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| Gender | Female |
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| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Location | Midwest, United States |
| Introduction | Morbidly obese woman with polycystic kidney disease, high blood pressure as a result of PKD, GERD, and now sleep apnea. Follow me as I swim down the pounds for a healthy weight that both my doctors and I can be happy with. I’ve been overweight since childhood. Born 3 weeks early, I was encouraged to eat anything and everything, to get weight on me. When I got to be about 8 that caught up with me and I have struggled with my weight ever since. I have been on low carb and Phentermine to lose weight in the past. This time I am trying a whole foods/Mediterranean way of eating, mixed with DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) principles. I lost 50 pounds a few years ago, but it all came back on with this clinical trial I am doing. |
| Interests | swimming, weight lifting, DASH diet, low sodium, weight loss, anemia, polycystic kidney disease, high blood pressure, GERD, sleep apnea, dachshunds |
| Favorite Movies | Zoolander, Dodgeball, Secondhand Lions, Wedding Singer, American Beauty, Donnie Darko, American Pie, Mr Mom |
| Favorite Music | No Doubt, Sugar Ray, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Sugarcubes, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Dave Koz, Chris Botti, Miles Davis, David Benoit, John Coltrane, Harry Connick Jr, LOVE music, but who doesn't? |
| Favorite Books | too many to name here |
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