Today on my FB page God wanted me to know... that this world was made for you too. Enjoy it, explore it, experience it. Don't hold back. It is God's gift to you. Don't be a wallflower in the dance of life.
That last line of what God wanted me to know made me remember a song that was out a few years ago by Lee Ann Womack called "I Hope You Dance". It was a great song. It talked about dancing through life and not sitting it out. For most of my life, I have sat it out. I was too big to move and be able to do things. Because of my obesity, I have missed out on many of life's experiences. Things that I wanted to happen, but didn't. It was very sad and depressing.
God has given me a gift though. He helped me to be able to have bariatic surgery and even though I had a rough time at first. I made it through and now I am enjoying my life. I cannot tell you how wonderful it is to be able to just go and do something. I don't have to plot and plan.
I want to dance through life. I don't want to sit it out anymore. I want to be able to experience life to the fullest. I hope and pray that if you are reading this that you will also want to dance through life. Life really is for living. It's no fun being on the side line and not being able to play with the big kids. So, go and Dance!
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Doctors, the bad and the BEST!
I was chatting with my friend, Shannon this morning at our first weekly get together to weigh in and do a little study by Joyce Meyers. I have been struggling with my program and since I do not have a formal support group to attend, Shannon has become my support group. Thank heavens for her. Since she has also had bariatric surgery, she knows how hard it is to be on the program and has an understanding of what I go through.
As we were chatting, we started talking about different doctors that we have had through the years and how they have treated us because of our obesity. Can I just say, it hasn't always been pretty. I have had doctors that were basically not willing to touch me. It's kind of like if they did they might also become obese.
I had one specific doctor and I can't even remember her name, that is probably a good thing, who just treated me badly all because I was fat. I had gone in for my yearly pap smear and she just was not nice about the whole thing. She asked me if everything else was okay and I told her that my knee was bothering me a little. Her reply was "If you would just lose some weight, that would help." She never examined my knee.
About 2 weeks after that, I was getting in the shower and twisted my knee and ended up spraining it. The doc in the ER was very nice and said that he felt I should see an orthopedic. The pracitce that I was going to at the time had to refer you to a specialist. When I went to see my doctor for a recheck, I told her what the ER doc said. She told me that she would not refer me. She said I just needed to lose weight. I asked her what was I suppose to do in the mean time with my knee. Her reply was "Go buy an ace bandage if you can find one big enough." I was so upset. I had never been treated this badly by a doctor before. I never went back.
My point in all this is, that even though I am obese, I am a person and I deserve to be treated by the medical profession with dignity and respect. If you aren't, don't go back. You are worth so much more than that. If you are looking for a bariatric doctor. Be picky. Find someone who will be respectful and want to know about the whole you and not just get you on the operating table to make a buck.
I was blessed when God found Dr. Dirk Rodriguez for me.( www.drdirkweightloss.com) He never ever looked at me like I was a horrible person because of my obesity. He treated me with respect and dignity. He protected me, complimented me, joked with me, but the biggest and most important thing that he did, was that he cared about the whole me and he helped me to become healthier so I could live my life and not watch it pass me by. For that, I will always be grateful.
As we were chatting, we started talking about different doctors that we have had through the years and how they have treated us because of our obesity. Can I just say, it hasn't always been pretty. I have had doctors that were basically not willing to touch me. It's kind of like if they did they might also become obese.
I had one specific doctor and I can't even remember her name, that is probably a good thing, who just treated me badly all because I was fat. I had gone in for my yearly pap smear and she just was not nice about the whole thing. She asked me if everything else was okay and I told her that my knee was bothering me a little. Her reply was "If you would just lose some weight, that would help." She never examined my knee.
About 2 weeks after that, I was getting in the shower and twisted my knee and ended up spraining it. The doc in the ER was very nice and said that he felt I should see an orthopedic. The pracitce that I was going to at the time had to refer you to a specialist. When I went to see my doctor for a recheck, I told her what the ER doc said. She told me that she would not refer me. She said I just needed to lose weight. I asked her what was I suppose to do in the mean time with my knee. Her reply was "Go buy an ace bandage if you can find one big enough." I was so upset. I had never been treated this badly by a doctor before. I never went back.
My point in all this is, that even though I am obese, I am a person and I deserve to be treated by the medical profession with dignity and respect. If you aren't, don't go back. You are worth so much more than that. If you are looking for a bariatric doctor. Be picky. Find someone who will be respectful and want to know about the whole you and not just get you on the operating table to make a buck.
I was blessed when God found Dr. Dirk Rodriguez for me.( www.drdirkweightloss.com) He never ever looked at me like I was a horrible person because of my obesity. He treated me with respect and dignity. He protected me, complimented me, joked with me, but the biggest and most important thing that he did, was that he cared about the whole me and he helped me to become healthier so I could live my life and not watch it pass me by. For that, I will always be grateful.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Past or Future, Your Choice!
Recently on my FB page, God wanted me to know... that I can be an echo of my past, or the glory of my future. Past is connected to future through the present. At this very moment, at every moment, I am choosing to carry on the past with all its troubles on my shoulders, OR to let it go and see bright future pull me forward.
I cannot tell you how true that statement is. In every thing I do, I can choose to be the old me or the new me. Same with weight loss and baraiatric surgery. I could have chosen not to have bariatric surgery. If I had chosen that, I would be DEAD. There is no doubt in my mind. I however, chose to live. I was desperate as all get out, but I was not ready to die. God blessed me and showed me a way out of my misery. I cannot thank Him or Praise Him enough for what He has done for me.
Today, I still have the choice of being stuck in the past and be miserable. I will admit that there are days when I do that. Sometimes I just cannot help it. I'm human.
Then there are the days when I make all the right choices and I feel so much better. Making the right choice is always better. Reaching for a bright future is always better than staying in the misery of the past. I hope and pray that as you read this and are contemplating whether or not you want to be miserable or happy. Choose happy. You are so WORTH all of it!
I cannot tell you how true that statement is. In every thing I do, I can choose to be the old me or the new me. Same with weight loss and baraiatric surgery. I could have chosen not to have bariatric surgery. If I had chosen that, I would be DEAD. There is no doubt in my mind. I however, chose to live. I was desperate as all get out, but I was not ready to die. God blessed me and showed me a way out of my misery. I cannot thank Him or Praise Him enough for what He has done for me.
Today, I still have the choice of being stuck in the past and be miserable. I will admit that there are days when I do that. Sometimes I just cannot help it. I'm human.
Then there are the days when I make all the right choices and I feel so much better. Making the right choice is always better. Reaching for a bright future is always better than staying in the misery of the past. I hope and pray that as you read this and are contemplating whether or not you want to be miserable or happy. Choose happy. You are so WORTH all of it!
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