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New Here and beginning my journey

ccrensh1

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Hi, my name is Carrielee and I am new and just beginning my journey. I am 31 years old and have been overweight/obese since I was a young child.

Today I am at my all time heaviest with a BMI of 54. I am 31, 5 feet tall and 278.45 pounds.

I have many co morbidities...hypertension (resistant to treatment), type II diabetes, Angina/chest pain, I’ve had a TIA, I have sleep apnea, high cholesterol, PCOS, liver disease, just diagnosed yesterday with multiple PE’s...I’m slowly killing myself and I’m done. I’m on constant pain, struggle with basic ADLs due to my weight. Constantly short of breath.

Yesterday when checking into the ER with heart attack like symptoms, despite multiple anti hypertensives and beta blockers, my BP was stroke level (178/108, with a heart rate of 137).
My mom died at 48 of a heart attack with similar conditions and was morbidly obese as well...doing this for her to not have the same fate.

I have my initial consult with the WLS surgeon on the 25th...
 
Hello! That's great that you're going to do something about your life and not give up! You are so important to so many people I'm sure. This is why I started looking into weight loss surgery myself. My mom had a severe stroke, my father has had a pulmonary embolism, and my one grandmother died from a stroke and my other died from really bad diabetes complications. When I found out that obesity causes strokes to it scared me straight. So! I'm having my surgery on June 1st and I'm so excited I've been in this program since August of 2021 and it feels like everything is taking forever. Good luck and remember to go to all your appointments and ask lots of questions!
 
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