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Reflections on a 1 year anniversary -  Hello my long lost blog! Wow, it is crazy how fast time flies!  It is August 1st and one year ago I was sitting in a private room on the 4th floor of CDH barely eating anything...

Calories and Exercise...Shoganai -  I've had quite the movie-watching weekend (and I am sitting in movie theaters without eating movie theater popcorn - yay!).  Last night I saw "The King's Speech" and today I saw "...

Ah, puke. -  Seriously, why am I puking?  I have been weighing, measuring, portion controlling and making the best possible food choices.  Today I had the usual granola, but I ate it with a cu...

Support Group -  I'm so happy that I went to the support group tonight.  I went because I've been struggling with the changing dynamics of the relationships that I have with my middle sister.  I r...

Doing well -  I feel like I'm doing well...well enough.  Last week I started to work out, rather too intensely.  This week, I'm paying for that with soreness, sickness, and fatigue.  I can't ki...

Thanksgiving = easy; 21 year broken neck anniversa -  Thanksgiving of 2010...no biggie.  That sentence just made me sound so childish.  Ha!  Really, it wasn't a difficult as I had anticipated.  I had just a little bit of some things ...

Wow, dumping...yuck - I made an eating mistake.  I guess I didn't consider the sugar content of pancakes and syrup.  I haven't had that to eat in forever.  Anyway, I had just a little bit - maybe eight ...

Being called FAT - I was just searching through the "Rate my Teacher" website.  I get email notifications when there is an update to a post regarding me.  One of the most recent posts was from a boy ...

16 weeks post op -  It is a Friday night.  I went to work at 6 a.m. in order to get some things done that I had not considered until late last night when I was working on my new computer.  Yep, my co...

This year, for Halloween, I'm going as a sick pers - I'm sick. My normal temp is 96.4-96.6 - but yesterday and today I'm pushing 101.  I get chills, I get hot, I don't really sweat - probably because I don't have enough water in m...

Time is flying - I'm sitting in my comfy chair with my feet up by the fireplace.  My computer is working again because I had to but a new wireless router.  So I finally have access to my internet f...

Why it is WORTH it... - There are many reasons why making the choice to go under the knife is worth it.  These will be as different and as ever-changing as the bariatric patients themselves.  And while it...

9 1/2 Weeks Post-Op...appointment...not fine - Well I saw The Man today.  I had to sneak out of school about 15 minutes early in order to make it to my appointment with Dr. Vallina.  It didn't go so well.  1st of all, I've been...

9 Weeks Post-op...doing fine - Last Tuesday, September 30th, was my ninth week post-op celebration.  I'm so happy that I've lost 45 pounds!  It is slow going in that the initial weight loss was rapid.  Now I'm w...

The Swing of Things - It feels like the past four days of school were a month long.  I can not believe how drained I am.  Exhausted...yes.  Sore...yes.  Overwhelmed...absolutely.  Emotional...not too ba...

My grandfather's striped chair - My grandfather's striped chair sits empty in my loft.  The sun that streams in through the big picture window has washed out some of the once-vivid color from it.  Nonetheless, it ...

Of course, on my last day of leave... - .....I'd be throwing up again.  DAMN!  Okay, here is the deal.  I think that I got cocky.  I'm 5 weeks and 1 day post-op and I'm doing the chopped diet.  I think I need to back it ...

Afloat on a boat...currents, breezes, and waves - I believe that it was the third day of my most recent hospitalization that I spent over seven hours in meditation.  I was going without pain medication, and I had attempted to go w...

This reminds me of The Andes in Peru - I want to address some of the mental issues I'm dealing with. Since I've had a little time to rest I went back through some of my adventure travel scrapbooks.  I spent a lot of ...

What took me back to the hospital - It is quite the understatement to say that RNY is some sort of quick fix to morbid obesity.  Many of my friends think that I chose to do this because I'm looking for a magic bullet...

3 weeks out and struggling - A little over 3 weeks ago I was sitting in my hospital room, tolerating a pureed diet, walking pretty well, sleeping well (thanks, to the meds), and in good spirits.  A little over...

Long day - It was good to get back to school.  I was able to get my classroom pretty much set up with a lot of help from my sister.  I'll be back tomorrow to go through files.  I think I'll g...

Jitters - I'm kind of nervous right now.  Tomorrow I'm going to back to work.  I'm leaving at 9 a.m. with my sister in order to go unpack the stuff I need for my classroom.  She will help me...

To have climbed in the mountains - Ahhh, where did the time go today?  I'm still very tired.  I worked on unpacking a couple of boxes and was pooped.  I start back at school on Monday.  My sister will help me with m...

1 week and 2 week anniversary...let me explain - One week ago I was wheeled away to the ER because I had a GI bleed resulting from the Lovenox blood thinners I was taking. Two weeks ago I had just finished my first 24 hours as...