Linda D.
Thoughts on My Way to Surgery . . . . 3 weeks to go
Jan 20, 2010
I have my surgery scheduled for February 9, 2010 . . . . that is 3 weeks ago. Between then, I have my preadmission testing and also my presurgical meeting at the surgeon's office with the nurse and dietitian. I can tolerate this very large body right now because I know it won't be with me too much longer and I will never see it again. Hallelujah!My husband, who is very athletic and fit and has never ever battled with his weight even one moment of his life, does not fully understand my desire for this WLS. He thinks - and says - that if I would just eat right and exercise more, I could manage my weight. Well, MY body does not work that way. Unfortunately. My body likes very much to hang on to fat, my body stores that fat lovingly throughout in all the wrong places and refuses to let go. No matter what.
I could have lived the rest of my life as a kind-of-large woman, managing through a very difficult day-to-day struggle to keep my weight at a socially acceptable level of "large", but every day for the rest of my life I would have felt like a failure. Because of this one thing. That I just can't seem to do. You know what it is - LOSE WEIGHT AND KEEP IT OFF.
So, rather than see my weight and thereby my figure go up and up a little each year until there was no way of denying that I was OBESE - I would rather take control now and enjoy my life.
Anyway, just thought I would share today's thoughts. Feels good to get 'em down.
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About Me
Armada, MI
Location
26.6
BMI
Surgery
02/09/2010
Surgery Date
Jan 07, 2010
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