I jsut had my blood work done this morning and they had to check a whole wack of things. My doctor gave me a sheet with everything i need to have checked. I must get my levels check at 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 1 year and then annually. This is what he wanted checked. Diagnosis - malabsorption 579.9 (CODE) CBC ELECTROLYTES BUN CREATININE GLUCOSE CALCIUM MAGNESIUM CHOLESTEROL TRIGLYCERIDES T. BILI T. PROTEIN ALBURNIN ALK PHOS AST ALT SERUM IRON TIBC SERUM FOLATE VITAMIN B 12 Hope this helps and good luck. I have to say I am surprised that your surgeon did not give you a list. but like i said this is what my surgeon wanted. Brooke 265/211/130 surg/now/goal

Okay that is a great WOW....I'm 3 months out as well and I have only lost 44 lbs. I really feel like a slow looser compaired to others. I try and find the time to do some walking but I work full time at a school and then my son has soccer from 6-8pm. The time for the gym is hard for me but I really need to get there and do some leg weights along with arm weights. Everyone at my work says I look great but I really don't see it just looking in the mirror, I only see it from my clothes. I wear an XLG shirt now and between a 16 and 14 pants. I was wearing a 2X shirt and 20 or 22 pants before my surgery Feb. 13th. I like to see how everyone is doing so feel free to keep in touch with me okay. I live in Germany right now with my husband who is Military, we have lived here for 7yrs and have one left. Support groups are a little hard here, they meet only once a month and sometimes not even then. Marie

Hi all, I am also about 3 months out I had surgery on Feb. 13th and have lost 47 lbs and can't budge anymore, my husband tells me not to eat at all but I get really hungry, I'm thinking I probably do need to eat something especially after hearing all of you talk I walk about a mile-two a day. Roxie

Well Saturday was 3 months from the day of my surgery. I decided I was tired of my shirts falling off my shoulders and my bra strap falling down my arm. So I went shopping for shirts and bras. I really didn't know what size to even try on. I got one size down from what I normally wore, but I think I maybe could have went down two. But I was too scared, doesn't that sound silly. Now my bra size was a real socker. I went from a 50 DD too a.............46 C! I could not believe it!!!! I knew they were going, but I just thought they were going down to the ground. Also about 2 or 3 weeks ago I went to Wal-mart and started to try on some capri's. Well as I was pulling them on they were tight before I even got them to my waist. So I took them off and didn't try anything else on. I bought 3 pairs of capri's at Wal-mart yesterday without trying them on, because I was too wore out. So today I was trying the clothes on for my husband and the capri's fit and they were a little big in the waist. Ok next WOW moment. I signed my daughter up for T-ball in March. They had a sign-up sheet where the parents could get shirts to match their kids shirts. Well the largest shirt they had was 2X. I went ahead and ordered it in hopes that by the time the first game came I would be able to fit in it. Well we got our shirts yesterday at practice and I looked at it. And was a little disappointed, because it would proably be a couple of games before I could wear it. I tried it on tonight just to see how long it might be fore I could wear it. Keep in mind that before the surgery I was wearing 4X & 5X. IT FIT! I still feel like the big person that I am. So when I can get into these smaller clothes it just amazes me. I had to share this with my friends on here. I would enjoy hearing some of your WOW moments too. Charlotte

It's been three months now. I have lost 67 lbs now; but 27 I lost before surgery! I am greatful for every pound; but I am stuck on a plateau now. I feel I am a much slow loser; I am trying to do everything right. I exercise like crazy; today I did the treadmill at incline of 5.5 at 3.2 miles and hour for 40 minutes and burned 364 calories! A year ago I never would have thought that I would be doing all this. I go for walks with my hubby now; and we go about 3 miles! I also do an exercise bike; and stregth training with the bands. I want to tone up all the flabbies that are now showing. Still I look in a mirror and I don't see it myself as much as others seem to! I have a lot of people saying they almost don't recognize me; and how great I look. Sometimes I don't know how to deal with the extra attention.. My hubby says that he has a new wife to do things with now. I have went from a size 24 to a size 16; and non attactive to very attactive! It feels great not to get out of breath doing things; and not being in pain constantly! I have cut out my b.p. meds altogether, cut my diabetes meds. down from 2 whole pill twice a day to only 1/2 pill at night. I am still dealing with an ulcer & a stricture; tomorrow I am going for another EDG. I wish I were losing faster; and I wish I knew some exercises that would help me tone. Well I will keep trudging on. Good luck to everyone. Lets all keep the faith even when we can't see it in ourselves! Thank God I have made it this far. Sincerely, Judy R