Moving...

So most of you know that we have moved to a new office.  Also most of you know that moving stinks!  I have moved several times and it doesn't get easier and I always lose very important things.  That being said, this move was no different and in fact it some ways it was worse.  We all know that the more years you live in one spot the more nonsense you collect.  The longer you stay in one place the more little hiding places you find for things that are probably trash but that you just can't bear to part with.  Moving uncovers the worst that you have to offer.  The dust, the trash, the "collectibles", and the ridiculous.

Now don't misunderstand, moving isn't all negative.  Moving gives you the opportunity to clean in a way that nothing else will.  All that junk you uncover can finally find a proper home...

Now I assume you are all thinking, how does this relate to weight loss surgery...?  Well I am so glad you asked!  

As I was moving boxes and cleaning out closets I thought about our patients.  I thought about the way that bariatric surgery and the whole process makes you really clean out your closets.  Metaphorically speaking, of course.  

I hear patients in the very beginning of the process, talk about their excess weight as their main issue.  For most of them it is the most obvious issue.  The problem is that as the weight starts to come off new issues are uncovered.  Just like that beautiful closet door that when opened the contents flood out and fill the room.

 Surgery opens the door for some of our patients.  Things like bad relationships, personal failures, depression, work and social issues, poor family issues...some issues had less to do with the weight than we thought.  As every pound drops so does the protection that took years and years to build.  Weight loss surgery is scary.  For some it means that they will now have to look at all the corners, look under the bed, in the closets, and all the little crevasses that they kept hidden for so long.

Again, don't think this is all negative,  as our patients move forward I hear about the freedom.  I hear about the new opportunities that are afforded them.  I know that any kind of change and movement requires cleaning out, leaving behind the unnecessary, shedding the un-useful.  Like the pain that a caterpillar goes though when it becomes a butterfly, or the pain we go though when we move boxes up three flights of stairs, moving can hurt.

 The outcome can be rewarding, beautiful and worth it.

So what are some of the things you discovered when you started your journey? 

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