After having surgery, what was the one or many you did, that you couldn't do being your...

To not be out of breath all the time. To not feel my skin get so hot and sweaty from just standing in the sun. To clip my toenails myself. To shave my legs and not have to work around my belly. To lay in bed and see my vajayjay. To feel bones.....on and on.


Reading the posts of others brought tears to my eyes, normal sized people just do not realize how difficult it is when a person is MO. All the things they take for granted the MO struggle with daily. It makes me so sad to realize that
I lived like this for many years and did nothing about it but just gained more weight.

Cross my legs,

Hike 7 miles up and down cliffs.

Enjoy sex.

See and CLEAN all parts of my body.

Take the stairs without thinking about it.

Enjoy a meal without guilt or feeling like strangers are judging me.

There are so many things that I already take for granted and don't think about anymore.  It is just amazing!

 

Well, I haven't had time to read all the replies but it feels so good to walk into a crowded room and not feel like everyone is looking at me because I am fat.  Or sitting next to someone and feel like I am crowding them as in a plane or theater.  Trying on clothes in a fitting room that just got bigger.  I love to visit with my kids friends and feel as cool as them.  I don't sweat as much.  I really do enjoy eating less and not eat until I feel stuffed.  I don't know why I couldn't stop when I had eaten enough before surgery, do  you know?

My feet and ankles don't hurt like they used to and I can walk the mall without finding a bench to sit down every few feet.  Wearing a bathing suit isn't traumatic any more.  I can wear my old jewelry again.  

The best thing is a normal A1C and my blood pressure is low and my heart and arteries are as clean as a whistle.  

Reading all these replies made me tear up.  It's like reading about hostages held captive for a very long time finally set free to live life how it's meant to be lived.  I, for one, want to shout from a mountaintop but plain 'ol fear of failure keeps me fairly quiet around family/friends.  This forum is my outlet...thank you for being here.  

Now, for what I did I couldn't do before...my husband and I were crossing a parking lot when a car approached...I ran a few steps, stopped, turned to my husband and said, "did I just run?"  He nodded and I asked again, "I think I just ran. Did I really just run?"  

I am still preop but I can't wait to cross my legs! Also one of the things on my bucket list is to go horseback riding. I so hope I will be able to do that one day. I also can't wait to ride a bicycle again. Sad to say but I can't wait to be NOT noticed. I am so sick of the stares and snickers. It upsets me, my children, and my entire family.