Ashley O.

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Obesity & Me

Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.

It never ended... I had been overweight since i was 3 years old... No one knew why i was gaining, because i didn't have an uneahlthy lifestyle.. my mom was a registered nurse and we had healthy dinners, and goriwng up i was always very active... it was very frustrating not knowing what was giong on.. then being diagnosed with insulin rseistance at 5 years old, even more frustrating, because not many peopel understood that can affect children.. not just adults... the bullying was probably the wrost.. i had to leave school in7th grade because it got so intense..

What was (is) the worst thing about being overweight?

the health scares... i think i'd be fine being overweight, if iwas healthy.. i wasn't healthy...

If you have had weight loss surgery already, what things do you most enjoy doing now that you weren't able to do before?

going to concerts (which i love) and walking around the mall.. normal teenage thigns, that i couldnt do befroe, because my blood pressure would skyrocket and i'd get anxious and nervous and my blood sugar would then go up and i would just feel absolutely terrible.. i couldn't fit into normal clothes before, and now i can. it's amazing. (:

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