Help me get my bariatric surgery! I need to heal

Hello everyone,

My name is Cecilia Arteaga De Pool, I have been living in Santiago, Chile for four years, but I am Venezuelan. In Chile I used to earn a living as a waitress, but after the pandemic, now I work in a factory, in the production and manufacturing area.

I've always been a plus size woman

I have always been a plus size woman, I have no recollection of feeling thin. When I was between 13 and 14 years old, I faced one of the biggest sadnesses in terms of my weight, I reached 100 Kg. Perhaps today 100 Kg is not a big deal, but for a 14-year-old girl it is as if the world to the floor; It is no longer easy to find clothes in your size, you start to wear stately fashions, because your size does not correspond to your age, teenagers offend you, cute boys do not look at you, and even the occasional adult treats you with pity and disgust .

I decided to do something about it

At 16 I reached 125 kg, I decided to do something about it, with a nutritional plan I was able to lose 20 kg, I felt great, until I started to regain weight quickly.

What if I am happy today with my 170 kg? I have also fought to be a "super woman"

Today I am a 27-year-old woman, and I am terrified to say it, but I have reached 170 kg. I am not at all proud of my weight, but I have also fought to be a "super woman", because I care everyone know that my weight is only a physical obstacle, and that my abilities and virtues do not depend on it.

Now it is much more difficult for me to find clothes for myself, because I am a woman with a very large physique, I have few options, I no longer choose what I like, I only choose what fits me, and if there is something that suits me Come in.

At work they judge me for being overweight, because they think that my health is not enough, it hurts, but for a while now, I can not cope, I feel extremely exhausted, it is not so easy to find work for me, It is not common for companies to want to assume job responsibility with a high-risk worker.

She was diagnosed as "endometrial hyperplasia", very common in women with obesity

My PCOS is very developed, to the point that two weeks ago I was affected with a uterine hemorrhage, which was diagnosed as "endometrial hyperplasia", very common in women with obesity, especially in "morbid" terms.

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Every time I visit a doctor, the diagnoses conclude in the same way: "You have to lose weight, you are very young. Have you already considered gastric bypass surgery?"

Please support me for one thing: gastric bypass surgery

I have a great inheritance of diabetes, hypertension and heart problems, all from obesity; I have incredible luck or a very caring angel who has not let me fall into any of those three conditions (yet) even though I am already having insulin resistance.

They don't know how it hurts, because I never intended to get to this point, but I never did anything to stop it. Now I am holding on to a miracle, to a surgery, something that is as natural as losing weight, it became an enigma and an emergency surgical procedure for me.

I say it openly, I need gastric bypass surgery.

Even though I love my body, I know it's not right. Help me prevent my health from deteriorating

I know surgery is dangerous, I know it is extreme, but certainly living this way is too. Even though I love my body, I know it's not okay. I know that every day my health deteriorates more, and that hurts my spirit a lot, and the worst thing is that it also hurts the people who love me and surround me.

Decidí que no voy a esperar más tiempo. Mientras intento cambiar mis hábitos alimenticios, voy a aferrarme a mis ganas de vivir. He decidido iniciar una campaña para poder recaudar fondos para mi cirugía bariátrica

Me urge ser entendida por la persona que lea estas líneas, pues todo lo que digo me sale directamente del alma. No quiero ni busco ser una Cecilia distinta, pero sí trato de encontrar la mejor versión de ella.

Sólo tenemos una vida, al igual que sólo tenemos un cuerpo...

Dios te bendiga.

¡Me harías muy feliz si utilizaras el botón [Colabora compartiendo] para compartir mi proyecto!