[IanG]

The only thing I (used to) worry about was never seeing fat men that were old.

[Palestrina]

Originally Posted by elvislover324

I never worried about any health risks, it was like I thought it happens to other people but not me. I don't know why I felt like that, maybe because (knock on wood) I never had any issues (so I thought) even at my heaviest?

It's a long story that I have posted about before but in case anyone reads this thread and never saw the others.

I was diagnosed with endometrial cancer last summer while trying to get pregnant with my first baby. I had no symptoms of "cancer", just had a tough period that I thought was due to stress. My doctor kept looking to find the cause (and my oncologist said I was pretty darn lucky, most OB/GYNs send a 36 yr old home never finding the cancer as it's so rare for someone my age).

While no one knows why someone and not someone else gets cancer, since I have no family history my cancer is directly related to my being overweight and my body producing excess estrogen via my fat cells and actually feeding the cancer estrogen. In essence, I gave myself cancer by gaining weight. I never had any idea this could happen and please know, I am not saying this will happen to you just because you gained weight (thin people get this cancer too but it's just more common in heavier women as it's estrogen dependent).

I have been tested 3x in the past year while trying to preserve my fertility. The first 2 tests showed cancer, the 3rd showed no cancer found (yay!) but I am on hormones that chase down the cancer cells and destroy it. I also have no doubt that my weightloss since last July has literally shut off the feeding tube to the cancer.

Regardless of the outcome of my cancer, the weight has to come off as I am now at a higher risk for breast cancer and of course heart disease. I am also at risk for ovarian cancer but my ovaries, tubes, everything will come out in the hysterectomy that I will have very soon if I can't get pregnant. (My body will actually protect itself if I get pregnant so I can carry to term without the risk of the cancer spreading. I pray to God this happens.)

I don't mean to scare anyone with this post, I am scared myself. I turned to food when I was going through a really tough time in my life and gained over 100lbs in the span of about 18 months. I thought the food made me feel better, but I literally poisoned myself.

Hearts and hugs!