My Story "A Lost Battle To Obesity"

I am not the type of person that expresses my feelings to well...I tend to keep to myself a lot and keep my feelings bottled in which I know is not good but something happened to me recently that I feel has changed all of that. I hear stories of people losing close ones to the battle of obesity and I sympathize but never had I empathized until 1/1/11...I lost one of the bestest friends I had and my feelings have been such a roller coaster.



Her name was Mechi and she was born 8/29/1985...so very young had such a bright personality and despite having so many health problems such as CHF, Kidney Failure, and Asthma she stayed positive in knowing she would eventually lose enough weight to get Bypass Surgery but with her heart problems she needed to lose more weight before they could do the operation. She was in OH at a hospital getting better...She lost 80 lbs while being there and was looking much better...The future looked brighter for her. For the holiday season she went back home to MD to spend it with her family and when she went to sleep after bringing in the new year she never woke up.



I feel obligated to continue with my journey for me as well as for her because I know how much she tried to get better but her poor body just let out on her. I know she is in a better place but the pain I feel knowing I cant hear her lovely voice again is unbearable but I am going to channel all that into making a healthier lifestyle for me and my family. I now understand completely the fatal affects obesity can have on a person and I dont want to be that person.



My promise to you Mechi is to get healthy and stay that way. I will never forget you!