Glad to hear the good news!! Lisa 371/187/140

I am so Glad to hear your Good News! I know it can be scary to think anything could be wrong with your liver! Esp. when you are feeling so good and looking so great. God bless you and keep on encouraging us with your postive out look. I so enjoy hearing about your successes! deb k

Ok i'm totally lost here about why i'm gaining weight. I am 14 months post op and over the past 3 days I have gained about 5 pounds. I work out every day. I do 40 minutes of Denise Austin arms & abs video and I do between 6-7.5 miles on the elliptical every day. I eat about 1200-1300 calories a day. The only thing that is different for me lately is my doctor took me off my blood pressure meds. I was on Norvasc and Maxide. that's the only thing i have done differently is the meds...anyone have a clue as to what the heck happened over the past 3 days?? 5 pounds is alot. and i'm not sure if it's "that time of the month" because i haven't had a period in 2 months either. advice please!! Steph

Frist of all i want to say thanks to you all for being so encouraging to me and for keeping me in your thoughts and prayers through this whole thing.... the doctor finally called me about the liver biopsy results. looks like I'm gonna live!! he said it's basically "undefined injury to the liver"...could be from a virus or a medicine that I was taking that is/was to harsh on the liver. basically all I have to do is have blood drawn every 3 months for the next year so he can keep an eye on the liver enzyme levels to see if they fix themselves. if he has 2-3 good readings, he's going to release me as his patient. he said "so basically it's good news" I AGREE!! whew....crisis averted there!! Steph 350/142 (5'8")

Steph, Thanks so much! I think you look amazing yourself! The before pics dont even look at all like you. To be honest for awhile I thought that I may be too thin, but my body seems very comfortable at this weight for now so Im just going with it. Now that Ive stayed this weight for awhile Ive become used to looking in the mirror and feel good about my weight and appearance. My family seems to think I look great and healthy at this weight too, except my mom who tells me every time I see her how horrible I look (thanks mom!). My hubby thought I was getting too thin a few months ago, but now that my face has filled back out he says hes changed his mind and that I look great where Im at. I figure if those around me everyday think Im okay and my doc said Im now healthy as a horse than thats were I will be. Thankfully its not hard to maintain this weight (been here for going on 4 months now), but even if I go back up 10 or so pounds I couldnt be happier, just as long as it doesnt go lower. Now the further out I get, well we will just have to see how easy it is. I think Id be okay if I gained up to 20 pounds, but hopefully that wont be an issue. Thanks again, and you look great! Krystle