mess79
1/11/2008
Jan 11, 2008
So, let me start by letting you know ( if anyone is actually interested ) a little about why i am here ! Well i am obese ! I grew up surrounded by a loving family . On a weekly basis the fam' always gathered around my grandparents dinner table and enjoyed many o' meals ! So, i learned to have a passion for food . A love affair , if you will, with delecious hardy helpings. And might i add, we currently still gather and eat to our stomaches content each week.
So much so that, i will be the 4th in my family to have this procedure or should i say ! Because honestly , that means my entire family has a problem . And there are quite a few more who i wish could have the procedure along with me . Simply because i love them with all my heart and want them to be around as long as possible!!
Next week i will begin my steps to have the gastric bypass surgery. I have already gone for my consultation . This coming monday ; blood work,EKG,chest xray . Then Tuesday: nutrionalist. Then Thursday; Pysch evaluation. Then the waiting period!
But to be honest, i am in no rush . I am more petrified of the surgery than excited. Although i know this has to be done !!!! I want to live !
And not just live but, live comfortably. In seats, in bed , in resteraunts, at work, walking, and dare i say running ????? So, i begin ....................