introducing myself
My name is Donna and I am usually on the PA Forum. Laureen has told me about this great forum and since I am 54 years young I thought I would make the jump over to here and see the wisdom my mature peeps have to offer. OH has been a great help to me. I am 20 months out from RNY and have lost 105 lbs. Needless to say physically there has been a big change in me but the more important change has come emotionally and psychologically. I see that the further out from surgery the more difficult some things become. As many of you can probably relate - I don't have much experience living life as a normal sized person. I carry around the fear that my present body is an illusion that will not be lasting very long
The support that I get here and at Barix in PA has helped me to keep my head on straight most days. The biggest gift that WLS had given me is the ability to start over again after a bad choice and/or day. For this I am eternally grateful.Hope this gives you a little peak into who Donna is. I never posted a picture of myself because I am electronically challenged but Laureen will vouch for me
Looking forward to getting to know many of you on this forum. Take care.Donna
Donna, welcome.
I think you will find this place a great place to just hang out. I don't post a lot; in fact, I go in spurts. But I do try to check up on everybody on a daily basis. Mostly, I check on my old friends.
I have spent a lot of time in your neck of the woods. If I come back, and you are around, maybe we should meet for some coffee.
well, back to sewing.
If you are in our neck of the woods, please let me know, I'd LOVE to meet you!
Laureen
My Mantra is that I do not determine my success by the number hanging in my closet, nor will I let the scale determine that success either. . . It is through trial and error I will continue to grow and succeed. . . Laureen
"Success is a journey, not a destination." Ben Sweetland
Donna,
As the saying goes, "Any friend of Laureen's is a friend of mine!"Welcome to our little corner of OH. It's a great forum where I have found a lot of support over the years.
Thinking about your statement about living life as a normal person. I'm still not sure that I really know what "normal" is. My ideas of many things have always been skewed by looking through my own eyes. . . . like you I have never really known normal. Even when I was of a normal weight in high school and college I thought I was fat.
Warped? I think that would be a good term for how I view things. I just try to refocus daily and to learn from my mistakes. Not saying that I never repeat them. Wish I didn't but it seems like I have to revisit Hell every once in a while to appreciate what I have today compared to 6 years ago. Hope to see you around often.
Karen C
