All by myself! Anymore! So, giant thing I forgot to mention: Dr. Cusimano closed her practice in September 2013. Super sad. She has been wanting to retire for a bit now, I think running her own practice had proven to be more than she expected. Along with her weight loss patients, she had regular ones as a family doctor and became overwhelmed.
I am truly sad to lose her as a doctor. I finally found someone who I trusted completely with my health, and really liked. She will be one of my favorite people always. I've made good friends along the way, but am truly saddened that no one was able to take over her practice. This community needs a program like this desperately.
For the past few months, I've been pretty much fending for myself. I weigh myself weekly at work and keep tabs on myself through the LoseIt! App on my phone. I still keep in touch with Cody, my nurse from Aviva. Actually, she is soon to be working at a new practice opening up that will be providing a similar program. Thank god, because I need to have someone to answer to at the end of the week! I can deal with self control, but being held accountable definitely helps.
These past few months have been a bit difficult for me health wise. I got back into getting crazy over my weight loss, to the point where I think I went damn near mad over it. Obsessing in weight loss is so easy to do. It's different when you were skinny and now you're fat. Being fat and now you're skinny keeps you under so much pressure to never get like that again. I had a battle with cervical cancer in 2008 that I overcame, and it decided to come back and haunt me this August. If you get a call from your doctor, let me just tell you it's hardly a good sign. Every phone call I've ever received from a doctor, has been shitty news. Queue the meltdown. I let myself cry about it for an hour, pulled myself together and dealt with it. Thankfully it was just a scare, and I'm healthy for now.
If I didn't associate myself with such caring doctors and their practices, I'm not sure how I would have made it this far. Losing Dr. Cusimano was a big deal to me. She was part of my support team, someone I trusted and respected. I'm truly honored and grateful that for her time, and her dedication to her patients. I've since signed up with Cody to follow her to a new office. It has yet to open up, but I'm hoping that after the new year it will all be ready to go. I'm looking forward to participating in a new practice, and hope that Dr. Cusimano didn't set the bar too high!
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