The man's side of it!

I woke from my nap this afternoon. I have been having very strange lucid dreams this week. Not Disturbing just strange. I usually don't remember much of them immediately but every now and then a remnant stays with me. Such was the case this afternoon. I woke up thinking about Dr Greenbaum . I was told in the hospital that he can do three Duodenal Switches a day. As I awoke I was doing the math in my head.

Dr. Greenbaum: 3 per day X 5 days per week=15 surgeries, add to that the same number from Dr. ING and Dr Wasser that = 45 per week on average. Add up the weeks to get the total just from This Bariatric Center and you get 2340 surgeries per year.

I have been FAT all my life, except for a brief period when I was on the Nutrition Control Diet. Basically a modified food fast. I ate 9 OZ of protean a day and all the water my bladder could hold. It was great I lost 160lbs. I couldn't keep it off though, I developed some health problems and rapidly gained the weight back and then some. Talk about Depressing. I mention this to say that I've been on both sides of the fence before, Fat and Slim I went from a 56" waist down to a 28" waist in less than six months and then slowly ever so slowly back up to a 54" waist. Before I started this surgery I crammed my body into a pair of size 50" waist "stretch Jeans." and have worn them since I married my Beloved, Cassie.

I soon learned to judge people by their eyes and their actions. My dad and mom used to say that the eyes are the window into the soul. After seeing death close up as it happened I was shaken to the core, it was my sweet childlike first wife Audrey I believe this now with all my heart. When I closed her eyes I knew she had gone to glory and was now just an empty shell. I believe that all people will be going to heaven when they die. Both the good and the bad. The Righteous will be judged worthy and spend eternity with Jesus in Heaven and then their is the unrighteous who will be judged and sent to the place where the bogeyman will soon be. Note:(Read the Bible to learn how to be counted Righteous)

I don't know where that thought came from as I was trying for a light post. I've been very emotional after the surgery sobbing and weeping for no apparent reason. I'll talk to Dr. Greenbaum and or Tina Marie about this on Monday.

Any way, back on track... All my life I have been taunted by friends, family, doctors, bosses even people who didn't know me. Your lazy; So I worked twice as hard. My body is so beaten up because of it. You have no will power; So I concentrated on trying and failing over and over and over. Their is a stigma on fat people, and the only to remove it is to lose the weight.

When I meet people the first thing I do is to make and hold eye contact. I try to search their souls to see the kind of people they are. That's why I was so confounded trying to pick my next President. Their eyes told me they are both good men who will do their best to lead this country in a new direction. I voted for John McCain though for his stand on the moment of Creation, that settled the matter for me instantly.

Any way back to the rants and raves of this madman. I next look at their face and then forget the rest. They are people I am a people that settles it for me. Do the math! if only one bariatric center was cranking out 2340 a year soon to be slim Jim's and Jeans and with the rising obesity rate, more and more people will be getting this type of help. We are going to be a VERY BIG (pun intended) voting block. Even bigger than us "Boomers" group of which Cassie and I belong to. with all these people getting the help they need and more and more medical technology changing for the better, those nonfat people netter watch out.. We can then look down our noses at them. Having proven to the world who we are!Here are some cool diet cartoons that were sent to I hope the delight and inspire you all.

From my heart,

The Man

Bwaaaa Hoohooo Bwaahah hah hah haaaaaa

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Hey Brother Ted! I've been praying for you all week long and so excited for you that you are able to get this surgery! I've been "bragging" on you to my friends and so excited to see the outcome.
This particular blog hit me hard because I've been on both sides. My husband married a tall average sized woman to now have a very obese wife. I was one of those people who thought those very things about fat people...they were "gross, lazy, below me, etc." I'm not proud of that and now face those very things from other people. I'm still the same Wendy I've always been yet when i'm with my husband, they talk to him and look at him. I'm still smart and funny and a good friend to have. Somehow when you're fat though, people struggle having a relationship with you in any way, whether it be customer service or a closeness.
I hope you know that Tom and I looked to your heart and your weight was never an issue to us, EVER.
I'm going to anxiously wait to hear how you are doing from time to time. I have a very good friend at our church who has been the poster child for this, doing everything she was supposed to do. Her life is everything now I yearn for again someday.
Praying for you and Cassie!