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I'm Trading My Sorrow for Joy

Cleosan52

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Cleosan52    6

Cleosan52
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We have a thread on here started by one of our sisters. She writes about the guilt that can flow through us when we make such a big decision in our lives as this surgery is. I took a lot of comfort in that post because I didn't feel alone. There are people of out feeling the same as me, and I don't have hide those fears. I can confess them and move on in the knowledge that God's grace, mercy and love, that are unending, never failing.

I hope this can be a place where we can share our new found joy and peace in this journey.

I'm trading my sorrows

I'm trading my shame

I'm laying them down for the joy of the Lord

I'm trading my sickness

I'm trading my pain

I'm laying them down for the joy of the Lord

And we're singing

Yes Lord, yes Lord, yes yes Lord

Yes Lord, yes Lord, yes yes Lord

Yes Lord, yes Lord, yes yes Lord, Amen

I am pressed but not crushed,

Persecuted not abandoned

Struck down but not destroyed

I am blessed beyond the curse

For His promise will endure

That His joy is gonna be my strength

Though the sorrow may last for the night

His joy comes in the morning

(the posters on this song are awesome!!!)

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We have a thread on here started by one of our sisters. She writes about the guilt that can flow through us when we make such a big decision in our lives as this surgery is. I took a lot of comfort in that post because I didn't feel alone. There are people of out feeling the same as me, and I don't have hide those fears. I can confess them and move on in the knowledge that God's grace, mercy and love, that are unending, never failing.

I hope this can be a place where we can share our new found joy and peace in this journey.

I'm trading my sorrows

I'm trading my shame

I'm laying them down for the joy of the Lord

I'm trading my sickness

I'm trading my pain

I'm laying them down for the joy of the Lord

And we're singing

Yes Lord, yes Lord, yes yes Lord

Yes Lord, yes Lord, yes yes Lord

Yes Lord, yes Lord, yes yes Lord, Amen

I am pressed but not crushed,

Persecuted not abandoned

Struck down but not destroyed

I am blessed beyond the curse

For His promise will endure

That His joy is gonna be my strength

Though the sorrow may last for the night

His joy comes in the morning

(the posters on this song are awesome!!!)

Cleosan and all true believers,

If you wouldn't mind please pray for me. I too have struggled with this decision and overcame the guilt and now find out after a year and changing my mind from Lb to vsg, my insurance will not cover civilian drs.

Drs office called me two weeks ago and gave me a date, but after telling the nurse I wanted the vsg instead of Lapband, she told me tricare will not pay for it and tried to encourage me to get Lb, to make a long story short, I ended up cancelling the surgery !

I'm still praying for supernatural favor and I believe I will be joining you all on the other side of the vsg surgery some day real soon!

I thank all you christian sleevers for your prayers, love, and encouragement. G0d Bless You!

Yes Lord, yes Lord, yes yes Lord, Amen

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Cleosan52    6

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I've heard that they only cover this surgery at a Military Facility too. I also heard "a rumor" that this is will change in Jan but I cannot day this is factual. Tiffykins was into insurance and may have some pointers if you want to try an appeal letter, just pm her.

I will be honored to pray for you. I pray that God would open doors for you that make man's head spin. He knows the desires of your heart and is not a respecter of persons. What he does for one child, he will do for another. I pray blessings upon your life and health, and peace to you body and mind, in Jesus' name!

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I've heard that they only cover this surgery at a Military Facility too. I also heard "a rumor" that this is will change in Jan but I cannot day this is factual. Tiffykins was into insurance and may have some pointers if you want to try an appeal letter, just pm her.

I will be honored to pray for you. I pray that God would open doors for you that make man's head spin. He knows the desires of your heart and is not a respecter of persons. What he does for one child, he will do for another. I pray blessings upon your life and health, and peace to you body and mind, in Jesus' name!

WOW!

CLEOSAN i WILL TRY TO KEEP YOU POSTED ON MY SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY! THANK YOU FOR THE PRAYERS! MAY YOUR JOURNEY BE BLESSED WITH MANY WONDERFUL BLESSED SURPRISES. MAY YOU WALK IN LOVE AND PEACE AND POWER AS YOU CONTINUE TO SHARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST IN THESE LAST DAYS!!! GOD BLESS YOU MY SPIRIT FILLED SISTER.!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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