. There were two other girls in my class that were around my size, one was about a hundred pounds more than I and the other about the same weight. The larger one than I would make puns at me for my weight (265lbs) with her other two thin friends. Whether it be about the size of the under armour I was wearing or how my jersey had to be let out at the top due to my very large bust. (40h) I felt hopeless, useless, and just couldn't understand why I was treated this way even though I did everything that the typical "cool kid" did.
   My senior year, I decided I was going to wipe the slate clean and just make the most of it. That was shut down the second day of school when we all got together to take pictures of those who had been there since kindergarten together, sports members, misc. group members, and just the general senior class picture. When we got to the Senior class picture, one of the boys said, "you don't need to be in the picture." This boy, had befriended the heaviest of girls in our class and they became the best of friends. He then nominated her for homecoming queen (which she won, as a joke.) Then she became the spotlight of the class. This girl was rude to others, and did as she pleased, wore clothes way too tight just didn't care. I asked myself over and over, why her? She wasn't nice to anyone.  
 Now that I have told my "sob story" let's get to what happens after that horrible part of my life. After we graduated I met my now husband through a girl I met at work. I knew I loved him the first time I saw him. He was overweight, but cute, nice, and funny. I moved away for college 5 days later and 3 years later we were married. I never thought I would meet anyone that could love me the way he does. We immediately started trying to conceive, with no luck and after tons of tests and appointments later was diagnosed with Insulin Resistance and PCOS without cysts. They said I probably inquired these when I hit puberty and the Dr. didn't understand why my pediatrician didn't catch it. We started looking into fertility experts, but was told no one would even see me until I was under 200 lbs. At this point, I had gained about 70lbs since graduation, so now sitting at 330lbs that was a lot to lose. So I got serious. I tried several programs, no carbs, no sugar, and even went Paleo for about 8 weeks. I only lost 11lbs in 5-6 months. They had placed me on metformin and birth control to help with the weight loss, but it wasn't helping.      
    December 2014 we found out we were pregnant, but at the first apt. discovered there was no fetus, I miscarried the next day. I was placed back on birth control and told to not try again for 3 months. Well June 2015 came around and we were once again pregnant, this time leading to the birth of our baby girl!
    I had gained 40lbs during pregnancy, passed the early term and normal term glucola tests, no high blood pressure, no high sugars, and I was following a strict diet the whole time. I lost all 40lbs within two weeks of a C-section, and was ready to go for a consult for gastric bypass. I learned the name of my potential surgeon when I found out that that same girl in my class that was heavier than I, had was having gastric bypass done within a couple weeks of my consult. She had been posting all over social media about her decision. I was back up 15lbs from my "lost" baby weight. GRR! They said with my family history and current diagnosis's Gastric Bypass would be the best option for me. I went with it, and had surgery on 8/1/16! It has been hard thus far, but I have faith.