at peace!
I to was a diabetic and my sugars where running 450-500 and my ac1 was 11.7 and i was going down hill fast.
But this surgery changed all that for me no more insulin or even metformin i now take nothing.
It is hard to look back and see how bad i used to eat and i think to myself no wonder i was over 500 pounds.
It is a wonderful journey sweetie and it gets bumpy sometimes but it is so worth it,it is the best thing i ever did for myself.
I am so sorry for the loss of your brother my whole family grandparents and etc were diabetics and it is horrible.
But you have your own angel watching over you and im sure he is saying you go sis.
Huggs and much luck sweetie
Wendy,
I'd be really worried about you if you weren't questioning this decision right up until the minute you go into surgery. I was a nervous wreck the morning of surgery and was SOOOO glad when Chaplain Landry came in to pray for me I hugged him to death! I told him I've been waiting for you! Poor man! LOL I told him I was nervous but I knew it was what I needed to do and asked him to pray for peace... it was one of the most profound moments in my life! God is good!
The first few days will be good and bad. I'm a control freak and for the first time in my life I didn't have ANY control over my body. Don't be surprised if you have some "melt-down" moments. I did. I cried in my yogurt one morning because I wasn't hungry but I knew I HAD to eat. My poor Mom! She sat at the table and cried with me. Wendy - surround yourself with loving people and you'll be fine.
Plus, you have this board and the support groups - you're already one step ahead I didn't find out about the board until the morning of my surgery! I'll be praying for you today and tomorrow!
Huggs,
Frankie
highest wgt/ day of surgery/ current wgt / goal wgt
52 lbs lost before surgery!!
Jeremiah 29:11 says "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Hold on to that promise and keep your faith! It will give you the strength to get thru the bumpy parts. I pray that you dont have many and your journey is great!
Huge hugs,
Tracy
OH Support Group Leader
RNY 296# 5/28/08 Panni removal 150# 3/8/10
im questioning my decision and wonderinf if i am doing the right thing???
but i know that if i don't have WLS...
i WILL die!!
so that's enough for me!
i AM afraid of something happening to me on the table....
but if it does...
it's God's will and ill be in a better place
i have had "the talk" w. my hubby and one close friend about what to do if i don't make it...
i am being realisitic...
they say im a downer..
but i HAVE to be responsible at the same time and let them know my wishes!
"sometimes at night, i see their faces, i feel the traces they left on my soul.
those are the memories that made me a wealthy soul."
Bob Seger
1976
Who knew you were an evil genious?
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