Re: Theme Day is here!

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I don't really do resolutions. My motto is "Survival is Victory" and that seems to pretty much sum things up year to year.

I have a list of some things that I would like to target this year: make progress with my newly discovered thyroid issue via finding a suitable medical professional and the right meds, make progress on my weight loss so that I don't have to buy a new wardrobe, make healthy choices, and that sort of thing. But, I am pretty much a realist having lived with chronic pain and limitations for 20+ years now and I just take things as they come. The one goal that I truly have each year and succeed with is to continue to add to my knowledge about my body and health issues. There is strength in knowledge and I tend to be most proactive in my health care.

I am also an optimistic person so I approach life with an attitude of finding a way through the challenge. I have a lot of persistence and perseverance when it comes to things that I wish to achieve. I suppose one specific goal that I do have for 2006 is to finish painting the interior of my house. This is a project that should have taken a month maximum and it will end up taking me at least a year to accomplish. BUT, I am doing it and there is a great sense of self satisfaction in taking on such a huge job and succeeding.

Sandy

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slkscb@... ~ Open RNY 12/8/03, 150 cm, Barix Clinics, 303/290 day of surgery/195 current/ goal is to be HEALTHY. Emergency appendectomy 11/1/04, Gallbladder 1/12/05. "Know your labs and track your trends." AZ Grads join us at: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AZGRADSOFWLS/

Check out my gastric bypass journal at www.acdlady.com/WLS_1 for many educational links. My OH profile is at http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/profile.phtml?N=M1062876220 I am not affiliated with the medical profession except as a proactive WLS post-op. "Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s." – Wilder