TGIF Coffee Everyone !!!!

Good morning Michigan, Here it is Friday already Yea!!!! Looks like a storm coming in for the week end.  It was just real cold outside this morning ....Burr

I'm drinking s/f French vanilla Carmel de caf . I think it Folgers... Planing on taking it easy today. I have all my morning chores done...

The Q for the day..........   What was the one thing that pushed you over the edge to have surgery?? .  
For me it was the constant nagging from my family doctor. In my family was getting to me too.. 

Mornign Randy, I am so ready for the weekend so I can sleep. Feeling extra tired this week. I am at work and having chicken stir fry for breakfast. Got my water ready for later.

What sent me over the edge. I was watching Montel Williams show and he was doing it on morbidly obese people and there was this boy my age and he had so many problems and the doctor on the show was talking about all the major risks of being obese. I had heard them all before, but this particular day it was different. I actually "heard him" so I called the Montel Williams show and they told me that they weren't doing anymore shows and to call a doctor. My boss' mom had surgery and they gave me her surgeons name (Krause) I did a google search and found OH.

congrads, And thanks for sharing your story

Getting ready to go for my scope, nothing to eat or drink and I am SOOO thirsty right now...

What pushed me over the edge?  Honestly I was just tired of being tired and sore and things just were falling apart for me.  So, I just made the decision :) 

Take care guys, talk to ya later after I get home and rested from the happy drugs they will give to me :)

♥
Christina

I hope that you got all the Pisces to put yourself back together

It was a pretty snowy morning here. But I made it to work okay by avoiding the highways. I am about to get my large mug of ice water to enjoy...I tried some hot stuff yesterday and it just didnt sit right. So I am sticking with my standby.

Funny you ask this question, I have been thinking about it a lot recently. In march of this year, my dad's best friend lost his 34 year old daughter to what they later determined was a blood clot. She and I grew up together and while I had not seen her in years, her death really hit me hard. She had been diagnosed as a teenager with diabetes and struggled with her weight her entire life. While she was not as obese as I was, her death was still difficult for me to comprehend. I knew I was already Insulin Resistant and the next step was diabetes. Honestly before her death, I never considered WLS as an option for me. I had seen others go through it with mixed results and I had decided there was no way I would ever do that. After her death I realized that I needed to do something or else I might not make it to 40. I dont know to what extent my parents have told her parents about my surgery and my reason for looking into it, but I am thinking about writing them a letter. I just dont know if it is the right way to go about it or if it will be more upsetting to them than comforting.

Kelly, Thanks for sharing your story......

Good Morning!

My answer for the question of the day

It was the thought that I may be able to sleep someday with out my cpap machine!  I'm greatful for the machine and can't imagine sleeping without it.  However, the desire to be able to wake up without mask marks, that seem to last longer and longer into the day, was increasing. 

Also the vicious dieting cycle.  Any weight gain caused serious beratement on myself, which would cause me to be depressed, which would cause me to eat because I was fat anyway, so why not keep eating all those bad things.

Colleen

Colleen, Thanks for sharing your story......

Colleen:  My aunt had RnY surgery, maybe 8 years ago.  She was so looking forward to getting rid of her c-pap.  While she now doesn't need it, she still uses it!  She finds that she sleeps better with the rhythm and sound.  I didn't find this to be the case myself -- I was so glad to shelve the thing.  It always made me cold!