and the journey continues.......

Aug 19, 2009

It's been a while. I admit I have become fascinated with Facebook and a lot of my time online has been spent there. Summer here in NY has been mild compared to previous years but even with the heat we've had, I have not been sweating as much as I would normally. I returned to work finally on Aug.4. People I have not seen since the surgery have been stunned by my appearance. Mouths have dropped and of course comments have been made(all good) but I know I'm still a work in progress. My eating habits still suck. I'm hardly ever hungry and when I am, eating is a chore. There is nothing like throwing up your 3 bites of salmon on the corner of Lexington Ave. & 53rd St. And for those who don't know, it's a pretty busy corner in Manhattan. A subway station is right there thank you very much and here I am in full uniform (I work for NYC Transit) at the beginning of the evening rush, pucking up my lunch. There were 2 sympathetic souls who offered to get me water or something to ease my anguish.
I guess if I'm going to eat other than my own cooking, I better get used to that and carry bags with me.
Anyway, for anyone who might be interested, I reached 1derland today.  Scale read 198. I can't remember the last time that happened but I know it was 20+ years ago. Hopefully by next year, I'll be able to get this skin removed to complete this journey. So, for now I'll just say things are better and I expect they will continue to improve in the months ahead.

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