wannabe banster questions

[vinesqueen 2]

Of course, it all depends on what your definition of "normal" is, right? The normal I had grown accustomed to was not a good place to be physically, emotionally or mentaly. Before being banded, I was slowly dieing from resperatory failure. A slow lingering death, instead of my prefered "death by misadventure :D" My normal life was one filled with fear and dozens of asthma inhalers and nebulizers and so many trips to the ER I was starting to be on first name contact with the nurses and doctors.

That was my normal.

This is my normal: I have one inhaler burried somewhere in my bookbag. I have one in my purse, I think. My nebulizer is on a shelf in my closet, gathering dust and I don't even have any duo-neb in my fridge. I take the stairs, unless I need to go up more than 3 flights at once. I am not afraid I'm going to die gasping like a fish.

I'm a slow loser. Some days I'm content with my list of non-scale victories (NSVs) some days I'm not. But I'm not dead.

[Hedwig 0]

I am glad you are feeling great. That first normal did not sound like fun. I meant more like pain and not being able to walk around with comfort. I also meant when I would be able to drink and swallow without pain. Just go about my day without feeling like something is inside me. you know where life just starts to happen in a natural way. does this make sense at all?