My Journey here.

short version:

I have a story just like anyone else I got ill and gained weight pretty simple huh?
I will let that go up there and you can choose to read on or just be happy with the short version.

Longer version:
5 years a go I developed a pericardial cyst that was the size of a small pea and it was being watched for growth. Growth did happen slowly and painfully. The doctors sent me to all kinds of doctors when pain got to the point that I could not get out of bed and days I could not walk at all. In a wheel chair at the hospital most of the time they had me in there. 
What this cyst did was prevent me from a lot of movemnet in the last year before it was removed it had grown large enough that it pressed on or pressed against something that pressed against the Vagus nerve. My back hurt so bad also I have DDD in the lower spine. The pain felt like layers of my spine being pulled away slowly like peeling a banana. They wanted to cut into my back place an electo pack in there that would emit nerve shocks to the vagus nerve and would stop the pain...
This was where I was headed until the day it just hurt and hurt. My husband decided to get a 4th opinion, this doctor finally found out the cyst was the culprit. Had to have surgery to remove it this took about 3 years to find out. The cyst was the size of a small orange and had a mushroom like stem to it.
Now all i did was eat worry cry. So I gained 40 lbs of which I have lost close to 16lbs it was 28lbs but I got sick again and gained it back.
My face goes numb, my neck spasms and it's torturous when it acts up, they have found nothing to help me yet.