First Day

So I am about to embark on a new life and have been asked to blog this next Journey. Life is a journey and it is a short one at that. As I get older I realize just how short life really is. Even if you live 100 years it is but a vapor as the bible says.

A little background history on me. I am Terrie mom of four boys and wife to Karl. The greatest thing I'v ever done is be the boys mom. I am very proud of them and so happy that God let me be their mom. It was not without its trials but every trial was worth it. I love ebing able to say I am very close to each one of them. I have also been over weight all my life. I had about 1.5 years when my weight was at a good place and as I like to say I was a hottie. I am not longer a hottie on the outside but am on the inside lol. Life happens and things happen and I have ballooned to a ridiculous weight and have decided to have gastric bypass. This is the new adventure I spoke of earlier. Some friends have suggested that I blog it but I decided to blog all of life not just that journey. I want something for my children to look back on when I am gone and say I knew my mother very well and I know where I came from and where I want to go.

So thus starts my journey with the gastric bypass and leaving my boys a peice of me.

There is a lot of debating that goes on with gastric bypass such as I know I should because I can't keep going like I am now but its a drastic change and what about all that extra skin. My deciding factor was that I watched my mom and my granny die horrible deaths due to diabetes. I have been diagnosed with diabetes for 3 years now. I have already had major issues and I don't want to live like this anymore. I want to be able to play with my grandchildren and just walk around the block without gasping for air.

I want, to be healthy. Tomorrow I will bring you up to date as to where we are in the provess of getting me scheduled for surgery.