Hello there,

My name is Nikkita and I'm 22 years old. I live in Perth, Western Australia.

I recently discovered this forum and spent a few days absorbing it, in total awe. I am fascinated that people out there feel exactly as I do, and I'm not alone.

I have been obese for over 4 years now, due to chronic PCOS. It affects my life in the most awful way. I am having WLS, (vertical sleeve) in or around October. Here, I am waiting on my Health Insurance to cover me, and I still have to come up with the remaining balance of - $3000 - my fiance and I have paid almost half already!

I havent ever really spoken about being overweight, to others - only my close friend and fiance know how I really feel, most of the time.

Its hard for me to open up about how much it really affects my life. I cannot wait until I have a date; I should find out on the 8th of September.

I am so touched, that there is a place for me to talk about how I really feel.. I sound silly, but I have always felt that weight gain is my own fault, and I should suffer it.

I can feel myself opening up, and I actually feel very vulnerable posting this.

I am a smoker, and I plan to completely ditch the fags after my last pack - only four left now.

I have given up so many things due to my size - my dream of becoming a Teacher is on hold for now, as I am struggling to hold down a part time job in order to pay for my surgery - standing for over 8 hours a day at 130 kilos is no easy feat. Most days I want to quit on the spot.

I am currently :

HEIGHT - 163 cms

WEIGHT - 130 kilos or 286 pounds.

Thanks for listening,

:heart:

Welcome, and good luck! Quite teh coincidence that you're from Perth. I have a friend from there coming stateside to visit in a week or so. He's a couple of yrs older than you, I think.

Perth is a quite a small town, yet people from Perth are just about everywhere!

:welcome:

I love it here too, so glad we all found a way to come together and share our incredible journey. I wish you luck on getting a date for your sleeve soon!!

How exciting to be on the eve of getting your date!

Welcome to the VSG boards.

thanks for the welcome messages, guys <3