after having two big ole babies sit on my bladder for 17 months of my life i know what you are talking about. except mine happens when i sneeze, cough, laugh real hard and when i'm sick with the pukies.
Jessica, I know just how you feel. My incontinence si a result of having children but was made worse by my weight. Have you tried Kegel exercises? They didn't solve my problem but did help a lot. I don't know if they would make a difference if the problem is strictly weight related but it can't hurt to try!
Shelia, my sister has the same problem as you in that her cholesterol issues are genetic and can't be controlled through diet or exercise. Plus, she has high blood pressure (also genetic). I managed to dodge inheriting either. When she had a heart attack at the ripe old age of 39 I realized how ungrateful it was of me to impose those diseases on myself. I mean there she was eating right, exercising often, maintaining a healthy weight and having a heart attack despite it all. And there I was, fat, eating the worst possible foods for me and way too much of them, and rarely leaving the couch. It didn't make sense not to get myself healthy given that I COULD when there are so many people who struggle with their health despite living healthy lives. There really is no excuse for it, IMHO.
One thing that I don't know whether it's weight related is a tendency to break bones. All four people I know who've broken their legs have been obese at the time. I don't know whether it's a question of balance so you are more likely to fall if you stumble slightly or whether obesity makes your bones weaker or whether it's pure coincidence, but none of my skinny friends broke anything...
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Adding my 2 cents...
I'm sitting here reading your posts while I wait for my DH to get home. He'll be taking me to the Gynie to have an "endometrial biopsy" . I've had one before, and it's no picnic, believe me. I should be going through menopause, but I keep spotting. I hope everything turns out alright.
I also have a long list of medical probs:
High Cholesterol
High Blood Pressure
Thyroid Probs
Ruptured lumbar disc & paralysis/nerve damage in my pelvis & right leg
Incontinence (partially from nerve damage)
Slow healing (from surgeries)
I've also had to deal with doctors who were rude or dismissive when I shared my problems. When my husband & I were trying to have a child, I had a doctor tell me: "lose 50 pounds and see me in a year". We got a second opinion..it turned out that my DH was sterile
I'm 55 years old, and when I see a young woman who's obese, I want to tell her: "Please get help now!"
Sorry for venting..and thank you all for being here!
For me, when I was at my highest weight, I started getting terrible anxiety attacks. It was bad enough that my doctor put me in the hospital for 5 days because I couldn't eat, sleep, or do anything. I was so afraid of going out in public, of having people looking at me and of not being able to fit into places. It's a terrible feeling to be afraid and embarrassed to even leave the house. I don't if this exactly qualifies as a medical issue, maybe more of a psychological issue.
Of 8 kids in my Dad's family, SEVEN have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, including my father. That gives me a HUGE risk. And on my mother's side there is high cholesterol and heart disease.
Plus:
asthma (not caused but exacerbated)
acne
heel pain
knee pain
back pain
And many more I am sure. Makes you really wonder.....
I'm 55 years old, and when I see a young woman who's obese, I want to tell her: "Please get help now!"
Maybe this is why you're on this journey. To be able to get this message out. I don't think there are enough people with a true concern for others, out there trying to help others see this weight issue.
As we can see, it's so much more than just fat... It's our health and our lives.
Personally I have had~
pre eclampsia w/ #6, PIH before that,now essential hypertension My mom has high bp but the weight definitely plays a factor with me.
knee pain
hormonal imbalance
Others in my family
diabetes
high bp
heart disease
I think that my main issue with the weight is health. I want to live to see my children grow up and to snuggle grandbabies. I feel like a walking time bomb being this heavy.
I want to have another child and have non weight related fertility and pregnancy issues. The fat is putting me in a place where I realize the additional complication would make it nearly impossible.
Psuedo Tumor Cerebri Disease or Benign Intercranial Hypertension. Otherwise known as PTC. ( Do a google for more information)
Basicaly it's when your spinal fluid stops draining and it presses on your brain. I always had severe headaches and thought I was going thru stress and depression. My doctor just put me on Paxil (for depression) I was up to the highest dose! I went for an eye exam at a Walmart and the lady said she didn't mean to scare me but thought I had a brain tumor. I went to a specialist the next morning scared out of my mind and they confirmed it. I got sick that evening and went to the ER. They did a spinal tap and found my pressure was way over the top and then I was diagnosed. No brain tumor, my spinal fluid was just crushing my brain! I was diagnosed with PTC and it's commonly found in overweight people. Spinal taps, and medication did not work for me. I had to have a shunt placed in my brain and go completely bald for this surgery in April 2003. Fat and bald is not fun! Needless to say I have all my hair back, it's in remission and I'm trying to lose weight.
I think i may be dealing with this and the majority of what I've read states it may be weight related. This was my last straw. Thank you Lord for the good incentive.
High blood pressure
Pain ~ knees, hips, back, feet.
High Cholesterol
Loss of range of motion of some of my joints ~ I can't put on my shoes the same way I used to. It is harder now to reach my toenails to cut them (I can sort of reach, but with my bifocals if I can reach them, I can't see them) GRRRRR.
With my weight, I had sort of given up ~ until all of this pain. Now, I wish I had tried harder when I was younger.
Like Homebound said ~ I hope that those of you who are younger can work on this weight loss now. It is harder to do the exercise you need to do to help lose weight when you are stiff and in pain. It used to be big was my only problem, but I waited too long, now I have the stiffness and pain as well.
Adding my 2 cents...
. I've had one before, and it's no picnic, believe me. 
I should be going through menopause, but I keep spotting. I hope everything turns out alright.
