bus377
Hi, everyone,
My fifth anniversary is coming up soon. June will be five years. I will be sixty next month but, feel forty. I am still excited and so glad I had my sleeve. I am not as thin as I want but I am acceptable. I still have the excess baggage. The of tons of skin and fat filled areas that just seem to never go away. I was 301 lbs. when I had my surgery and I maintain just about half that weight now. I am at 164 now. I struggle daily. My eating has doubled in portions since the surgery. I still can not eat much beef as it hurts. I cannot drink a glass of milk, I can only sip a small drink or two. BUT!!!!! I CAN walk, sit in a chair, cross my legs, dance, did I say WALK!!! Yipee I am alive and feel good. I am old and I know that. Nevertheless, the pains of growing old are harsh. I don't mind the age I just mind the frequency with which my pains are growing as well. I have to imagine what it would be like if I had not had the surgery. I would for sure be minimally in a wheelchair and out of work. I had insulin dependent type two diabetes, a drawer full of pills for everything under the sun, and a handicap license plate. I now take only four prescription drugs. I do not take insulin and the only thing I take for diabetes is Actos/plus/met. I went from five heart medicines to one. I had to take medicine just to function I no longer take that. So while my journey is slow and my food addiction is high. I battle every day and sometimes I loose but most of the time I win the food battle.
Love and blessing to all who are starting the journey, power to those making a decision to have surgery, to those maintaining the journey I wish you stealth, cunning, and steadfast willpower to continue or maintain your losses.
