Heather H.
My name is Heather. My mom and I have planned to take the journey of RNY together. I am so happy that she has decided to take this journey with me, without her I would not be strong enough. I am 22 years old, and my surgery is scheduled for January 21, 2010. We have went through a lot for this to happen and now that it is so close, I kind of dont know how to feel or react. Excited, scared? Mom has read up on the surgery a lot, and me....well I have read some. Im kicking myself for not setting myself up with this site sooner. **que I told you so laugh from mom** I look at myself in the mirror and try to imagine what I will look like in a year and cannot comprehend. In my 22 years I have come to terms with the fact that I will be fat all my life. And now there are people saying no, that I dont have to be and I wont be. Through all the feelings I have, and through everything that refuses to surface, I know that in the end we will be healthy, and happier. I just wish that there didnt have to be such a gap between my mother's and my surgery, but I understand that we both will need time to recouperate. Im so excited I will get to ride rolloercoasters in the summer!!!
