Valley of Sorrow to Joy on the Mountain

Twelve years ago I had gastric bypass and lost 105 lbs. I kept it off until two years ago. I have just come through the roughest two years of my life. I ad six close family members die that will no longer be at my Christmas table. My best childhood friend died with a pulmonary aneurism. Two months later my son-in-law was murdered.(something you never would suspect in a “normal” Christian family)Three weeks later my precious Mom died, leaving me devastated.I lost Three more I won’t go into in the next few months.I gained 60 pounds eating junk food and eating in hospital cafeterias. A month after the last death, I fell getting out of my swimming pool and did the splits and fractured my pelvis and tore the lining of the hip joint in two places.They put me on crutches non-weight-bearing for 7 months.
In October of 2014, I joined TDC and started the group Successful Beginnings and support… I was at my wits end. I needed encouragement. I got it. I lost 36 pounds promptly. In November I fell again making the bed and broke my other knee and tore every tendon in the front and back. Knee replacement followed. I gained 15 pounds not being able to cook TDC and lying in bed recovering. In January I went to the surgeon who then told me I was going to also have to have hip replacement. Talk about discouragement.I gained another 15 pounds. But my friends, and my husband, in SBS got me through it. I am now going to Water Physical Therapy and have lost 13 pounds !!! Yeehaw!! I was also diagnosed with Fibromyalgia during this time. However…I WILL not ever give in, go back, or give up. My challenge is to be healthy and happy and strong. I am gaining strength every day… I truly do not know what I would have done without the hope that TDC offers and the encouragement of the group Successful Beginnings and Support. Let’s go for it!!