Re: New Years as a 9 week post-op Thank you for this post

[Guest guest]

Misty,

Thank you for this post I think I will print it out to take with me to

my surgery.

Then have my husband read it while I am laying in that bed recovering.

Congratulations on your success, and keep up the positive work.

Vera- Lansdale,Pa

Bmi-61

Dr. Herron 01/26/01

On Thu, 04 Jan 2001 20:40:43 -0000 " Misty L " writes:

> You know, it's funny. I went to Dr. Keshishian initially to have

> abdominal surgery...the DS. I feel like I woke up with brain

> surgery.

> Yes, the abdominal scar was there, proving something had been done

> inside my abdomen..yet I would swear he operated on my brain! How

> things have changed! Surely they must have slipped in a free surgery

>

> on my brain and forgot to tell me! *smile* I remember clearly being

> preop, filling my house before surgery with the things I would want

> to eat after surgery..or those things I considered to be " legal " . I

> was so obsessed with the food thing..not even realizing it. I knew

> I

> had to have food in my house to nourish me..I just never expected to

>

> not care ONE BIT about food afterward..having never experienced

> eating to live...not living to eat. I expected food to keep that

> all-important place in my life, in some capacity, but NEVER expected

>

> it to be over. The obsession...the thoughts of food, my next meal

> etc. Hunger remains, appetite is a thing of the past now. My life

> is unlike anything I've even REMOTELY experienced for the last 23

> years. My life is beginning again, truly. In spite of the

> complications I had to go through after surgery, my body remained

> strong, true to me. Eating is not an issue..I can assure you the

> first four weeks were a struggle to eat ANYTHING. I never pushed

> myself to eat, I did however, force myself to drink. Eating after

> the

> complications, the horrible meds, the awful drain, the horrible

> smells..eating just ceased to exist as I once knew and adored it.

> Now

> I can eat anything..but know I eat simply to stay strong. I eat to

> socialize, yet find myself talking more, laughing more, eating way

> less...quite naturally with absolutely NO effort on my part to do

> so.

> My life is beginning at last..my body changing, my brain cured.

> Indeed. I must have had that brain surgery somewhere along the line.

>

> *smile* New Year's Eve I made a promise to myself...I wanted to

> FEEL

> the difference..so what better way than to go dancing?? *smile* I

> danced and smiled, danced and smiled...so thankful for the wonderful

>

> Dr. K, his knowlege and determination to help me. You see? My life

> is

> already more active, more fulfilling! What a great New Year for me!

>

> I have to say this to preops...remember one thing. Anything you can

>

> take with you to surgery, all the happy thoughts and feelings of

> victory are essential. I met with a postop patient I had never met

> before the day before surgery. Suzanne W. and I spent the day

> together..she not only made me feel so relaxed, she was an

> incredible example for me, a positive, healthy person. She has

> become a wonderful, lifelong friend to me. I drew upon our lunch

> and

> subsequent hours spent together as I lay in that hospital bed

> recovering. I drew from her strength and determination..fresh in my

>

> mind as my body lay recovering...I could not have done it any other

> way. You see? We all need each other..this list is so important.

> Thank you sweet Suzanne..you are my hero. Thank you to all of you,

> not only for your support of me, but also for being here for each

> other...life is indeed grand.

> Misty

> DS October 24, 2000

> Dr. Keshishian

> Delano, CA

> 65 pounds lost but never forgotten

>

>

>

>

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