Surgery on 2/20
LOL.... I've been all of those too! I'm surprisingly calm now though.
I'm nowhere close to PA, but my surgery is on the 17th of February.... welcome to the February Club
I'm nowhere close to PA, but my surgery is on the 17th of February.... welcome to the February Club
Contact me at [email protected] for information about the Belleville area support group :) or visit our new OH group page http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/quinte/
HI, Gals ....
I'm glad that I'm not the only one feeling these things. Yes, I understand things change. I know it's not the panacea/silver bullet .. that I, too, have to make changes.
I look back to when I was ... I won't say "thin" ... but "not unhealthy" ... and the things I did. I had so much more energy. I didn't hurt. I could *DO* things. That's who I am.
I'm missing a bone in my sacroilliac joint (it's genetic -- you're suposed to have 5 connections, I have 4), which has caused my pelvis to tilt forward, making one leg about 1 inch longer than the other. Most days I'm fine, but on bad days ... it hurts to sit/walk/lay/etc. This week I was having a bad day, and *had* to do grocery shopping that I had put off since mid-December because I was going to be away for the holidays, so I grabbed an electric cart. As I was nearly out of the store, I passed a coworker who gave me such an ODD look. Made me feel 'lazy' for using the cart instead of toughing it out and walking. It sucked. It was compounded by the fact that he used to be heavy ... and lost weight (nonsurgically), and now thinks that if he can .. anyone can.
'Pain is weakness leaving the body' is a line of bunk! There's so much of 'working through the pain', but when it's chronic ... you have to learn when to stop, because pain is your body's way of telling you to stop.
I wanted to turn to 'food' as a comfort, but I knew that was only compounding the issue if I did.
Anyway ... instead of stuffing my face, or feeling sorry for myself, I turned to my quilting to get me through. If my hands are busy w/ fabric, I can't be eating, right? [Have you seen the knitter who has EVERYTHING knitted ... even her chair slipcovers? ;) ]
Nice to have people who understand and are at about the same place in the journey that I am.
On another note .. does anyone subscribe to OH mag? I've read some online articles, but wonder how much of that is 'they put the good stuff' there so that you'll subscribe, but the rest of the magazine isn't as good.
Ida
I'm glad that I'm not the only one feeling these things. Yes, I understand things change. I know it's not the panacea/silver bullet .. that I, too, have to make changes.
I look back to when I was ... I won't say "thin" ... but "not unhealthy" ... and the things I did. I had so much more energy. I didn't hurt. I could *DO* things. That's who I am.
I'm missing a bone in my sacroilliac joint (it's genetic -- you're suposed to have 5 connections, I have 4), which has caused my pelvis to tilt forward, making one leg about 1 inch longer than the other. Most days I'm fine, but on bad days ... it hurts to sit/walk/lay/etc. This week I was having a bad day, and *had* to do grocery shopping that I had put off since mid-December because I was going to be away for the holidays, so I grabbed an electric cart. As I was nearly out of the store, I passed a coworker who gave me such an ODD look. Made me feel 'lazy' for using the cart instead of toughing it out and walking. It sucked. It was compounded by the fact that he used to be heavy ... and lost weight (nonsurgically), and now thinks that if he can .. anyone can.
'Pain is weakness leaving the body' is a line of bunk! There's so much of 'working through the pain', but when it's chronic ... you have to learn when to stop, because pain is your body's way of telling you to stop.
I wanted to turn to 'food' as a comfort, but I knew that was only compounding the issue if I did.
Anyway ... instead of stuffing my face, or feeling sorry for myself, I turned to my quilting to get me through. If my hands are busy w/ fabric, I can't be eating, right? [Have you seen the knitter who has EVERYTHING knitted ... even her chair slipcovers? ;) ]
Nice to have people who understand and are at about the same place in the journey that I am.
On another note .. does anyone subscribe to OH mag? I've read some online articles, but wonder how much of that is 'they put the good stuff' there so that you'll subscribe, but the rest of the magazine isn't as good.
Ida
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