Finally taking the 1st step.

Feb 25, 2009

I go on Monday (3/2/09) to a free Weight Loss Surgery Seminar at my local hospital. And for me, I guess what is so exciting is that my husband is coming along, not just for his own questions to be answered, but for moral support as well.

When I first started pondering the idea of weight loss surgery, it was about 2 yrs ago.  It's taken me up until now to finally make the decision and go ahead with it.  As I spoke with my husband about it, he was a little apprehensive. Which I do understand why, in the past, we've always heard the horror stories related to the surgeries.  We've had someone close to us actually come very close to dying.  But keep in mind, this is when gastric bypass 1st came out, I don't even know how many years it's been.  But since then, you hear mainly good things.  Years have passed which has helped in getting out those "kinks". 

I've been to my PCP, had the blood work and chest x-rays done.  Found out I have an underactive thyroid, so now I'm on medication.  In a way it was a bit of a relief, only because it explains on why I've been having more problems than usual with losing weight. But that's only a small small percentage.

Speaking to family members, have been different with reactions.  My mom is all for it. She wants to see me at my weight, healthy and happy.  My mother in law (whom I am very close with)  has had different feelings. She is against it. Again, because she has only heard the horror stories and is worried for my health, but she can also be a bit stubborn in her views,which is also one of the reasons I love her so much.

As for my friends, my best friend since I was 9 y/o is by my side all the way. She has struggled with her weight all her life as well, and she is on the short side which is sometimes harder, but she's always managed to lose weight and keep it off for a while,but she's never been extremely over weight. She told me that she cant wait for me to lose the weight so she can take me shopping and make me sexy...lol.     My other friend, knocks people who get surgery, not where she makes fun of them, but she's also the type of person if she was a candidate for the surgery she would do it, but because she's not, she wont  say positive things about it.  When i told her I was thinking about it, she told me, You don't look like your over 100 lbs over weight, your well proportioned, just leave it alone. But if you ask me, I think she's afraid that i will finally be thinner than her.  She is overweight herself, probably about 60 lbs over. We've always "dieted" together. She is the type of person that gets jealous very easily but wont admit it.   So I guess in a way, that does show you just who your real friends are.

I'm so happy to finally be taking this 1st step in my new life.  I've actually had so many feelings, happy, scared, angry (becasue I am so overweight), then back to happy and scared at the same time.

Well, here's to Monday!!!

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