News from the doctor...

I went to the doctor yesterday for my one week check up and they were amazed that I had lost 26 lbs. so far. They told me to keep up the good work and that I could begin walking 45 minutes a day. I was really glad about that! I'm not a huge tv watcher so sitting or lying around the house has gotten old...I'm ready to be out of the house and around people. I am going back to work next Tuesday and I'm really excited about that...I miss all of my co-workers...not the work so much, just the co-workers.

When I left the doctors office yesterday I knew I had made the right decision to have this surgery. I don't think it is for everyone but if you have the determination and the support of family and friends, I think you could be very successful with it. I prayed for many months that this would happen but I also know that things don't always happen when we want them to but when God wants them to. I had my first surgery date of Nov. 15, 2007 and a few days before the surgery they found an ulcer that had to be treated for 6 weeks before I could be scoped again and given the okay. I was devastated...I felt like it was some sort of punishment even though I knew my God was in control. I finally came to realize that November just wasn't my month...maybe I wasn't ready, maybe God wasn't ready, maybe He was trying to teach me something...probably patience. That is one virtue I've never really been able to master...I try really hard but it doesn't always work.

The other day Hannah was commenting on how "skinny" I have gotten (let me tell you, I have NOT gotten skinny!!) but she was concerned about the pain I had been in and in that very moment I realized that I had not only had this surgery for myself, but for her most of all...and I told her that...I told her that it was all for her so that I could be a better mother, a better daughter and better person. I know that I will be all of those things and more.

This year holds a lot of changes for me and I will divulge more as life goes on but for now, I'm happy with where I am in my life. I know my future is bright and I know that good things are to come.

Until then...