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Ms. Milena Nogueira, 21y
Q. How was your infancy?
A. I always had a shaped body, but when I had
about 12, 13 years I made a surgery to remove a
dermatological cyst in the end of the column. I
took lots of medication and I stayed three months
in bed, I could not walk right and started to eat
a lot . I have to stay at home, because I could
catch some infection outside. There I’ve got very
fat and I starts on diets.
Q. What did you do at that time to stop gaining
weight?
A. I was always at nutritionists, always on diets,
without weight control medications. Already I went
on enzyme diet, of carbs and all diets that were
given to me by everyone
Q. Do you have obese people in your family ?
A. In my mother’s family, generally the women are
obese and the men are thin.
Q. How it was your time as a teenager ?
A. Complicated, because people’s discrimination.
For example; in a volleyball game, I was always
the last to be called, even they knowing that I
played well . The others think twice in calling
you to go out on leasure programs . There were a
few true friend that I can count on (those I keep
the friendship until now)
Q. How those that had discriminated you when you
were obese interact with you nowadays ? A. They
starts looking at me, asking me on dates. But for
those, I use to say that I can’t, that I have
other appointments.
Q. How much weight you lost after surgery?
A. When I operated I had 1.70m of height and 107kg
and a BMI of 37. Today I am with 1.75 of height.
This because of the column “stretching” after
losing weight and after almost one year of surgery,
I am with 67 kg and a BMI of 22.
Q. Which type of surgery you made?
A. The Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass (“Fobi-Capella”
operation), because of my alimentary habit. I eat
much candy and adore chocolate, so Dr. Almino’s
opted for this surgery.
Q. Wer you heard about obesity surgery?
A. It was through a friend of my mother whose the
son was operated by the Dr. Almino. She perceived
that I suffered very much, without losing and
keeping the weight, even making diets and more
diets... I talk with my mother´s friend and starts
searching information on this subject on the
internet. I went doctor Almino’s office indicated
for a friend and, in that same week would have a
lecture (Multidisciplinar Meeting in the Saint
Judas University), there I heard some testimonials
and people give me support. By the way, I already
was with depression also e, finally, for the
surgery.
Q. When you he started to present depression?
A. Since the college. I have to studied a lot; I
did not have time for nothing. At that time I was
in the made physiotherapy course, but I quit and
gain about 40kg because I did not know how to deal
with college. I stay always in home. In my college
class most of the women had beautiful bodies. Like
me there were only another obese girl and we were
discriminated , for example; If there were
physical exercises classes , our mates laugh and
doubted if we could do that.
Q. In matters related to boyfriends...?
A. At the time I was just overweighed, I had a
boyfriend and he accepted me the way I was. But at
the time that I got obese, I have no boyfriend.
The people can’t assumes, but there is a clear
discrimination . If he will have a girl with a
pretty super body and one overweight, first the
guy gone try the pretty one and the overweight is
left alone, and only if he can’t get a date he
gone look to the overweight.
Now people used to say (after I loose weight) that
“I’m the one” . But, it is not because I got thin
that I gone change my behavior , I still same
Milena, relating with the people in the some way,
only with the different body and clothes. There is
a matter of fact that now when I go dancing, I
don’t worry if they gone find me fat or not . My
self-esteems improved enough.
Q. Do you work out?
A. In the beginning they had said me that I would
have to walk for one hour more or less. Now I am
not doing exercises
Q. The countdown for surgery it must be great...
A. One week before surgery I can’t sleep well ,
thinking in days lacked. A funny fact was that my
surgery was schedule to November, 16 Dr. Manoela
bound to me early asking if I was ready and if
would accept to make the surgery sooner because
there is had a vacant on the line to me...
accepted in the some hour!
Q. How your family reacted?
A. When I decided to make the operation my family
was against it . I did not leave my parents talk
with nobody about it; by the way felt that my
father was very overwhelming. Only one week before
the surgery I called my entire family in my house
and tell them all, before that only my parents
only knew. The majority was against, but after the
surgery and with the results, they change their
minds and now say that it was the best thing that
I made.
Q. Which message that you leave for the people who
pass for this situation that you lived?
A. You have think, analyze, see what you want for
your life, because it is not a trick, is a serious
surgery. It is difficult say not to operate,
because I was operated, and it was one of the best
things that I made in the life. If I could have
operated before, I would certainly do it all,
because my life changed totally. Today, I am not
worried in such a way if I go to get fat. Who
already searched on the subject, already took the
decision, at last who has exactly the necessity to
operate and desires, has that to go in front! |
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