9 days to Surgery! Prayer Request!!

Jul 20, 2010

I remember being at someone's house once and her mom was morbidly obese. She was so large, she couldn't really walk much, her legs were always swollen, she was diabetic and I'm sure she had many other things going badly in her body that I didn't know about. Even in her own house, she used a scooter to get around. But, she was preparing to have Gastric Bypass Surgery.

I distinctly remember her saying, "I'm going to be skinnier than all of you guys". She was referring to the 3 women in the room: Myself, and her 2 daughters. Now, none of us were incredibly thin, but only one of us "girls" was even remotely large enough to be considering surgery, and that person was me. I have to admit that I have spent some time dreaming about getting so thin that the only word to describe me is skinny. I even had a nightmare or two about not being able to stop losing weight, and having to have medical intervention because I had lost too much weight.

This surgery will help me lose weight, probably a lot of weight, and give me the tools I need to be able to keep it off. I really want to have realistic goals about what I'm hoping to get from this surgery. The reality of this surgery is that I might not ever reach "skinny" but it is very likely that I will reach much more healthy than I am now.

Please pray for me to have reasonable goals with regard to the drastic changes my body will be going through! Pray for me to keep my eyes on the prizes to come: Roller Skating, Dancing, Bike Riding, Hiking, Swimming, Roller Coasters, and hopefully another baby or two!! Pray for me to worry less about the numbers and more about the health! Please also pray for me to be realistic about any plastic surgery work that may need to be done later!

Verse I'm meditating on today:
Philippians 1: 3-6
I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Huggles!!
~Sarah~

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