Shove It

1.) Write about a time you shoved someone were shoved.


I can't recall ever actually shoving someone, so I'm changing the writing prompt. Hah.

I have a little sister who I affectionately call "Piglet." My mother calls me Pooh Bear, and so sister has become Piglet. She's 22, and due to a febrile seizure at the age of 16 months followed by a severe concussion at the age of 8, she's intellectually disabled. Piglet is MUCH taller than I am (5'9'' at least, and now weighs over 350). She's a big girl, and doesn't know her own strength. Shadow (my cat that she has staked a claim on) is a saint because Piglet schleps her around like a sack of potatoes. Think of Elmira from Looney Tunes.

Anyway, the day before eighth grade, Piglet and I got into a fight over something. And started fighting in the kitchen. As most women with sisters know, brothers are not the only ones that get into nasty, physical fights. At the height of the fight, Piglet, who was about my height even though she was in the fourth grade, shoved me.  I staggered backwards, expecting to land into the wall behind me. However I kept falling, like Alice down the rabbit hole, tumbling down the cellar stairs before landing on the concrete at the bottom. By some miracle, I didn't break my neck. But on the first day of eighth grade, I got to sport an awesome black eye.


I haven't attempted to get into a fist fight with Piglet since. I keep my sisterly torture reserved to verbal insults or annoying pokes now. And if she feels the need to clobber me, I have the good sense to take it without defending myself, lest I ended up going for another ride down the cellar stairs.


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Weigh In Thursday

Tonight I did something that I absolutely hate to do. But I did it for you, my loyal reader.

I stepped on the scale.

While it was on.

And looked down.

I would post a pic of myself on the scale, as proof. But I was naked. Trust me. That is NOT a pic you all want to see.

My weight, at 11:30 pm on August 25, 2011 is 221.6 lbs. Eek! At 5'3'', I'm morbidly obese.

I've been overweight my entire life, with the exception of a few years where I lost 100 lbs. My family is pretty hefty too, so it's nature and nurture.

One of the things I've done this summer is explore the possiblity of LapBand surgery. My insurance covers it 100%, and it's something I've considered for a while. I'd be lying if I said that losing weight wasn't about appearance, first of all, but it's more about keeping healthy. I have mitral valve prolapse and sleep apnea, all of which are affected by weight. My father is diabetic. It's also about family. My sister, is extremely obese, and I hope that if I lose the weight, she'll be inspired to pursue the surgery on her own.

So, I've spent much of the summer undergoing tests. To date, I've had an Upper GI scan, stress test, psych eval, and visited the nutritionist. I go back to the doctors on October 17 to review the tests and schedule surgery.

I chose LapBand over gastric bypass because I feel it's safer than gb. The surgery is done laproscopically, I'll be out for a few days, and they are not cutting my anatomy. They are simply wrapping a band around my stoamch, which creates a pocket, and then installing a port under my abdomen that allows them to fill or drain the band to adjust my rate of weight loss.

Has anyone ever had LapBand or had a friend/relative that did? I'm interested in hearing other peoples' experiences.