Life is so amazing!

Nov 08, 2014

I am almost 6 month post-op (on the 23rd it will be 6 months) and life has been completely turned around for me. I am so glad I had RNY gastric bypass. I have not one regret, even as I had the emergency gallbladder removal in July. I just feel relief. I feel like I have complete control of my life. My self-confidence is back. I am no longer afraid to speak up or face reality. I get dressed everyday and do what has to be done. I am no longer sitting up all night staring at the walls and wondering how I got here. I know what it took to get to happiness. This surgery brought me to happiness. I was in a marriage I was completely unhappy in for 22 years. I walked away a month after surgery. I was living to please other people and now I am living to please myself. One month ago today I met an amazing man who I know is worth every minute of every day because I took a chance and opened my heart; a heart I didn't even know existed anymore. I don't procrastinate anymore. I get things done that need to be done. I really love myself again. Actually, I don't know if I ever loved myself before this surgery.

My regrets:

  • not having this surgery sooner
  • not finding this man 20 years ago
  • not taking charge of what needed to be done
  • not standing up for myself
  • not walking out on that marriage from day one

If you are sitting there wondering if you should or shouldn't take the risk and have this surgery, I am here to tell you to get it done. It is worth the risk. Are you really living life right now as it is? Are you scared you are going to die? Well, death would have been a better option than the misery I was suffering through. In my opinion I wouldn't advise you to wait another minute. Life is too short. I am down 147 lbs for this year. 95 since my surgery in May. I have lost an entire person and gained a personality and a life. I no longer use a wheelchair or a cane. I no longer worry if I will fit in a chair or if I can walk the distance I need to walk when I go somewhere. I no longer feel like people are staring at me. I hold my head high and do what I need to do and feel like I fit in for the first time in my life. Do it! I want you to feel the happiness I am feeling today. Everyone deserves this kind of happiness.

 

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05/23/2014
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Apr 23, 2014
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