This isn’t necessarily about surgery but it pertains to the life I’ve dealt with the last year. As most of you know, I have Graves Disease, which is an autoimmune disorder that attacks the thyroid. I had radical treatment Feb. 4, 2005, which was to take radioactive iodine to kill off the thyroid. The Graves … Read More
Wednesday January 18, 2006
A lot of people mark their one-year surgery anniversary and I’m sure I’ll do the same. But for some reason today is the day that sticks out in my mind. Today is the one-year anniversary of when I decided I WANTED to pursue gastric-bypass surgery. Jan. 18 was the day that I first visited my … Read More
Tuesday January 17, 2006
I was going to wait until I reached the 100 pound lost mark but I realized this week that I really did need a new ID badge photo for my job. I’m down about 70 pounds, I have a new hairdo and I wear glasses now instead of contacts so I really don’t look like … Read More
Tuesday January 17, 2006
Most the time the joking question is to ask the weirdest places a person has had sex but I’m doing my own twist. I’m starting a mental list of weird and embarrassing places that I’ve thrown up. Today I can add “at a high school in front of a bunch of students trying to eat.” … Read More