Tiny

Wow!!! What a week it's been. On Tuesday I met with the exercise physiologist and the nutritionist. Wednesday brought the phsychologist, another dietician, a surgical nurse, the hospital admissions people, a bariatric nurse, meditation guru and I'm sure I've forgotten some. Wednesday evening was a support group meeting. Today was pre-op testing, chest x-ray, ekg, urine and blood labs. Then my pre-op doctor visit. Let me say right here and now that I love Dr. Blackstone. So get this... she's explaining everything that will happen in surgery, going over my history, weighing me, the usual. She has me lay back on the exam table and feels my abdomen. Then I think that the woman may have lost her mind because she says, "You know you're really tiny. It will be a little difficult to manuever in there since you're so small." HUH!?!?!? There must be someone else in the room because she CAN NOT be talking to me. Never in my life have the words small and tiny been used to describe me. I spend the next three or four minutes arguing with her that I cannot possibly be small boned. She goes on to use foreign words like petite. She then says my goal weight is 125 pounds. I'm incredulous and probably had my mouth hanging open. Of course for the rest of the day, I proceed to make an ass out of myself by telling people that I'm tiny. No really, I am. My doctor says so. lol Connie

Hey Tiny: The only time I heard that was from a dentist about my mouth when he was trying to pull my wisdom teeth.

Congratulations! Tiny is quite a complement! Joy (3/1)

Connie -- I had a similar experience with my 1st surgeon. I'm extremely muscular under all this fat, and he noticed that. He said "You've got a rare stature - very short (I'm only 4' 12"), but have a great musculature going on. I don't think you really need to lose more than somewhere in the 55 to 70 pound range. You're pretty small, but very built..." or something like that. He then explained that I'd be considered a "lightweight" in the WLS world. He said MY goal should be around 135-140 (keep in mind I'm 4' 12"). We'll see... Pretty small? I did the happy dance all the way home. Couldn't wait to call everyone and tell them what the surgeon said. Kimmer Queen of the Niners, Instigator to All Marchers, High Priestess of Giggles Zero-minus-18 and counting!