Victoria’s Read

Two months ago, I embarked on an interesting adventure. I made the decision to eternally change my life and have a gastric bypass. I was soon to discover that it would not be without its own kind of challenges.

My first decision was which hospital to put my life in the hands of. Once I did my homework, an appointment was made to head state side.

My husband and I are not big travelers so this would prove to be quite…..interesting. To make a long story short, we got so very lost and it was wonderful!!! We wound up catching a glimpse of some beautiful county side. We saw vast fields of graceful windmills and rode over large bodies of invigorating water by ferry. Isn’t it sweet how life works sometimes?

Anyway, my day at the hospital was informative and I was soon to learn through seminars and meetings that there was so much more to having a gastric bypass then just the surgery.

The first seminar was on nutrition and since everything about the way I had been addressing this subject for the past 40-some years was about to change…permanently, it would turn out to be the most important.

I was sent home with instructions to keep a 30 day food diary where I relearned how, when, why and what to put into my body.  This task was a great challenge of which I thought I had mastered, only to realise that I had not.

A month later, we headed back to the hospital. My parents who are avid travellers, offered to take me this time and since we took the right way, I experienced many new sites yet again. We travelled over some beath-taking bridges and saw many beautiful waterways. Sharing a hotel room with my parents was interesting. My mother said that she didn’t get much sleep but my father and I knew differently since we listened to her snoring all night.

As I sat waiting to see my nutritionist, I felt confident that I done my homework entirely and began to daydream about what my life would be like in just one short year from now.

But, as she reviewed my dairy, I soon learned that although my food choices were great, I had failed to cover all the food groups. So, I was sent home to complete yet another 30 day food dairy and that is where I’m at right now.

…………….to be continued.

By Victoria Reed