[Anastasia916]

Sailorvenus, I would consider myself fortunate that you didn't get the things the doctors said you would. I was always underweight before I had my son and my metabolism changed, so there is hope. Now I'd consider myself an average size. I too was picked on in school, kids can be cruel. I was always short, very skinny, etc. I was called anorexic, eventhough I wasn't. I was called stick, twig, etc. etc. At lunch in school kids would stare at me while I ate then they would follow me around betting on when I'd go to puke thinking I was bulimic. I was also picked on for being adopted, etc. etc. Trust me kids will find anything and everything to pick on you, I also had naturally curly hair so they sometimes called me curly fry. I had really bad asthma as a kid too so they made fun of that too. I still have attacks now and then, but can be calmed easily and it's only if I do too much cardio for too long. I got good grades in school but I would hard to get them, I have a reading problem, in 3rd grade I was put in special help classes to help me with my reading, basically it took me longer to learn to read than others. I had to work harder than others. Now I can't read as fast as most can because my reading comprehension is bad and on top of that I has an astigmatism in one eye that causes me to mix lines up that I'm reading, so I have to backtrack and really concentrate when I read. When taking tests I always had problems with the literature parts where you have to read long stories then retain information and answer questions. Because of my comprehension I did poorly on that part. Despite my learning difficulties I had 3.7 GPA in high school. So it is possible to overcome anything with hard work.

As far as your son is concerned TeeTee, he is a miracle and apparently the higher power (whatever it is you believe in) has a plan for him, just work with him and he will be fine. My son has had difficulties he got hearing problems that are in my mom's side of the family. He basically couldn't hear until he was 3. His speech is now behind as well as writing and such, but he excels in other areas like coloring, doing puzzles, etc. he does puzzles and colors on a 9 or 10 year old level and he's 5. He goes to speech therapy and I help him at home. Also doctors do not always know everything. That being said my little sister was born autistic and deaf, with surgery she can now hear some in her right ear. They said she would never be able to talk, never communicate correctly, etc. etc. Now she talks just fine, sure she sounds different than the norm, but she's alot better than they thought. She loves reading and is way better at it than I am and I'm not autistic. In middle school, 8th grade, she was reading at a college level. And she reads and comprehends very fast. There is always hope.

But yea, don't listen to doctors too much, they said I would never have kids, and my son is here and healthy. They also said it would be likely my son would never hear again and wouldn't be able to talk, he's catching up just fine now. When I was diagnosed with cervical cancer after my son was born I was told it would take multiple treatments to get rid of, it was gone after one and I think that was because I was positive the entire time. What you think about you bring about, I fully believe that. Just stay positive girls.