Re: Cruising at 51/2 months postop???

[Guest guest]

Wow! I'm putting a cruise on my post op " Wish

List " !!!

Congratulations!

--- cglgrl@... wrote:

> Just had to share my story of cruising. I have been

> on a few cruises

> as a MO woman. I just returned from my first postop

> cruise after

> having had surgery 51/2 months ago. I have to tell

> you...what a

> difference! I boarded the plane a little

> afraid...the memories of my

> not fitting in the seat still very fresh in my mind.

> As I quickly

> walked down the airplane aisle, I realized for the

> first time I was

> walking EASILY down the narrow aisle! No turning to

> the side to get

> down the aisle! As I approached my seat, my stomach

> tightened a

> little at the anticipation of that horrid seat belt

> not fitting once

> again. As I reached to secure my seatbelt it dawned

> on me that not

> only did it fit, I had room to spare! I quickly

> dropped my laptray

> into my lap to see if it too fit...and voila! It

> dropped perfectly,

> never even touching my knees! I was astounded and

> laughed aloud!

> It's the little things that mean so much. On the

> cruise ship I found

> myself comfortable, dancing until the wee hours of

> the

> night...walking back to our room holding hands,

> delighting in the

> freedom of motion my body had once again discovered.

> Every night at

> dinner the food was beautifully presented...yet it

> did not hold the

> power it once held over me! I ate my protein,

> talked and laughed

> with our table mates and found myself perfectly

> satisfied with what I

> had chosen to eat!! The lure of the food had such

> little power over

> me...it was amazing. I even managed to lose two

> pounds that week!

> The week was a dream come true...a dream of romance

> at sea...of

> enjoying my body's movement, the ability to dance

> all night, walk the

> beaches all day...wow this surgery is wonderful. My

> life is truly

> just beginning again...how thankful I am to Dr.

> Keshishian for

> changing my life forever...how thankful I am to have

> found the answer

> after all these years...life is indeed grand.

> 100 pounds lost but never forgotten..

>

>

>

>

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>

[Guest guest]

Dear Cruisin'--(sorry, i dont know your name, but cruisin' fits)--OMG-

-100lbs in 5 1/2 months--how wonderful you must feel..what is your

family saying? I can just feel you on your cruise, the flowing

motion of you being able to get around & not have to turn sideways &

to really fit in (to the scene)--not to feel out of place. And, oh

for the day to not be totally consumed by the presentation of food--

non-stop...I am so glad you shared this & so glad I took the time out

this morning to check the list before I started the prep for my last

Easter dinner as a morbidly obese person. (yea!!!) I even said that

to my husband that this would be the last holiday dinner I made

before surgery--somehow it does lose its significance on a tall think

person--only someone else mo now or past would understand.

anyway, congratulations on your wonderful new life.

take good care.

ogretta

pre-op

may 11, 2001

dr inabnet

- In duodenalswitch@y..., cglgrl@a... wrote:

> Just had to share my story of cruising. I have been on a few

cruises

> as a MO woman. I just returned from my first postop cruise after

> having had surgery 51/2 months ago. I have to tell you...what a

> difference! I boarded the plane a little afraid...the memories of

my

> not fitting in the seat still very fresh in my mind. As I quickly

> walked down the airplane aisle, I realized for the first time I was

> walking EASILY down the narrow aisle! No turning to the side to

get

> down the aisle! As I approached my seat, my stomach tightened a

> little at the anticipation of that horrid seat belt not fitting

once

> again. As I reached to secure my seatbelt it dawned on me that not

> only did it fit, I had room to spare! I quickly dropped my laptray

> into my lap to see if it too fit...and voila! It dropped

perfectly,

> never even touching my knees! I was astounded and laughed aloud!

> It's the little things that mean so much. On the cruise ship I

found

> myself comfortable, dancing until the wee hours of the

> night...walking back to our room holding hands, delighting in the

> freedom of motion my body had once again discovered. Every night at

> dinner the food was beautifully presented...yet it did not hold the

> power it once held over me! I ate my protein, talked and laughed

> with our table mates and found myself perfectly satisfied with what

I

> had chosen to eat!! The lure of the food had such little power over

> me...it was amazing. I even managed to lose two pounds that week!

> The week was a dream come true...a dream of romance at sea...of

> enjoying my body's movement, the ability to dance all night, walk

the

> beaches all day...wow this surgery is wonderful. My life is truly

> just beginning again...how thankful I am to Dr. Keshishian for

> changing my life forever...how thankful I am to have found the

answer

> after all these years...life is indeed grand.

> 100 pounds lost but never forgotten..