EARLY EDITION FRIDAY GRATEFUL POST

 ot quite morning yet but hello there,

I am posting this early because I will be leaving in a few short hours to go to the New Orleans OH Conference and I won't have access to a computer there.     Hope everyone is having a great week.  This is a grateful post and I am SO grateful that the OH Conference is finally here.    A year is a long time to wait to see your good friends you have made on OH.    I am grateful for that.   I am grateful for my family, friends,  a great bariatric surgeon, my life and health.   I am grateful for my faith and answered prayers and insurance.    Grateful for my WLS and all the choices of WLS today.   Grateful for support groups and encouragement from others.    PLEASE it you will share with us what you are grateful for today.   Have a blessed weekend and I hope to meet you at the conference.

Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

WOW, boy do I need this this morning.  I'm really down myself for gaining 20 lbs. and I've lost sight on what is important.  I'm so grateful that I have had this surgery.  It has been such a blessing for me. I can control my diabetes with food instead of medication and I'm more active than ever.  Thank you GOD!!!  I don't know where I would be without this surgery.  I'm also grateful for an AWESOME family; they are so supportive and loving.

I needed this today, as well. I just finished sending a message to a dear OH friend about the things I am dealing with, physically, right now. I am grateful for people like her. I am grateful for having been blessed by being able to have my surgery so that today I have a chance of succeeding in the war against obesity. I am also grateful for the new life it has given me, and that no matter what problems I may have I am still so much better off now that I am astounded, daily. I am grateful that I have a God who cares about me. I could keep going but I think I am going to act upon my gratitude today and it is time to start.

Thanks, Sue