Today for some reason feels like a Friday to me, but it’s not…I’m not really doing anything today, just cleaning house and packing up some clothes to let a friend borrow on her trip to Vegas…There is a Weight Loss Meet and Greet in Vegas this coming weekend and it is going to be a blast…I know alot of the ladies that are going and they are a hoot…I’m wondering who is going to call me to come and bail them out…And you know who you are…:) Good times for sure…Totally off topic again, which sometimes I do..I’m very lucky to have readers that realize I’m not a writer and that it’s ok…It’s not like I’m trying to be an award winning author, which I would love to be able to do, but that will never happen…LOL

So that is how my day is going, getting ready and having dinner with a friend…Hope everyone is having a wonderful day and please know I appreciate you all…

Berrigirl

I have come to the conclusion that a lot of people are fearful of me and what I have to say about my WLS…

I have been meeting a lot of Weight Loss Surgery patients either online, talking to on the phone or meeting in person and the number one thing that I hear or see on their face is fear…When I tell them about my complications that I have…It seems like they are only focused on the weight that I have lost and how much I have kept off…Granted, I probably was that way at first because Bariatric Doctors drilled it into my head that there aren’t a lot of people out there with complications and if you come across one they might be resentful…Believe me when I say I’m so far away from being resentful, I only want the best for you and guess what there are a lot more of us then they think…Everyone does good the first 1-3 yrs and then you do start noticing some type of problems like Anemia, b-12 issues etc…Not everyone does but more then you might think..

Granted I understand what they are feeling because I was once them, but they have no need to feel that way cause I’m not here for a person to be scared..I only want to inform a person and to find a solution to the problem and when it comes up that doctor’s have some sort of a clue what to do…

Hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine’s day…I guess your wondering why I put TMI as a headliner for today’s post, well I don’t want to gross anyone out who might be a bit queasy…This is an awkward situation to discuss…

You know I have been experiencing alot of stomach pain lately and I have been asking around to some WLS’er what could it possibly be…And they all came to the conclusion that it might be my Gallbladder and I was like please do not let it be that…Well I don’t think it was, cause this was my problem…I hadn’t had a good bowel movement in a very long time…I thought I was, but obviously that was not the case…I took some Miralax and gave myself the full dosage instead of a teaspoon or less…My body is so thanking me this morning and I realized that my body was backing up…And all the pressure that I have been feeling in my stomach and lower intestines that was causing all of this bloating and feeling like my insides were being ripped out…Not sure what caused the blockage but I”m so thankful that it’s over with…

I don’t necessarily like talking about poop but we all do it and for Weight Loss patients it’s especially something we have to keep under control or this might happen…

Today I do not want to think of anything basically…Have you ever had one of those days that if you think you swear your head is going to fall off??? I’m over thinking alot of things in my life and I just need to stop it…So I’m giving myself the day off and hoping to get to talk to my best friend when she calls later in the day…She can make anyone laugh and always knows how to have a good time, sucks that she lives 2,000 miles away…

I’m hoping everyone is having a wonderful day…:)

Berrigirl

Your probably asking yourself when has she ever been normal and your right not alot of you have seen the normal side of me, when I haven’t been sick…LOL…

When I decided to do this blog I promised myself and to my readers that I would always be truthful to you..And trust me it’s hard to put yourself into the public eye, something I never thought I would do in my lifetime..That was my old job when I did work was how to help those who wanted to be in the public eye deal with fame and criticism…It again was never suppose to be me, but since I have put myself out there I will let you know what I have been dealing with lately…

For the past couple of weeks my husband and I have been thinking about having a child…And if you knew me before this was something that I never wanted, my career was my child…My husband and I always thought that we were going to be urban yuppies for the rest of our lives, that somehow children never were going to be an equation in our daily lives…But guess what, I got sick and had to stop working and I found along that journey that I wanted to have a child and that maybe people with kids had it all…It wasn’t the money or prestige that we came to realize that we wanted…That old adage is true “money isn’t everything”…

So last week I went to see my Gyno. and she is one of the best here in Nashville…The funniest thing is that she has massage chairs and a masseuse that comes in to relax you before anything gets done…I know that is freaking awesome…Totally off subject, but I had to share since it’s such a great marketing tool…Anyway, I had this discussion with her and well she said that she doesn’t advice me to have kids since I’m to ill to have any…With all that I have been through and how tough it is with me absorbing any type of nutrients she said flat out that if I had a child it would probably kill us both…Now do I take what she has to say and say I won’t do it or do I try anyway…This has been a painful decision that I still don’t know what to think of, but I wanted to be honest with my readers and explain why I haven’t been around much lately…

This isn’t a post to feel sorry for me at all, that is never my intentions when I write a post, it’s to inform you of the struggles that I go through with my Weight loss Surgery…

Thank you for all of your support and love…Promise to return to my normal regular post soon…

Berrigirl