Been a bit more active of late. Both physically and on the computer. Dr. R set up a new social network for MGB. Its pretty cool. Its like Myspace for MGBers. We can chat and learn from each other more easily than with say a Yahoo Group. I hope it takes off well. I did learn something from one member. She is 6 and half years post op and has gone from a low weight of 158 to a high of 205. That 47 pounds kind of scared me. She honestly talked about her issues and how she let it "get by her". I learned that we have to keep CONSCIOUS and not slip into denial or an blind state of being. I am not a "normal" person. I am a formerly mordidly obese woman who must battle it like a diabetic battles their health issues. I have been given a tool with the surgery. The tool has been pretty effective but it is ultimately UP TO ME to keep it this way.
I guess it scares me, because Life can rush in and take a hold and old habits are so comforting. I have to learn to keep aware and awake! I do not want to be so stringent that I have no other life than the one of a post gastric bypass patient, but that being said, I have a duty to my newfound life to keep up the status quo and take CARE of my new Self.
That's my two cents..
The Current and Sassy Me
My Story
November 22, 2005, I had a gastric bypass surgery called the Mini Gastric Bypass. I weighed 292 pounds. (My highest weight was 311 pounds.) I had struggled with the idea of surgery until I read the facts: that the percentage of people who had over 100 pounds to lose that lost it, and kept it off was nil. I was slowly dying.
I lost 147 pounds and my life has changed in so many ways. I am the person I was meant to be. Recently, I started to forget where I came from and lost track and gained some weight back. But like the Phoenix, I rise from the ashes and renew myself. The Warrior returns. Join me as I battle this war, and win.
If I can do this, so can you!
4/26/07
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