The Decision
For my whole life I have struggled with my weight. I have been classified as a chubby child, chunky teen, overweight young adult, and now morbidly obese adult. Though I have learned to accept my body, I have never been happy with my body. (That sounds contradictory, but it makes sense in my brain.) But more than that, as I have aged my health has declined rapidly. Around 2011 I was officially diagnosed with hypertension and type 2 diabetes. I was quickly placed on blood pressure medications and aggressively told that I needed insulin. Being placed on insulin did not sit right with me. I fought it for a while but eventually gave in thinking my doctor knew best. I learned later, from other patients' experiences, that this particular doctor was known for pushing unnecessary medicines too quickly. Later doctors have all said that the decision to begin insulin was rushed; I should have been allowed a longer period of adjustment between diet and oral medications. But once on insulin, yo...