2 Years Ago...
Well, it's been 2 years since I went "under the knife" to improve my life. As I said in my profile, skinny looks good on me. I can't imagine I was ever 288 pounds and I think I was always skinny - in my own mind.
The decision to have WLS came after 4 years of unsuccessful attempts at conceiving baby #3. Five months after the WLS I began college for the first time (at age 29)! At 10 months post-op, I had lost enough weight to finally undergo the total hip replacement I'd needed for 12 years. The recovery was about as bad as I expected it to be (ended up in a full brace for 6 weeks), but I recovered nonetheless.
I continued with school and having a great time in my new body. By 14 months post-op I had lost a grand total of 156 pounds! Life was great. Around this time the wheels began to spin to plan a big birthday party for myself and a family member that was to occur this past February. A meer 13 days before our "big birthday boozin' bash" I found out I was expecting baby #3!
Discovering I was pregnant was the greatest, most surprising thing, ever! As I sit here at 30 weeks along with my 2nd son growing inside of me, I'm still in shock. We just never thought it would ever be possible for us again. We do not contribute my weight loss to our great news like so many do, though. Our secondary infertility had nothing to do with anything that could have been associated with my obesity.
In September I begin the Health Information Management program at my local community college. I imagine giving birth in the middle of the quarter will be a little rough, but I've overcome so much in the past 2 years that I can not give up now.
Life is busy and sometimes quite crazy, but good. I wouldn't change a thing, even though I went through quite a bit with my WL surgeon.
I hope the rest of my August buddies are just as pleased. If not, I hope you're able to find happiness soon.
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