girlrocker, Thank you for sharing your story. I have a VSG and looking into a DS revision. I also had a band so if I do this....3 surgeries. It's a lot to think about. Hearing from others really helps put me at ease. I have also been in therapy the last year and a half working on the head stuff. I feel very blessed in my life and thankful, yet feel being at a normal weight has always, always been out of my reach. I have never been under 200 pounds in my adult life (I'm 46) and I had two WLS. Ugh!!!!!!! It used to be about being "thin". But now I love myself no matter what. Now I just want to be healthy. I have ortho-arthritis in both my feet and have had meniscus repair on my knee. Have 100+ pounds on them for 25 years or at least 50+ when I lost weight. I'm worried the physical damage is already done. I can't imagine actually weighing under 200 pounds. Now even though I feel very healthy around food (Im not abusing it, just eat like a normal person) and still in therapy, my metabolism is SHOT. I struggle with being able to do this on my own. If I eat Paleo, I could lose the weight. I would have to eat primarily paleo with a DS, so...why not do it now.
Sorry for the ramblings, but I do see many similarities. I have a great career and a wonderful husband and family. Extended family comes with dysfunction. But I'm more emotionally healthy than I have ever been. I just want to be free and healthy. But I'm still scared. Scared about complications, scared about bathroom issues (there is gas and poop, everyone talks about it, but what is it really like), and scared just in general.
Thanks, again!!
Happy Belated Surgiversary! Here's hoping life gets even better from here on. *hug*
