[BlueHairFawn]

Today has not been a great day. I went to the doctor for just a general check up, and to speak with her about helping me begin a healthy eating plan (ewwww don’t like the word “diet“). My doctor has recently moved to a new facility where they have very high-tech nice equipment. Usually I am too large to be weighed on the scale accurately. However, I thought I weighed about three hundred and eighty pounds. I found that I actually weigh four hundred and sixty four pounds. The shock was emense and I am still having trouble adjusting. However, the point of this post is not to talk about my bad day. I just needed to explain a few things so that the following would be more clear.

Today is Thursday. On this message board the suggested topics for Thursdays were thanks. So, I wanted to post about what I am thankful for.

1.) I am thankful that despite my weight, I have yet to suffer any serious illness related to extreme obesity.

2.) I am thankful that I have an excellent doctor who never makes me feel uncomfortable or shameful. In fact, my doctor is the only doctor that I have ever had, that makes me feel truly cared about as a patient. She is a wonderful person and an excellent physician.

3.) I am thankful that I have a family that cares more about my feelings and my health than my strange little peccadilloes and various other oddities. Namely my aunt Barb.

4.) I am thankful for my mother. I cannot explain what she means to me.

[thinthinker]

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