Re: Getting it off my chestLara

[Guest guest]

Well, I thank you for the words of encouragement. I am now just waiting on a

surgery date. {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{BIG HUGS}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

Lara

[Guest guest]

With GODS help, DR R's hands, And your determination...

.....you will have all the things you dream for.

Lv Judi IN Fla

Quoting LaraAkin033100@...:

> Oh ,

> I could not have said it better. I have lived in

this hell for such a long

>

> time too. I feel like I am just able to keep my lips

above the water to

> breathe and that is about it. I am younger than some

on this list and my

> hope is to get skinny before my son remembers me as

fat. He is 3. Right

> now

> our activities are very much limited to snuggling and

hugging. I do enjoy

> these activities with him, however, I want more and

he deserves to have

> more.

> That is why the thought of surgery crossed my mind

and I found Dr.

> Rutledges' web site.

> The moment I saw his work and read some posts I

was hooked and decided

> that if it was the last thing I would ever do, it

would be to have this

> surgery. The other thing that happened to me was

while my husband and I

> were

> on our honeymoon. I knew we were going to Florida

and do the theme parks.

>

> So I kept telling myself I would go walking and get

used to being on my

> feet

> and that way I could keep up with my husband and not

be miserable at the

> same

> time. Well, you guessed it I kept procrastinating

and the next thing I

> know

> I am walking down the aisle to marry my husband. I

was so out of shape I

> was

> in an extreme amount of pain just standing for the 15

minute ceremony.

> While

> I watched the videotape I could see my legs shacking

and me shifting back

> and

> forth on my feet. Well, anyway on to the story. We

got to Sea World and I

>

> walked five minutes and gave out. I had to rent a

motorized scooter to get

>

> me around. Every night while my husband slept I

cried and cried. I was so

> embarrassed. He deserved to have a better wife and

better honeymoon. When

>

> he and I got home I was so depressed because I really

wanted to do the

> things

> with my husband but because I have an addiction to

food I was not able to.

> I

> then made the decision to find help now before I die

and leave a beautiful

> son and a loving husband behind. Even if it meant I

was to be hospitalized

> I

> was determined to get this weight off me. I have no

quality of life, no

> physical activity, I pretty much have a boring life.

If I did not have a

> son

> to take care of I would not even bother to get out of

bed. THAT IS WHY I

> PRAYED AND HOPED AND DR. RUTLEDGES' WEB SITE CAME UP

AND THEN I WAS SENT

> THE

> PATIENT MANUAL I KNEW THAT THIS WAS FOR ME THAT I HAD

FINALLY FOUND THE

> RIGHT

> TOOL TO GET ME STARTED TO A NEW LIFE. A LIFE WHERE I

CAN OUTRUN MY

> HUSBAND...A DAY WHEN I CAN DANCE AND DANCE AND DANCE

UNTIL I COLLAPSE..A

> DAY

> WHEN A FLIGHT OF STEPS ARE TAKEN AT 2 AT A TIME AND I

CONTINUED WITHOUT

> LOOSING MY BREATHE..A DAY WHERE I CAN WEAR SHORTS AND

NOT THINK TWICE ABOUT

>

> IT...A DAY WHEN I CAN GET ON THE FLOOR WITH MY SON

AND WRESTLE AND PLAY AND

>

> PUT HIM ON MY LEGS AND ACT LIKE HE IS AN AIRPLANE.

AND THE DAY WHERE MY

> LEGS

> AND ANKLES ARE NOT SWOLLEN AND I CAN WALK WITHOUT

WADDLING.

> {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{BIG HUGS TO

BRENDA AND EVERYONE ELSE ON

>

> THIS

>

LIST}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}]

> I also want to thank all of you for the hope and

laughter and encouragement

> I

> received from each and every one of you. You guys

never hesitated to

> answer

> any questions and to provide insight. For these

things I am eternally

> grateful.

> LARA

>

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