Check-in

Hello, all, and Happy Wednesday. This is a LONG, busy week, but I wanted to take a moment and let you know how things are going. We got a new scale at home, good up to 440 pounds, so I decided to weigh myself today.

Imagine my pleasant surprise to see that I have lost 5 lbs! I am at 325.2 lbs with one more week to go before surgery. I feel like I am starting to adjust to the calorie restrictions, although I'm not gonna lie and say that if someone told me that the cheeseburger I'm craving was only 150 calories that I wouldn't wolf it down! Of course, part of that is that I have my period, so I really crave red meat.

In other news, my mom was admitted to the hospital today because of chest pains. They performed a cardiac catheterization and discovered that there were no blocks, her previously placed stents are in good shape, and her heart muscle is unchanged from one year ago. This is all wonderful news, as it means she hasn't had an event in this past year. HOWEVER, it's also frightening, because it means that she had to go through a procedure, and that is just not something I wanted her to have to do.

So, I thought about today's events and wondered how I felt about it. At first I worried that this was a sign that I shouldn't have surgery next week, but upon more thought, I decided that maybe it was a sign that I SHOULD. I don't want to have to go down the very difficult road my mom's been down.

I am going to close for now.  I am sneezing and I think I'll relax for a bit before bed. 

God bless and keep you all,

Love,

Amy