“We brushed the glass off the suitcases filled with wedding attire we wouldn’t get to wear and unpacked from a trip that I never got to take. As the details came out, I became more and more upset.”

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“We brushed the glass off the suitcases filled with wedding attire we wouldn’t get to wear and unpacked from a trip that I never got to take. As the details came out, I became more and more upset.”
“Our doctor said, ‘What we are dealing with is incredibly rare. I’ve never seen anything like it.’ We were blindsided.”
“Preparing for surgery can be overwhelming emotionally and physically, especially when it’s your first surgery. These are the primary lessons I have learned throughout the years when facing a scheduled hospitalization.”
“Why doesn’t anyone tell you these are choices you will have to make? Why doesn’t anyone speak up?”
“I am not weak, I am tired.”
“We celebrate the magic of special days in our house all year long.”
“Even as a child, I could feel the stigma permeate into my brain from books and TV shows. I knew this made me weird. I thought I could be like everyone else if I just tried harder.”
“Your doctors will tell you it’s in your head or to lose weight. Your friends will tell you to buy this or that and it’ll be your cure. Your family will think you’re an attention seeker. Your job will terminate you because you are always sick.”
“Throughout my life, many people told me I was too big. Too pretty to carry so much weight. That I was missing out on life because of ‘all that weight.’ And I believed it for so damn long. But not anymore. Not even for a damn second.”
“It doesn’t mean we are ungrateful, selfish, or broken.”