A year and a half ago, a chronic disease I have started to flare up. None of the medications were working, and we were desperate to keep me alive long enough to find a treatment. The doctors could only come up with a single way to do that: steroids. Very very high doses of steroids. The average patient gains between 10 and 15 pounds a week on these doses. I was on these doses for almost a full year and managed to only gain 90 pounds. ONLY 90 pounds? There is no way to say only... But the steroids did their job. I stayed alive (obviously), long enough to find a treatment. As soon as I was no longer confronted with the choice, "Take the steroids or die," I got off the steroids and started working on losing the weight. So far, I have lost 40.6 pounds in the past couple months, but I still have another 50 to go.
This is where Ana comes in. Life likes to laugh at any plans I make, and the complete chaos has worn me down. Ana is my comfort. I am revitalized in her. I feel like I've let her down over the past few months, but she always accepts me back. She embraces me, and suddenly I have clarity, focus, and an acceptance of whatever life has to throw at me. So bring it on ;] I have Ana. I have a vision of who I want to be, and in Ana, that vision is possible.
So thanks for reading and welcome to my site! :] Everybody is welcome. Nobody is judged. That is how this site is going to work.
Stay strong,
Stay thin.
We are stronger in <3 Ana! <3