Cavalier
I had been researching WLS for about a year; started when a lady I worked with had the surgery done. This last November, I attended a meeting with all the high level managers of our organization. They were giving recognition for various goals that had been accomplished. When each team that won was called, a photo was put up on the BIG screen in front of everyone. Well there aren't many women managers, and when I saw myself in that picture, I wondered what had happened to me. I can't even walk up the steps in my house to my bedroom without feeling a little winded.
I was very excited when I went through the process and my insurance company approved my surgery so quickly. Because of work scheduling, my surgery is this coming March 19. I'm planning it then so I will be well enough to go stay with my daughter when she has her first baby, my first grandbaby!! My daughter is very supportive of me but I feel that she is also just a smidge critical too. In conversation one day I said that I had always struggled with my weight, and she said I just need to exercise more. My beautiful little girl is a size 4 and has always had the innate ability to eat healthy and be healthy. She's like the energizer bunny--even at 7 months pregnant.
I know I'm doing the right thing by having this surgery. I want to live a full life. I have spent the last 24 years raising my daughter, just learning how to let go and let her have her own life with her husband. I haven't really made many friends and I live by myself. Guess I'd like a little moral support!!!
