Hi all! Just had to stop by and share my wonderful news. I have officially lost 72 lbs since November 26th 2002. I now weigh 233lbs. All I can say is Thank you God! Without this surgery I don't believe I could have ever have lost this much on my own. So far I feel alot better and have much more energy than before. I was having alot of trouble with eating and then vomiting before, but with medicine that seems to be clearing up nicely. I can get very sick still but it is nothing like before. And as long as I keep losing weight I am not too worried about it right now. Lose skin is going to be a big problem I am afraid, my arms look terrible, same as my thighs. And I am not going to get started about my breasts and tummy, they are a BIG upset to me. God willing I will be able to have some work done on them later after I (God willing) reach my goal weight. And that is only going to happen if I can get it covered by insurance. Anyway I will update more later. God bless you all on your journeys to a better you.