Well to explain to those of you who don't know the details I will start with a little background. I was born and raised in Orlando Florida and was the youngest of three girls in my family. I was blessed in that my parents have a wonderful marriage and I can honestly say that in my 35 years I have NEVER heard them fight. I am very close to my sisters. My oldest sister developed Type 1 diabetes when she was 17 and was classified as a brittle diabetic. Jumping ahead a bit I got pregnant and had my first child when I was 19. The next year I got married and pregnant again. I had my 2nd child when my first was just 18 months old and when I went for my 6 week check up after my 2nd child I found out I was pregnant with my third. I had always been overweight but three pregnancies in three years sent my weight skyrocketing. My husband was abusive in everyway possible and my marriage only last 3 (very long) years. After my divorce I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder but refused to take my meds as prescribed so that got progressivly worse. I met Rob
totally by accident in a NASCAR chat room on the internet and we met and fell in love quickly. Well my bipolar was still out of control and emotionally I was a mess. I decided to check myself into the hospital and my middle sister offered to take care of my children while I got the help I needed. By this time my oldest sister had moved to North GA which really upset me. So with my kids cared for I went into the hospital for more than a month and got on a regiment of medications that were working for me. Rob and I married and 2 of my three children moved back home while the third (the oldest) stayed with my sister so she could continue her homeschooling.
Well now for the decision to move. I already stated that my sister is now in North GA. Well my parents have bought a house in TN and are planning on moving in the next year, so my middle sister buys a house near them in TN and they are moving in the next couple of months. My loving and wonderful husband told me that I need my family and that we can financially better ourselves by moving so we have made the decision and are in the process of finding our perfect house in the TN area.
As for my oldest sister, she had been sick for months and the problem was that when she was sick her BS would go up and when her BS went up she was not able to get well so it was a viscious cycle. About 2 weeks ago she went to her Dr and was put immediatly in the hospital because her BS was over 400. Well at the hosptial they did an EKG and moved her to ICU because the EKG showed she had a mild heart attack. She is home now and is doing much better. I talked to her this morning and her BS was 70!
I want to thank all of you who prayed for her and who encourage me to keep on program.
Right now with all the stress I am finding myself wanting off program foods but all of you have help keep me on the straight and narrow.
MF has changed my whole life. I am much better emotionally and my meds have been cut drastically.
Ok I will go now that I have written a novel.
Lisa