DFord
So it begins....
Sep 01, 2014
Today is my first entry for my blog and, I am almost certain, my first blog EVER!! I have been researching surgeries and am pretty confident that the one I want to get done is the VSG. I feel that with my current health issues and potential long-term side effects, VSG will be most beneficial.
I am beginning my journey at the heaviest I have ever been in my life, 315 pounds. I am not concerned with how "beautiful" I will look in a new dress or how my figure will improve because of my weight loss. I am driven by my ever-dimming future. I have yet to meet anyone over the age 65 who weighs over 300 pounds. My point...I want to be around when my teen age son graduates college, gets married, has children; all of the things that make life on Earth worth while. At my current weight, my body uses all of its energy to support the weight I have. My organs do not function properly and I cannot enjoy my son. Yes, I am active in his life and we still share many things that are special. But, for every thing we CAN do together, there are at least 20 that we CANNOT do because of my weight.
I guess my wake up call was when I found myself having to use a scooter to shop because my back and knees hurt so badly that I could not walk in the store. My son, stopping to talk to some friends he saw, had to stay close to me to hand things to me from the higher shelves. Now, my son has never complained. He never would, I don't think. But, I want him to tell his children about going to the beach with Mom and Dad or the water park we went to every summer. I don't want him to only have memories of walking with mom through the store when she was only in her 30s!
I know surgery will not cure my life-long struggle with my weight, but it will give me the tools to be healthier for my family. And that is far more precious to me than the size 2 jeans I saw at the mall.
