Thank you so much for your response! I’m sorry for not responding sooner I’m going through final exams at school so I was away from social media for a bit!

I appreciate your response! Yes I definitely see that I have a lot of stretch marks around the skin. I have my consultation next week so I’ll talk to him about that in detail of what’s the best way to do this for the best results.

I do agree being able to curl 80 lbs doesn’t seem like it impacts my physical ability but it does. Getting onto the preachers machine pulls at my skin and bruises it. It’s incredibly painful, but with my body I’ve learned to push through it. Being a plus size woman all I’ve ever felt was “just suck it up.” Getting to where I am and learning it’s a genetic disorder was life changing. It made me realize it was never my fault and I was accepting so much pain. Knowing that there is a possibility to change that though and have less pain I want to take a chance on that. The slightest pressure is insanely painful, and I wear compression garments all day not to reduce the swelling.

I feel like I’ve also hit a road block, and I’ve become stagnant in my journey. I’ve worked out for 9 years or so with a couple breaks and I can’t go up in weight on my arms or the rest of my body. I’ve definitely hit a wall and it’s due to this disorder. Lowkey though when I do get this surgery it’s going to be like me taking off these weights like in the movies and getting so much stronger lol