Surgery, 3 Days Away!
Yes, you are a responsible adult there would be something wrong if you did not worry. I am a single parent as well. I am a nurse so I knew things could go wrong and on top of it I was a light wt and I was going to Mexico. However the bottom line was I knew without it I would never be satisfied with my wt. I am much happier knowing I will never be at my top presurgical wt. I could not believe the first Christmas after my surgery how I climbed up and down my ladder to my attic. I had altered my activity for so long as I simply did not have the energy and spaced things out I was shocked at how much I could do. For years I spread out decorating over a few days and here I was able not only to get stuff done from the attic but had the energy to keep going and to decorate as well. My daughter is 12 and I did include her in some of the basic plans as I felt I needed to be up front and honest with her. She was a non believer as I had a lap band prior and we both agreed this was the big fix or I was going to stop the forever searching. Know my focus was not being a size 2 or having the body I had when I was 16. I simply wanted to enjoy a normal life and that is what the DS allowed me to do. Surgical date 2/14/12 top wt 207 lowest wt 150 I was bad and was up 18 pounds back to eating right and 3 are gone and I will continue until I am back where I belong.
Good Luck
Donna
Thanks, Donna. I have a daughter as well and, one of my motivations to take this step is that I can see that she is becoming overweight. I want to be able to live a healthy life and, set the example. I hope to encourage her so she won't have the decades I have of being the "big" girl.
So much of my life that's accommodated for my weight, others don't even pause to think about. I want to know what its like to approach a set of stairs without feeling anxiety and dread... to not be afraid of chairs... I could go on an on.
When I wrote in my blog earlier, I wrote the reasons why I was doing this. Your comment about having a normal life sounds a lot like this one:
14. So I can stop feeling like I'm missing out on life.
Thank you for the encouragement. I need as much as I can get.
