I've been battling depression and pain ( weather related) and My PT was just telling me he thinks i have bursitis or tendonitis in my knee. I was sitting here last night having a pity party with bread (which has since been thrown out) Witching and Moaning about how it's unfair I just got skinny I want to go and do and every thing (have another thin slice of bread Kier go on!)
I got out of the situation,But I'm sitting here again and it occurred to me.
Thank God, It didn't happen last year. I'd probably would have quit workign b/c I wouldn't be able to walk. Does it hurt? **** yes! can I still walk and move and get into cars/my scooter/go up the stairs YES

In my fantasy Skinny self I had no pain. I'm going to stop dwelling on that and start counting the blesssings again.
So What if I have Pain? I've had it since I was a kid I still ran around like a wacko and lived then Why stop now I'll raise my bottle of Arthritis Tylenol and Toast my continuing new life!
anyway sorry for the vent!
Kier

I've been thinking about you; wondering how you were doing. I'm sorry about the pain you are having. Vent all you want. Thank you for putting things in a normal prospective for me. I'm having my RNY on Tuesday and have mentioned many times to DH that I can't wait to be able to move, to walk, to be able to sleep again without so much pain. I know that I will always have pain, but with out a mountain of weight bearing down on my body, I do hope that it will be less. But, what if it doesn't!?! Then I need to remember like you there will be other blessing besides just mobility. I have banked so much on this surgery, but always have this little niggle in the back of my mind that my expectations of the surgery will superceed the results. I know, I'm my own worst enemy.

Its funny I was thinking about this again as I was coming down the stairs ( I go down backwards much easier) and here was your post. This time last year, I couldn't get up the last step of my stairs if I hadn't had PT now even with Pain I'm up down and around.
Take all the lil bits of progress its one baby step at a time!! Focus on Staying Positive!

YOU GO GIRL !!! and yes, GOD IS GOOD !!!!!