9 years and counting...

Feb 04, 2016

I SWAM LIKE A SHARK ... oh wait ... it may have been like a dolphin ... I love to swim .. a marathon swimmer, it is my most favorite exercise ... TODAY after I came home from work I went to the pool and I swam to celebrate...  I chose to celebrate my 9 year re-birth .. the day I snatched my life back from morbid obesity and 5 related co-morbidities.

I chose to celebrate today although the actual date is tomorrow because tomorrow is the 1 year anniversary of my twin grandbabies transitioning to angelhood ... Two little angels that inducted me into grandmahood... they blessed us with 5 hours and we celebrated them with gladness I will always celebrate them with joy as we now await the birth of their brother or sister as once again I live and dream of being a healthy young nana for whenever the miracle happens.

Yes I AM CELEBRATING... I am celebrating that the CPAP machine and the horrible mask that spooked me at nights when I caught my reflection in the mirror is no longer my bed mate.... I am celebrating that Toprol-XL for hypertension is something of the past ... I am celebrating that its been 9 years since I took Zetia for my hyperlipidemia or Glucovance twice daily for my type II diabetes or Nexium for gastroesophageal reflux so bad I used to think my esophagus was on fire ... I remember not being able to climb a flight of stairs without tooting my inhaler or hacking up a lung .. shortness of breath and asthmatic episodes daily several times a day all behind me ... and they will stay there as long as I walk the course.

... this is my life ... my journey for health and wellness ... I embrace it... I live it ... because MORBID OBESITY ALMOST KILLED ME .. I have my life back! and I AM NOT GOING BACK!!!... HAPPY 9 YEARS SURGIVERSARY TO MEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! YUP  ... I swam this day ... sooooooooooo many laps I lost count ... I am refreshed and invigorated .... ahhhhhhhhhh Morbid Obesity where is your sting! I will keep focused and keep you under my feet ... one day..one choice at a time ... I will continue my digital journal A Picture A Day Keeps the Pounds and the Inches Away ... an empiric tool that my beautiful sister María Carmela (RIP) suggested ... sometimes I really don't want to ... but I remember ...



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