...long entry...

[country_ducky]

Because I respect my friend`s friend pages I am going to keep this entry behind an LJ-cut. Anyway, for now am also leaving it as an open entry. Maybe it`ll help people to understand myself.

Comments

[lordgary]

It is a hard journey sweetie, and there are going to be good times and bad, mostly bad at frist I assume. Remember why you did this and what you want out of it. Set your own goals and objectives and don't let others dictate them for you. You were a beautiful woman before the surgery and you still are, eventhough I have not seen any curent pics, you are going to be healthier now, and your joints and that will not hurt as much. You will avoid heart problems, diabeties, and so much more. You are a stronge person and you will make it through great.
*gentle bear hugs*

[country_ducky]

Updated pics. They`re from Oct. 2005 in my journal.

[anonymouse007]

Well, first of all-I've never had the surgery and I don't know what you went through (firsthand, anyhow

[country_ducky]

I`ve got a friend who is roughly my age. She`s gone from just having the surgery to anerexia. I guess I know it`s bad because my foster sister (and possibly my sister) went through it. Yet, the mind set is so difficult and sometimes those who tell you you`re ugly and not pretty makes me hurt inside so much. Half the time these people just make assumptions about me. Half the time they come out of no where. I`m like hey how are you? And absolutely nothing because they`ve often times pre-judged me. People tell me ``go on a diet, goto the gym, get some exercise...`` long before they say -- what happened? What`s the story of how you became overweight? I`d tell them it`s a thyroid condition. It`d be the absolute truth. I have Hashimoto`s Disease that went ignored by doctors until roughly age 15. Finally, the right doctor came into my life and figured out what occured. Darn doctors.. Yeah.. Anyway, there`s that. I`m sorry for my tangent and thank you for your input. I`m really glad I joined the community.

[country_ducky]

Added you to my LJ. In all honesty am somewhat already into the mind set. I don`t want to be. Now lately I have been eating a bit too much and throwing up. Which, isn`t hard because of the size of my stomach now. I want to bang my head against the wall somedays. I`ve had such a struggle all my life with my weight.

Thank God they saved your niece from the hell that I went too. It was literally hell on earth to me. Made fun of from age 6 on til now even. (At 22 people still think it`s cool to be cruel to me.)

Yes I am now on medication for the problem. My disease is basically killing my thyroid.