upty71
9/13/06 I went to the informational meeting tonight at SMDC. The information was delivered by Dr Medlin who I thought was great. DH went with me and though he was somewhat apprehensive (it seemed) when I told him of my decision to have the RNY, by the time we left he was seriously considering signing up as well. I just reiterated that it was a decision that he would have to make when the time was right for him. It would help him though as he suffers from diabetes, hypertension, gout, high cholesterol, psoriatic arthritis.....if it would help him cut down on some of the meds, it would be great for him. I had my physical with PCP on 9/11 and again, healthy as a horse except for my weight. It was funny, I was reading a People magazine while I waited in the room for him and when he came in, I tossed it on the counter-just to get it out of the way. After a few min, he picked it up and asked what I thought of those people (you know, the Lindsey Lohan, Paris Hilton types). I said that I would never want to be like that, they are just as bad as me only polar opposites. I just want to be "normal". He was impressed by my response. It was a nice segue into the conversation about the WLS-the reason that I sched the physical to begin with. I was suprised with how supportive he was about it. He could not have had a better reaction. So far, I am batting 1000 on that aspect. Everyone that I have told about my decision (about 12 people) have been behind me 100%. It makes me so emotional to hear all the supportive comments of my friends and family. I was kinda worried about my MIL...she watched my son tonight while we were at the meeting. She asked me last night what kind of meeting we were going to and at the time I just told her it was personal-did not want to talk about it over the phone with her. This afternoon when I dropped off G, I broke down and told her where we were going. She was so excited about it! It made my day :). Tomorrow I will call and start scheduling appts. I could have done it tonight but there was a HUGE line and we did not want to wait around....it was a long drive home.
