5th Anniversary

Today is my 5th TGversary. I had my stomach removed 5 years ago today.

It's been awhile since I've posted. I post less when I am doing great. 5 years seems like such a major milestone. I definitely wanted to post.

5 years ago I had so much fear and anxiety. I had no idea what my new life was going to be like. 5 years later, I can say life is good. It's actually been so much better than I could have ever anticipated. I won't lie and say it hasn't been without its challenges, but I have found a new normal...which is really close to the old normal. If someone meets me today, they have no idea I don't have a stomach. I do all of the things I did before.

I recently became a grandmother for the first time. My granddaughter will think it's normal for her grandma to not have a stomach, she won't know any differently. I'm so glad I will be around to enjoy her. And I am even more delighted that she will not have to worry about this horrible gene mutation. Her mother tested negative. My other daughter tested positive, but it unlikely to have biological children. So this is the end of the line. I don't have to worry about passing on the CDH1 gene mutation to my descendants. That is the best news of all!