Journey of a thousand miles...

Apr 22, 2010

...begins with a single step

Today I had my first (re)visit to CWC (as I truly will never spell out Center for Weight Control). I like the nurse practitioner. She's incredibly easy to talk to. I also liked how streamlined everything has become. Consult and initial bloodwork in one day and all of my tests on one day. I feel like I was constantly going in late to work or leaving early.

In talking to Martha today, it occurred to me that I'm really glad I didn't get the surgery in 2005. I was doing it for all the wrong reasons. I really was just talking the talk while really believing that it would solve all my problems and magically make me happy. Now, 5 years later I *am* happy. I'm an emotionally stable, whole-within-myself person who is too young to feel so old... to huff and puff if the escalator at the train station is broken... to young to, let's face it, not have enough stamina to do my part in bed.

I came out of the office and my mom said "So you're doing lap-band, right" and I replied "Well... not exactly" and she kind of flipped out. And out poured all the misinformation---you can't have enough nutrition to carry a baby, lap-band is reversible, lap-band has the same results as bypass... and I just told her she needed to come to a information session with me. My hubby is away while his mom is hospitalized and we haven't had a chance to talk about the last few days in detail... I somehow expect that he will also need to be re-educated.

Now to be mindful of my food until May 18th, when the nutritionist will show me the way.

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