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Telling my family
Feb 22, 2010
So here's the email I sent my family to update them about my surgery :Hi - well my latest update is that I am having surgery on 9th March to have my gall bladder removed.
I have also made a major decision to have weight loss surgery on the same day (assuming my gall bladder surgery is ok) so will be following in mum's footsteps after she has shown such a great example of how to change her life.
I've been thinking about this for some time, and it seems sensible to have the two procedures done at the same time so I'm only on the operating table once particularly as I won't be working for the next couple of months so will have time to get fully recovered and to kick start my journey to get slimmer.
I don't see this as the easy option, the easy option would be to do nothing, pretend all is well and continue on the lose weight/gain weight merry-go-round that I have been on for a long time - and am sure we've all been there !
I want to do this as a way of getting healthier so that I don't face any health issues in the future as a result of my weight which you all know I have struggled to keep under control since I have been about 14. It's also about putting myself first - which will be new for me as I've often put my work/career first and me second.
If loosing weight was an olympic event I should get a gold medal - but as for keeping it off - then I'm unranked and have not been successful in doing this.
Apart from the gall stones I am fit and healthy with normal blood pressure and no sighs of diabetes but don't want to keep challenging my body by carrying the extra weight and feel that it's the right time to make a change for the good.
So I'll be in hospital for about 4 days - the surgery will be done laproscopically so it should be much easier to recover from than my hysterectomy and the prognosis of weight loss is good - just look at mum to see what I mean.
Wish me luck !
