Obesity the Silent Killer

I live in the second floor of my sister and brother-in-law's home. My younger sister has no children and thinks that she can help me. So I am in the upstairs bedroom; I cannot go up and down the steps myself so that is where I stay. Last time I was weighed I tipped the scales at 500lbs and I am only about 5 feet tall.

I keep promising the Dr. I am trying to loose weight. Of course I smoke , what else is there for me to do in my little bedroom . Oh I go to the bathroom but I cannot not go up and down the steps. I have my own TV and everything I need. My sister is wonderful for taking care of me.

I have everything wrong an overweight person could have I am diabetic, I have COPD so I need oxygen, sleep apnea so I need a cpap machine, high blood pressure . So I wake up and my sister gives me my medication and gets me breakfast. Then lunch and then supper. Oh and did I mention that I dropped a
cigarette on the floor and burnt the carpet and my foot. I know I need to quit but what will I do. I was told no smoking with oxygen I could blow up me and the house. Maybe that would be for the best. Would anyone actually care? Would they miss me?

So now I have an ulcer on my leg and foot , I try to tell them but they put me off , finally after 2 weeks we get help to get me down the steps into the car and to the Dr. I know that people stare at me . What do they think that ,I am blind and do not have feelings , so I just laugh and shrug it off. I try to pretend it does not matter. This is the first I have been out of the house in 4 months.

So now I am at the Dr. office and they do not have a large wheelchair for me to be comfortable in . Do they never get large people. The nurse mentions that I need to get a large wheelchair fitted for me and easier for family to push. My sisters shoots that idea down of course I know that she just doesn't want to take me out. Thats OK I am fine in my own room.

The Dr. admits me to the hospital says that I have a very bad infection in my leg possible clot from not moving around . What does life hold for me? Why didn't someone help me when I was little? I have lost life. I have never married ,no one wanted me and never was able to have the pleasure of children.

I could never play sports and never have gone to college. What did I miss all these years? My family moves around freely coming and going. My sisters goes shopping I tell her I have a favorite show I want to watch on TV .Of course she will get me my cigarettes and fast food for supper. She pulls out of the driveway as the tears roll down my face. I would like someone to help me I can't even bathe myself.

This is a disease and I started in childhood. Why didn't someone make me eat healthier ? Why didn't my parents stop the obesity as a child. My sister is not fat.
Why did they not encourage me to play sports and even just go outside and play. Give me chores to keep me busy. I would have loved a pet to take care of like a dog to walk . Is it too late for me? I am not sure but lets not make it too late for you.

Obesity is an illness and is spreading. Lets start by guiding our children in the right direction by encouraging daily exercise, eating healthy and keeping active.