Hey all..
I just wanted to let you all know that i now have an ICQ number — 179074116
and that my nickname online is Duckie. (Long story — you don’t want to know but
it is a name that has been mine for many many years now so…) Anyway, if you
guys ever want to chat about WLS or anything feel free to icq me. Okay?
Denise Rasley
mailto: drasley@…
BTC, Columbus, 10/7/98
June 7th, 2005 at 4:52 pm
Just wanted to send out a brief message saying I am going on vacation this week
and if anyone needs to get in touch with me I won’t be checking my email Sunday
through WEdnesday — not until probably Thursday morning. So I am not ignoring
people. I am just not around. This is the first family vacation we are taking
(Disney didn’t work out due to finances but we are going to Canada — great
exchange rate). Anyway, I got through the holidays and had some thoughts the
other day that I wanted to share.
I was driving down the road and realized that i am 30 years old. And a mother.
And healthy. And if someone asked me how I felt I would have to say content. I
am not a size 10 or even 12 but I am extremely satisfied with my life. I am busy
and a hundred other things. I could list the adjectives but the one thing I
realized is I am alive. Before I had surgery I remember thinking that if I
didn’t do something I would not live to see 30. Or if I did I would be severely
disabled. Yet this year I will be 31 and I am healthy. I can walk and move and
live. And I am a mommy. Which is something else I didn’t htink would happen –
it wouldn’t have.
To those of you thinking about surgery I can’t tell you to do it. I can tell you
for me it has been a miracle. I am 30 years old and doing everything I ever
wanted. The mere fact that I draw breath to me is a testament. The fact that I
am watching my daughter destroy my living room is nothing short of a miracle.
She exists. Because I had surgery and lost weight. Because my PCOS resolved
itself. (Okay and because I did the physical act required to reproduce but….)
Anyway, just a simple thought.
Surgery can be a blessing. I don’t regret it and never will. I wish you all luck
in your journeys. (Surgery is a journey and not a destination.) Be back
thursday.
Denise Rasley
mailto: drasley@…
BTC, Columbus, 10/7/98