Today is my 1 year surgiversary!!!
Wow oh wow! I can't believe 1 year ago today I was scared stiff laying on the table in the OR getting prepped for surgery. I was so scared that maybe I would have complications or maybe I would be the 1 person to have this surgery and still not lose weight!
Looking back now, it was the best decision I have ever made. My life changed May 1st 2006. I am a completely different person today....and yet I am still the same person I always was. Does that make sense?? I am now letting people get to know the real me without being so self conscious all the time. I say whatever I think more now. I talk to strangers all the time. Strangers talk to me all the time now. I am no longer invisible, and it is wonderful!
As of today I have lost 99.5 pounds (yesterday it was officially 100, but I'm up .5 today...rats!!). I wear size 1/2 or 3/4 bottoms and size Small or Medium tops. Last year I was wearing 18-20 bottoms and 20-22 tops. People who see me now cannot tell that I was ever morbidly obese. I think I am a lot more fun than a lot of other people who have always been my size because I know where I have come from. I am sooooooo thankful for this blessing, this chance at a new life.
I will update new pictures soon, since the last ones are from January. I just wanted to wish all of you May 2007 surgery friends good luck with your journeys. Make sure you journal all your feelings and experiences so you can be an inspiration to others...like maybe the May 2008 babies (we call ourselves May babies because it's like a new birthday!)
Let me know if I can answer any questions for you!!!
Hugs,
Darlene
Wow Darlene! Congratulations on the new you! Ugh I can't wait to not be self-conscious all the time. I'm so excited about surgery that I'm driving my family insane. lol My husband isn't quite sure about all this but he's going to my pre-surgery class tomorrow. Hopefully it'll open his eyes. It's funny because he's into horror movies. I got a video of the Penn Vital Signs program from 2004 on Bariatric Surgery. He refuses to watch it. For me, it was incredible and I've watched it over and over. I hope to be a huge cheerleader for the May 2008 babies. Three weeks just seems like forever to me. I have a dear friend at dance class who had her surgery in March 2006. She's gone from 365 lbs to 201 lbs as of last Monday. She looks incredible! I'm so happy to have a cheerleader within a couple miles. To me it feels like the greatest thing I've ever done.
Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us!!!!!
* Cyndi *
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