April 11, the beginning of a new me

Apr 14, 2007

April 11, The beginning. 
I met with Dr. Woodman after filling out paperwork till my fingers fell off.
He was just as I knew he would be after many months of waiting to meet him. It was him talking and me listening. I wanted to tell him about how my genetics played into it, and my crazy work schedule, eating at night and so forth. He wasn't buying any of it. He told me I was overweight because I ate too much and exercised too little. LOL. 
Well, DUH.

I guess I need someone like him to  help me because I have justified and rationalized so long about why why why I let myself get this way that I have lost sight of the real reasons. Being a 22 year Critical Care nurse doesn't help either.  I have had to do some real close self examination this year and here is what I have come up with:
I tend to surround myself with doctors who I can push around. In other words, they don't tell me hard facts, and I dont push for them.
They let me tell them what to prescribe, when Ill come back and so on. 
I work in a teaching hospital, and so Im accustomed to getting what I want or need from new and old docs for my patients, as well as for myself. It is part of my job to do that for patients, but it oozes over into my personal life too..What they say is right. Nurses and Doctors are the worst patients. The most non compliant. Thats because we already know what the docs are going to do, so we have an action plan ready to get around the rules. Well that has been counter productive in this situation, and i intend to give him the wheel. I will do just exactly what he says. I have got to be ready on May 8.

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