Today Is my day
It was a year ago today that I was on my way to the hospital for what I knew would change my life forever. Weighting in at 264 pounds, my life was miserable. I didn't know if I was going to live or die, but life had to be better than it had been for the past few years. My psoriasis covered my body, engulfed my fingernails and toenails. My arthritis attached every bone in my body but was the worse felt in my hands where I had trouble even picking up a piece of paper. I couldn't walk without panting and needing to sit down because my back would hurt so bad. I dreaded doing even the most simple of activities. My children were left to care for themselves cause mom was just too sick to do it.
Cut to one year later as I sit back and remember that time. What a different world it is now for me. I have lost a whole person now weighing in at 131 pounds, which is a difference of 132 pounds. Half of me is gone forever. I know I am going to live now and life is good. My psoriasis is almost completely gone. I no longer limp when I walk and my disabled knee feels like new with no pain like I had been experiencing for years. My arthritis is still there but near none existent with my medical treatment and I can do anything I want and need to do now. I have to stand back every once in a while after I do something now and say, "wow, did I just do that" and think only a year ago I would have never considered doing something like that in million years. My children have their mom back now. I am able to play with them and often find myself teaching them how to play baseball in the front yard, cycling with them on bike paths and camping and fishing in the wilderness and they have to work to keep up with me now. Exercise is now a way of life for me and I hate missing a day of working out. I enjoy the way my body looks with all the cut muscles that now define me. What a difference a year makes.
I have not had one problem with my surgery and even wondered when I woke up if it had been done for the lack of pain I was in. I am healthy, happy, and full of life again. Would I do this surgery again? I say, "Yes, in a heart beat." Has it changed my life? I say, "Yes, for the better." The world is mine and I am taking and enjoying every minute of it. I can conquer it, live it, breathe it, and be it. WLS has given me my life back and I couldn't be happier with who and what I have become mentally and physically today. It's been a wonderful ride and thank you for sharing it with me. I couldn't have done it without the support of my May family. I love you all
Carla, you are such an inspiration! Congrats on your success! It is so hard to believe that a year has passed. Its also amazing how much can change in that year. You truly do inspire me. When I think of sliding back into those hold habits I come on here and read one of your posts describing how iinsane that would be!
Happy Surgiversary, Carla!!!
Mandy
Happy Surgiversary! You are such an inspiration to each and every one of us. You always stay so motivated and keep your eye on that prize of a much healthier and happier life. You have attained your goals and now it's your time to shine as with each and every one of us. We are all getting to the same point of one year under our belts with many more to come now thanks to this surgery. I wish you nothing but the best.
Kel
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