A NEW DAY

March 20, 2011 I have not witten in my blog for a few years, as I acutally had forgotten about this and then when I remembered, I could not remember the name of my blog, how silly!! A good friend, LM, does blogging and I enjoy hes very much, so I thought I would try this again. . In Feb. of 2010, I woke up one morning and could not walk, I was in so much pain and could not straighthen out. My husband, J, called the ambulance and I went to the hospital. Aftger many tests, I had a pinched nerve in my back and running down my leg, arthritis, spinal stenosis, pindched nerve at the top of my spine. I also had already decided to have gastric by-pass and my surgery was booked for May 3/10 in Toronto. Since then, I have lost almost 100 lbs, not quite, I fluctuate between 90-98 lbs. I just cannot get to that 100 lbs mark, but I will. I have had several injestions in my back for a pain block and finally I think it is starting to work. I can walk straight, without my cane or walker most times and I am doing swimming. Hopefully, this spring, I will walk more and more outside. I friend asked me if I was sorry that I had it done, and I said, "No, why would you ask that?", "Well, she said, you cannot not eat very much." I said, "Exactly that is the point, and I am now eating most things." Sometimes I have some issues, but not too many and sometimes I eat a little too much, and then I am sick. The best news is, I am off of all my insulin injections and pills. I was on 255 units of insulin a day and my sugars were still vwery high, I was insulin resistence and my future was not good. My doctor now says my life span has drastically increased. Granted all our lives are in God's hands, but now I feel I am in bettr control and I feel good about my future and my future with my family and my friends. I will bew trying to blog more and more. If anyone has had gastric by-pass and would like to talk with me about this, please do so, IK would love to chat with you more and more. We can encourage one another to keep on keeping on. The best to all of you, W