Shocking discovery

Sep 11, 2011

I am still mulling this over and over in my head. Friday I took my Mom shopping. While out, I decided to try on some jeans. Mind you, I am 6 1/2 weeks post-op and have seen and felt great differences in my body. But I still have trouble believing. One of my friends at work had given me some size 16 capris that fit and are a little baggy. So I decided to try on some size 16 jeans. In the dressing room, the jeans slid easily up over my thighs, my hips, and buttoned comfortably around my waist. No pinching, no bulges, no gasping for air. I sat down, still comfortable, looked at the woman in the mirror and cried. The other people in the dressing rooms around me must have thought I was crying because I couldn't find anything to fit. I changed back into my baggy capris. Exited the dressing room with tears still on my cheeks. The attendant looked at me with pity and said she understood what it was like to try on things, not to have them fit and could she help me locate a different size. I told her it was just the opposite, after having surgery, I am now down from a size 20-22 to a 16. She said I was lucky. No, this isn't luck...it's determination, commitment, and hope. It's not easy but its the best thing I have done for ME.

So I bought the jeans.

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