Darrell P.

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kysunshine 21 years, 2 months ago

Darrell, Best wishes on your big day. Take care and keep the faith.

ANGIE B. 21 years, 2 months ago

Best wish's to you for a safe and healthy recovery. I go in on the 29th of April and I am a little nervous. You are going to have an awesome new life and use it to its fullest.

Cheila E. 21 years, 2 months ago

Darrell, I will be praying for you to have a safe journey to the losing side. :)

MommaAngel 21 years, 2 months ago

HI DARRELL I just want you to know that I am praying that everything will go smooth as you journey to the losing side. LORD BLESS

MommaAngel 21 years, 2 months ago

Empty page here needs your support.LORD BLESS

Darrell P. 21 years, 2 months ago

Well, its been a while since I posted my first comment, and a lot has happened since then. I was APPROVED by my insurance company (Companion health Care) and by my wifes insurance (Cigna), so it was double good news. I have had a date for a while now, Wednesday March 26th 2003, which is a little more than a week from today. I go back and forth from being very excited to very scared. I am very lucky in that I have an EXTREMELY large support group. A very loving and supportive wife, my mom and dad and their entire church, the entire church at Christian Outreach Center, my brothers and their families, friends, co-workers, missionaries and friends of these people that I have never met are all praying for me and sending me good thoughts. Every day I think of something new that I want to do after I get down to a more healthy size. What are some of those things you may ask? Here's a partial list: Go to an amusement park and ride everything. Fly on an airplane without a seatbelt extension and actaually be comfortable. Go to the beach and wear a normal bathing suit and be able to take my shirt off and not be embarrased about my gut. I want to go to Combat USA and fly a fighter plane. I want to learn a martial art. I want to go rock-climbing. Believe me, this is the abbreviated list. Basically, I just want to live and do the things that I have never been able to do because I was physically or emotionally not able to do them. Most importantly, I want to live a long and healthy life with my wife and grow old with her. She's had a rough life at times, and she deserves at least that. Now, the other side. What am I scared of? I'm scared of botched surgery, complications, scared that I will be too thristy afterwards, scared that I will gain it all back or that it will never come off. Scared of the G-tube and the drain in my abdoman. Scared of all the things my overactive imagination can throw at me. Scared of the unknown.... Having said all that, I will be back when there is more to say. The only other thing that I can add is that without Jesus in my life, and knowing that he gave us eternal life by dying for us, knowing that there is a Heaven for those that believe, and also that "By his stripes we are healed", I dont know that I could ever actually go through with this surgery. God is good, all the time, and all the time God is good, as my wife and I like to say. Please keep me in your prayers as my date approaches. There will be much more to come as this caterpillar becomes a butterfly.... Stay tuned.....