A Trip to remember!! (Long)
Well.....One year ago today at this hour, I was in the recovery room after my surgery. To quote the Greatful Dead: "What a long, strange trip it's been"!! And this is just the end of the beginning. The thing that I remember most clearly about the recovery room is waking up and thinking" Wow....I'm alive!!! The really wonderful thing is that after a year I can say: "Wow....I'm really alive!!!!!"
The pessimist in me is fretting over the fact that I did not achieve my Anniversary goal of less than 200 lbs..I am stuck in yet another plateau, ranging between 205 and 210 depending on the whims of my body and the @^&*# scale! What this means is that I've lost almost 150 lbs. since the beginning of this long, strange trip! I need to keep reminding that damn pessimist in me about this fact!! I still struggle daily to control what goes into my big mouth. On the other hand, I haven't weighed this little since High School! While reflecting on this past year, there is so much to be thankful for that I could spend hours writing about the joys of the "New Me"!! Rather than repeat all of the usual wonders (room in seating, clothing shopping, less medication etc. etc. etc.), I'd like to talk about the "Big One". My family is so much happier and more relaxed now that they are no longer living with a medical and psycological time bomb. I feel great physically and I am not as prone to prolonged bouts of depression. I still have my "down time", but it's not as intense. My older daughter is home for spring break and I find that I am getting an abnormal number of unsolicited hugs from her. She is constantly commenting how small I am. What me small??!! My wife and younger daughter are equally pleased, but they see me each day and the changes are less dramatic for them. Even the dog is happier since she benefits from my new mania for daily power walks!
The list of little miracles is endless, but I won't burden you with any more of them. A proper Anniversary message would not be complete. however, without a large THANK YOU to all of you wonderful people for all of your support and encouragement. It's been a great beginning, but I'm looking forward to seeing what Year 2 has to offer!!
Mike
Congratulations on the ride of your life!
I was writing an e-mail to a friend and ended up copying and pasting it to a posting here, just after yours. You thought yours was long.... read mine it goes forever!
I also want to say that this trip has been one heck of a ride and I'm glad all ya'll have been there with me, you have had an impact on me like nothing else and no one else ever could!
Marchers Rock!
L&H GAYLE 
Mike, happy anniversary to you! We all have come a long way...from the little things we can now do, to the bigger things we never thought we'd accomplish. I wish you nothing but good health and happiness...you are truely a voice of reason...and I always look forward to reading what you have to say.
Take care and be well,
Joan
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