MaggieDee

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I woke up singing this morning.  Something in me must have known (not that waking up singing is a rare occurrence for me!).  I didn't know it was my 'surgiversary' until I saw my email from ObesityHelp.  I very, very rarely think about my surgery.  The weight has stayed off!  My blood work is perfect.  I eat whatever I want and take my vitamins.  People don't believe me when I tell them I used to weigh almost 300 pounds!  I just looked at my before picture and yep, that's me!  I see me in there!  But I sure don't look the same!  Still that silly goose.  There have been a lot of major 'bumps' in the road of my life, but I'm still 'taking' whatever life throws at me with a smile.  Life is good!

Well, here I sit, 2 years after going through one Hell of a surgical procedure that changed my life so much for the better. 

Don't fool yourself, weight loss surgery certainly won't cure all of your problems, but it can remove so much negativity and disability from your life.  One of the biggest changes for me is that before my surgery, I thought about my weight every second of every day.  No exaggeration.  That was remarkably draining.  I would wake in the middle of the night thinking about it.  Now I NEVER think about it....EVER.   It has been such a load off not only my body, but even more so off of my mind.  Like everyone, I still have worries and troubles, but I don't ever have to worry about my weight.   Like Forrest Gump said, "One less thing!"  Not having to worry about my weight and my health makes every other worry that life may bring my way that much easier to deal with. 

I'm pretty busy with this new life!  I went back to school and have just started a new career.  I have energy to burn!  I have no issues with eating or pain or any of the so-called "bathroom issues" that are rumoured to plague people who have the the duodenal switch.  No problems at all!  I take all of my vitamins religiously, and it is no inconvenience and no great expense to do so.  I don't always get all the the protein that I should, but I do fairly well in that department the majority of the time, and all of my blood work comes back great, so I have no worries there.  I get protein first, and then I eat  literally WHAT EVER I WANT!

I share clothes with my teenage daughters, which delights me to no end!  Much to my surprise, they seem to get a pretty big kick out of that as well!   I never expected, wanted, or planned to be this thin, but it's all good!  My doctor says my weight is just fine where it is, and I feel pretty darn fantastic, so I'll just enjoy it!   

To any newbies who may be reading this, WLS is no ride in the park.  It's a huge, life changing, and frequently frightening decision.  For me, it was very much worth it. 

I just went to my profile because a friend got me thinking about that darn ticker.  I didn't think I could get rid of it because I didn't create it and didn't know the password etc, but it dawned on me that I could just edit my introduction to get rid of it!  Why I didn't think of that before?.......Oh yeah, I was preoccupied with my surgery!  LOL.  I'm feeling realiatively normal now (well, as normal as I can feel!).  I mean, I laugh more, and I joke around with my kids and hubby alot more.  I'm feeling sane again!  Not preoccupied with the what when why how of WLS.  Like a load has been lifted off my shoulders!  I didn't realise what a grip this whole thing has had on me.  I knew it was big, but it kind of fascinates me that it had that great an affect on me, and that it is changing so quickly already since I had the surgery and everything seems to have gone smoothly, and I'm passed the worry of it.  I think someone could easily write a book on the whole mental and emotional affects of the whole wls process itself, let alone the physical aspects of it.  HHMMMMMM......aren't I just 'deep'!   Perhaps my brain is growing......NOT!!! LOL  My eating is going really well, and I don't seem to have any bowel issues at all.  I've had a few 'poopy' days, but I usually only go once, and sometimes every other day!  Boy, they sure seem to blow that side affect out of proportion!  I imagine it can be a huge problem for the people it does affect, but I just don't see that many people having the problem.  Of course, I'm still really early out and anything can happen.  I'm getting my protein in from food already, and I can drink milk without any problem (I do get a little more gassy from it, but not so much that it would keep me from drinking it).  Overall, I'd have to say I'm doing really really well (touch wood!).  I'll post a new ticker on here tomorrow (Mondays are my 'weigh' days, so I'll have a new number to enter tomorrow anyway!)

Just checking up on my profile, and saw the ticker.  That isn't my ticker!  I don't know how that happened.  Those sure aren't my stats.  
Whatz up with that?

For the first time since I can remember, I am looking forward to the coming year. There are so many changes in store for me and my family!  

My daughter took a bunch of pictures of me today so I can keep a good record of the adventure I will be embarking on this year.  Once I'm 'on my way' as a switch sista', I'll post them here.  I need to have something to compare them to though, just for my own comfort.  I just can't come to post them right now, but that's okay.  I'll get there. 

I was just checking out my profile, and decided this little box looked soo lonely with nothing in it.

Now it will feel better!!