The recent contretemps, fading now from most everyone's memories, would have sent me into an emotional tailspin, drama, drama, drama all my own, only a month or two ago... and now, it is just disappointing. I'll get over it. I would wish for myself that I had not had to take Lexapro in order to reach emotional equilibrium. However, I would also wish for myself that I had not had to have massive surgery in order to save myself from my own obesity. I am glad that the opportunity for both was within...

LisaM

I'm happy today... I called my best friend when I was on the way home from my workout, and things got silly on the phone. When we settled down she told me that she remembered other conversations like that, but they were long ago. When I lost my mom in 1999, the world became a too-serious, too-hurtful place. That's one thing the Lexapro has given me--a return to my sense of how absurd and how funny the world is, instead of a huge tragedy. It's always been a comedy--sometimes a dark comedy, but...

LisaM

All the fuss and flurry of being two years out from surgery is over... and it feels like it's time to get on with the rest of my life.

I'm speaking at DePaul Hospital in early November on my experience with the first two years of gastric bypass. I start flight school to become a flight attendant in a little over three weeks. I'm feeling less like a patient every day and more like I'm becoming this person.

This person who bought size 10 pants today, because, even...

LisaM

Well, it's been quite a ride. Had one REALLY bad day (you can read the thread here) and a couple really interesting days (here) and my rebirthday (here). Lots of happiness, very little anything else.

The airline did call back, and I do start flight school October 25th. So, I have a little over three weeks to get this life in order so I can step over into a different one.

I did some garage sale shopping this morning (for used books) and came back and took a nap,...

LisaM

Sometime between tomorrow and two weeks from now, the Lexapro is supposed to actually help me feel different. More than anything else, what it's given me already is sleep. Eight hours of sleep a night, every night. The black circles that I thought were permanent installations below my eyes are starting to fade. I feel rested, and didn't even know how exhausted I was before until I started to feel not exhausted. It's amazing. What a gift I've been given. Better living through chemistry......

LisaM