A word of encouragement to those considering surgery. . .

This morning I was reflecting over the last two years as I was at the gym working on my thirty minute treadmill part of my hour and 20 minute regular routine. My surgery anniversary date is the 14th and I was remembering how afraid I was of having the surgery and remembering how at this time two years ago, I could barely walk from my car the block into my office and certainly that short journey was filled with pain. Every step was excrutiatingly painful on my knees, accompanied by pain just about everywhere else. Although two years later I still am not the size 4 or 6 I had hoped to be by now, I am, however, 175 lbs and able to walk from one end of the mall to the other, and find lovely clothes that fit, blend in with the crowd (that was one of the things I wanted most, just to blend in) and I'm very slowly still gaining ground in this lifelong battle. Just the other day I tried on a pair of size junior 13 jeans that I had put aside months ago because I couldn't get into them, and darned if they didn't fit! Every month or so brings just such a small miracle. Little in some lives, but huge in mine. My longwinded point I'm trying to make, is I certainly haven't regretted my decision to have the surgery for one minute. It is a scary thing to do, you do truly put your life on the line, but the benefits can be overwhelming. It isn't an easy way out ticket to your dreams come true, it IS a TOOL and you will have to do the hard work necessary, but it is giving you HOPE to one day get there, hope that hasn't come any other way in my 55+ years of trying everything. Just my personal reflections of what has happened for me. . . good luck to you all in whatever choices you make, Donna

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