Last update January 24,2009
One Day at a Time
I have been so busy with my new life that I haven't taken the time
to let you all know how well I am doing.
I have been in college again.
Yes, that is right, me in college!
As you know by now, in August 2001 I had Ruen-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery.
I have lost 185 pounds and I am a new woman.
I decided in October of 2002 that I wanted to go back to college.
I applied and was accepted and began school in January 2003.
I wasn’t too sure of myself yet as I had not been in college since 1978.
I had lost most if not all of my self-esteem from being obese.
I never went anywhere, as I couldn’t walk far at all.
I was afraid of just about everything.
I embarked on my new life with some trepidation, to say the least.
I took 2 classes the first semester.
I was going to take a full load but I became too anxious and had panic attacks the first week of school.
Well, I studied and I made the grade.
I obtained a 4.0 GPA that first semester and the second one too.
I was invited to join Phi theta Kappa which is the international honor society for two year colleges.
I was inducted in my third semester and I was still carrying that A.
Well I got my first B in algebra in spring of 2004.
I was devastated. Of course I now look at it as a weight off my shoulders
as I was expecting so much of myself.
I now am in my 5th semester of college and have
4 more computer classes to go for my Associates degree
in Computer Information Technology, E-commerce/web development track.
I really enjoy going to school. I am not sure if I will transfer to a 4-year school next year or not.
I am back to taking 2 classes after 3 semester of full-time.
I will be going part time the next two semesters as well.
I have made the Dean’s list twice and I even made the National Dean’s list.
I need surgery which >I will be having on May 20, 2005.
The surgeon is going to shave off a protruding piece of bone to
help me get relief from the pain of sitting.
I have no fat cover back there and since I broke my tailbone as a child
it is shaped like a V sticking out and rubbing on everything I sit on. It is very painful.
I also had to have my Gall bladder out in July 2003, a complication of the gastric bypass surgery.
I am just now getting over bronchitis and still feel a little weak.
I still have chronic pain even though I lost all the weight.
The good thing is I can do things now that I was not able to do before.
I am a survivor and I try my best to maintain a positive attitude
despite any pain I may be feeling.
I am sorry it took me so long to update my journal,
but as I have been saying I have a life now.
Wow, I even like my life now.
I thank God for my health problems as they led me to GPS, weight loss and a new life.
I will be adding a picture of me recently soon.
Thanks for visiting and reading my journal.
This was me the day before my surgery on August 28, 2001.
This was me on January 3, 2004 at a party. No that is not a potted plant on my head.
I was standing in front of it.LOL.
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