Dina McBride
3.5 Years Post-Op
Jan 17, 2006
Wednesday, January 18, 2006: I remember being a pre-op - oh, proably about five years ago, and reading all of these profiles on AMOS and thinking, "Gosh, to be a post-op! I can't imagine being a whole year post-op! What would it be like to be two years post-op? Or three?" So here I find myself at 3.5 years post-op. Kinda an old lady in some circles! LOL! :)
So what do I think now that I've lived with this surgery (BPD/DS) for 3.5 years now? I think I love it. I think I'm happier each day that God made a way for me to be able to have surgery. I think, "How could I have possibly been so fortunate?"
I have so much to be thankful for! In some ways, I'm even more thankful for my husband's switch - what a huge relief to see the many co-morbidities that he struggled with GONE! The excess weight GONE! So much stress a thing of the past for him! What a gift from God!
There are changes happening in our world. We're getting ready to move. I'm looking for a job. We're moving one portion of the extended family to a new location - almost simultaneous to our own move. And you know what? Yeah, it's kind of a pain because it's so physically demanding (all of it!) but there's no dread (like there used to be)!
I remember thinking as a pre-op how thankful I was for the job that I had at that time (working from home) because I knew that if I lost that job that no one in their right mind would have hired me. Yeah, I could do the job - but I was a 365 pound woman with a boatload of co-morbidities, in a wheelchair, constantly in and out of the doctor's office, struggling to just survive! Today, when I go into an interview, I know they are judging me on a completely different level - they don't even know that 210 pounds ago I was wondering if I'd be alive another year!
Wow - it's been an incredible journey thus far. I continue to be just amazed at the great things God has done for me!
Blessings,
dina
So what do I think now that I've lived with this surgery (BPD/DS) for 3.5 years now? I think I love it. I think I'm happier each day that God made a way for me to be able to have surgery. I think, "How could I have possibly been so fortunate?"
I have so much to be thankful for! In some ways, I'm even more thankful for my husband's switch - what a huge relief to see the many co-morbidities that he struggled with GONE! The excess weight GONE! So much stress a thing of the past for him! What a gift from God!
There are changes happening in our world. We're getting ready to move. I'm looking for a job. We're moving one portion of the extended family to a new location - almost simultaneous to our own move. And you know what? Yeah, it's kind of a pain because it's so physically demanding (all of it!) but there's no dread (like there used to be)!
I remember thinking as a pre-op how thankful I was for the job that I had at that time (working from home) because I knew that if I lost that job that no one in their right mind would have hired me. Yeah, I could do the job - but I was a 365 pound woman with a boatload of co-morbidities, in a wheelchair, constantly in and out of the doctor's office, struggling to just survive! Today, when I go into an interview, I know they are judging me on a completely different level - they don't even know that 210 pounds ago I was wondering if I'd be alive another year!
Wow - it's been an incredible journey thus far. I continue to be just amazed at the great things God has done for me!
Blessings,
dina
