How will things be different a year from now?

Every year in March, I'm required to attend a local teaching & technology conference. Today is that day. Every year, I dread events like this because I worry, "Can I get to the room fast enough to get an end seat so that I don't crowd anybody?" or "Will I have to try and squeeze past people and cram in between them?" "Will I be able to navigate between the large round tables in the large group room at lunch??"

I just hate that I have this constant anxiety about these things. I would love to come to this event in one year's time and not even have these things cross my mind.... I guess only time will tell....

Look at your ticker, girl. Things are already changing! OK, so maybe you're not at the finish line yet, but you are so in the race. The process is everything. This year you can celebrate being more comfortable and moving more easily around the room than you did last year. I'm a teacher, too, and know just what you are talking about with those meetings, and the navigational nightmare they can be. I'm smiling for you. Carry on with pride!

One of the greatest gifts  that I've received from this surgery is peace of mind.  So many of the stresses you mentioned are part of my past.  Having to plan my entrance and exit,  being the heaviest person in the room, being extra mindful of what I order and eat so as not to draw extra attention on myself. 

You are doing amazing on your sup diet, your focus is unbelievable.  Your next year is going to be so inspiring to watch, I am super excited for you!

 

Deidra

You will get there!! And I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't have a better experience even this year!!! You have done an AMAZING job with your pre-op!

I know exactly what you mean!  I am currently in school, working on a masters degree, and I always feel a sense of dread when I am walking to a new classroom.  Will it be updated with table-style desks or will it have the old school desks that I don't fit in? I can wedge myself into one, but it leaves bruises on my stomach & I have to be careful not to wear a sweater or something that adds bulk.  I look around at my (mostly younger) classmates & wonder what it would be like for my stomach to not touch the edge of the desk top??  I'm having VSG surgery in June, and my birthday is in May.  On my birthday next year, I will be 50, and about 11 months post-surgery.  I'm already wondering how things will have changed, in order to make 50 even more fabulous. ;)

You have done so fabulous pre op that I have no doubt next March at the conference you will be one skinny b**ch. Bet people will be amazed! You got this.

Nikke a year from now those same people you may have to squeeze by this year will not even recognize you next...hell you wont recognize YOU!!!

I know exactly what you mean.  I keep thinking ahead to how things will be in a year.  This year I am skipping reading AP exams to have surgery.  I hope that I get invited back next June so that my colleagues from all over the country will see why I elected to stay home this year!  I also hope that the 5 miles of walking that I do each day during the reading (we grade at the Kansas City convention center not too far from the hotel we stay at) will be so much easier and even ENJOYABLE instead of painful and dreaded.

You are doing such a great job now and you are going to continue doing great things for yourself!  I'll be cheering you on for sure.