It's Time...

Sep 20, 2010

I am less than 2 weeks from my surgery date and I think it is about time I start the documentation of my journey here. I have chose to have the RNY. I am nervous and excited. I have incredible family support including 2 other family members that have had RNY and are doing incredible.

I was not a heavy child, I was 135 when I got married 20 years ago and even after having 2 children I was about a 12-14. It was soon after a hysterectomy at 29 and major move that I noticed the weight seemed to continuely creep on over the years. A few serious attempts of losing weight brought some loses of 20-25 lbs, but it never lasted. I learned one of my biggest hurdles was learning to eat regularly, still a bit of struggle, but so much better than it was. I now eat breakfast within one hour of getting up and make sure to have lunch. I too often skipped both of these meals and then would make a large dinner late at night. Once to eat with the kids and then a 2nd one when my husband returned from his swing shift at 11pm at night. I love to cook and learning to make better choices and learning healthy cooking is helping.

I recently also made a huge life change again. We closed our business of 6 years and I have the amazing opportunity after 20 years of marriage to not work outside our home. I have loved being a wife and mother taking care of our home, my family and focusing on healthy eating and meals. My 16 yr old daughter has recently lost 15 lbs with the changes we are making. She is almost at a healthy goal weight and we have had many discussions on solving problems before they become too big to handle.

I started my journey to RNY in Dec. 09 with the first call. I started my 6 months of counseling and appts in February. In June we closed our business and I injured my back, rupturing a disc. I had surgery in early July to remove a bone chip and remove the disc fluid that was damaging the nerves in my left leg. I have been fortunate that I am recovering well, still have some numbness to the touh in my leg, but have regained most of the strength. This surgery did delay my RNY surgery, but I am back on track. So glad it was just delayed a little bit.

So... let the journey begin to life after surgery after October 1st!

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