Wishy-Washy

Jul 31, 2011

The truth be told - I'm feeling somewhat wishy-washy about my upcoming surgery.  I always though I was pretty healthy, except for being obese.  Unlike many others on this site, for many years, I didn't let my obesity get in the way of what I wanted to do.  I hiked in the wilderness (you don't see many morbidly obese ladies over 55 out there!!!), I skied, and I am very successful at work.  This last year, I couldn't ski or hike and my health really started to deteriorate (prediabetes, cholesterol heading out of control etc), and I felt horrible, so I started to look into surgery.

As part of the pre-surgery evaluation, my surgeon has corrected vitamin deficiencies, gotten my sleep apnea diagnosed, and I've worked hard to follow the nutrionists directions on diet and exercise.  The result is that I already feel much better, and pictures of me in January look nothing like pictures of me now.   My personality profile is that I think that I should be able to do this on my own - so of course there are second thoughts about the surgery.

But in the end, I cannot do this on my own.  I was an obese child, lost weight and kept it off for 20 years but after I had 3 kids I kept adding weight, so I became a morbidly obese adult. 

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