Pre-ops and all! MUST READ!
I borrowed this from another board but have to share with you all!! When some one is hassling you about your decision...............
I have made the difficult decision to undergo Gastric Bypass Surgery. I am on my journey to the road paved to a happy and healthy new me. It wasn't until I learned of weight loss surgery that I felt what the truest definition of "hope" really meant. It was at that moment that light was shed on a subject that has been at the forefront of my life for as long as I can remember. A subject that has pained me, crippled me, shamed me, and compromised my future. The prospect of weight loss surgery made it possible to begin to dream again. To envision my life with less fear which gives my body the wings to carry me. It restores images of the real me that I know lies somewhere inside. It is the same catalyst that gives you a bounce in your step, a reason to look others in the eye and a freedom to rise to a level of acceptance both from others and myself. My lengthy research on this subject both empowers me and humbles me to walk down a road I haven't traveled.
This process is not without its natural lessons and its great responsibility. It is an evolution and a continuous relay from past to present and present to future. It serves as a tool and a symbol that memorializes the stages you must face to see that when given the key to unlock all that is beautiful, mysterious and joyous, the lock to that door always remains in sight. I so look forward to continue to be inspired by dreams realized, fears diminished, and self-worth and dignity repaired. I know well that this will not ever be the "easy way out" as some may regard my decision. I have become well aware of the blood, sweat and tears of this whole process...and I think literally. Just a far away glimpse into a future that may be mine gives me that truest meaning of hope, that healthy air to breathe, and the courage to fight until I am thinner and healthier and my life becomes all I hoped it would be.
Loves ya all!!!
~Sandie~ 
-147!!WLS:12-12-06:Preop 268,Ht.5'4",BMI 44.9
Click on link to see my journey!!!
http://www.onetruemedia.com/my_shared?z=2bfaca5561a1d558fceb
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"Do unto others as you'd have done to you"~ The Golden Rule to Live by!
You are what you EAT and WHO you hang out with! Choices=Outcome~ what's YOUR choice??
I'm not perfect but I am going to die trying!!!
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on 1/10/08 12:01 am - MN
on 1/10/08 12:01 am - MN
WOW - how inspirational - I wish every one of the people that judge us all for having this surgery could read this - it really reads volumes of all that we go through before during and after this surgery.
Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much for posting this. How perfectly this person was able to convey what we all must feel. I have copied it onto a file I'm keeping on my desktop for when I need a nudge to remind me of why I'm doing this.
Thanks again, and my thoughts and prayers are with you in your struggle with the low bp.
Kathy
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