1 year anniversary!~~

Well, today's the day....one year ago and down 108 lbs.  I remember the weather being similar to today, the sun was shining and it was warm.  I saved the jeans and navy blue t-shirt I was wearing and plan to put them both on for the first time since my surgery later today.  My brother drove me to the hospital and the sister of my dearly departed best friend closed her sweet shop in Maryland just to be with me during the ordeal.  I was truely blessed by her this day and forever grateful.  I think about all the pre-surgical jitters and worries and look back with a grateful heart.  I went to see Joel Osteen at the Garden Saturday afternoon and there were alot of stairs to climb, trains to run after....I did it with an ease I would not have been able to handle a year ago.  I choked back tears during Joel's sermons and recommitted my life to this process and hope that it is going to stick with me throughout the rest of my life.  One year ago today, I took a chance on whether to live or die....I'm glad I did it (wouldn't want to go through the stress and pre-surgery again) and I realize how close to dying I was in the state of being morbidly obese.  Even though there are days I feel that I still have a long way to go, at least I'm not where I was.  Good luck to all of you just beginning your journey!!  It is life changing and life saving.

Happy Anniversary and on your progress so far. It is a wonderful and humbling experience to be able to count your blessings and to feel real gratefulness. Enjoy! 

diane u are doing so good i hoep to see u next month

How totally excellent Trish! Happy surgiversary! I just celebrated mine in May. I have had many amazing changes (and some icky ones too!) since my live saving surgery and would do it again in a heartbeat. I wish I had done it sooner than I did!

What a wonderful heartfelt post you wrote.

Happy trails!

Amy

Thanks Amy!  I can't say all that much has changed in the last year.  I'm still at the same sucky job and have no one special in my life.  That's what makes the journey such a lonely one sometimes.  But hey, I'm expecting better in the next year.  Sometimes I think I had too great an expectation for the first year, you have to crawl befor you can walk, etc...so here's to the next great year of changing!!  Let's hope it gets better.

I'm in somewhat of a similar situation Trish. My husband just decided to bail out of our marriage a month ago after I said that I had great concerns about the differences between us. I asked him in essence, to join me on my new journey to health and self awareness and that must have scared the bejeus out of him, so he fled.

Now I have a great body, a healthy spirit, and nobody to share it with.

Sucks to me me, huh?

Funny thing is, I'd do it again in a heatbeat.

xoxo
Amy

Oh Trish!!!  Congratulations to you!  I can barely see to type, your post filled my eyes with tears.  I thank you for giving us the inspiration to continue on our paths!  I'm 5 months out, 65 down with 26 to go.  I can't wait until May 8, 2008 when I can place a post here like you have!

Thank you!  xo

Hey Cheri, Didn't mean to make you cry.  But it feels like that sometimes.  My greatest challenge lies ahead.  I hear it gets tougher now to maintain than the actual loss so I'm bracing myself and hoping to access new ways of dealing with stress other than food.  Somedays are better than others.  The thing I keep hearing the most is to TRUST the tool we were all given and allow it to work for you with good choices.  I'd be happy if I could find a post-op meeting for support that doesn't do the same thing all the time, there are major "issues" we should be discussing and not to just pat ourselves on the back each month over the weight loss.  I'm sure you will be excited at your 1 year milestone.  Mine came and went without any fireworks....maybe next year.

I would agree with you and the change/modification needed at support group meetings...

Congratulations on your 108 pound loss and HAPPY SURGIVERSARY to you :O)  hugs, Britt