First appointment done!!!

Hey everyone! I wanted to share a bit with you about me to get us going. I know some of you may think that i "over-share". My thought on it is this....if i can show even one single person out there that they are not alone in their struggle, whatever we are talking about at the moment then i feel it is worth it. You will find me talking about my health and mental health issues and if that is too much for you by all means feel free to move on. If you think that you want to hang out with me...well then sit back and enjoy the ride and please feel free to leave "productive" comments at any time.

So, to start with i wanted to share a bit of my health issues with you just to show what is leading me down the road of bariatric surgery. I meet most of the criteria. I am a diabetic, i have high blood pressure and cholesterol as well as severe sleep apnea. I have difficulty walking and suffer from fibromyalgia and arthritis. I have been seeing a pain management specialist since last july and he recommended physical therapy to try to help get me moving. More about that later. He also suggested a procedure where he goes in and burns some of the nerves that send pain signals to the brain. I have had that done now in the lower back twice and the neck once last summer and started the second round yesterday morning on the left side so i am pretty miserable this morning.

Also yesterday I had my initial consultation appointment for the bariatric surgery. I was so very nervous, my anxiety was through the roof i am telling you!! To top it off i had the nerve burn first so was in pain then had a long bumpy drive in not great weather to the appointment. Once we got there everything went quick and painless though. I didn't really have many questions, if i could have done the surgery then i would have lol. I have opted and they concurred for the bariatric bypass option. There are goal i have to meet by june most of which are appointments and paperwork. The most important one is by june i must lose 15 lbs. That is going to be the hard work for me right now but i am determined!! On that note i promised you pictures last time so i had my lovely daughter come over and snap a couple of "before" photos of me....just a word this takes me WAY out of my comfort zone!! Here goes.... BEGINNING WEIGHT 311

Let me share something pretty with you after that not so pretty LOL.... i am a digital artist and here is one of my scrapbook pages with a poem that i wrote. I have not done much lately and plan to get back into it real soon.

Welll now that i have talked your ear off for the day i will call it closed, until we meet again big hugs your way ♥