I'm stuck

Jul 23, 2018

I'm super sad today. 

The past few weeks my knee has been hurting SO BAD. My general practitioner thought I tore my miniscus. Made an emergency appointment to the orthopedic surgeon because I could barely walk.

Well, it wasn't my miniscus. I have bad arthritis in my knees and the bones are hitting each other causing immense pain. I'm only 33.

He gave me a cortizone shot which has helped, but he said the only remedy is weight loss. A LOT of weight loss.

He said this was my wake up call.

The problem is my therapist will never support my decision to get WLS. She has helped me SO much in battling my ED and to curb my binge eating to a sub clinical level.

I don't think she agrees it is a valid option for anyone.

But becoming immobile due to my obesity is my GREATEST FEAR, and i'm staring at it dead in the face.

In order to restart my journey to WLS (already done a lot of the requirements,) my therapist has to write a letter proving my readiness for surgery.

I don't know how to broach this when we meet on Thursday. This operation could save my life. I just don't know how to proceed.

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