his jaw dropped!! long

hi everyone! I posted this on the main board last night and wanted to share it with you too. I had to go see a specialist in St. Louis today for a non WLS problem, this is a 4 hour drive but because I am a veteran, I can get a free van ride for the majority of the way, I just had to drive to the VA hospital (75 miles) and board a van with other veterans going up to the big city VA hospital. well I had an appointment at a regular hospital so after the driver dropped off the other veterans at John Cochrans hospital, he drove me the 3 miles to Washington University hospital, one the way there we were talking and I brought up that I cant take naps anymore, that if I try to lay down, my mind will be going too fast and I have to get up and do something, like weed the garden, wash some clothes etc... the driver asked if I took anything to help me sleep and I explained to him that the reason I do this is because i have so much energy since I lost 130 pounds with GBS, Well thankfully we were at a red light, he twisted aound in his seat and looked at me, his jaw actually dropped! He stated that "You have no sagging skin" and "I would never have imagined you as a heavy person" I told him that I used to take the van a few years ago and did he remember me, he said NO, I asked if he remembered the day his wifes daughter had her baby and the lady riding the van who was crocheting. He said he did remember a lady crocheting but could not remember what she looked like.... well i pulled out my BEFORE picture and he was just floored! he kept saying how he would never had guessed that lady was me. so i had a good day, it was long and i am really tired but it was a good day. Donna 277/150ish

What a great day!!!!

what a fun wow moment! Toni

That's incredible. You should feel wonderful about yourself! I hope all your medical problems work out ok. I'm from St. Louis, and was home this weekend. Dianne

Doesn't it feel great!! You should be so proud of yourself! I have been getting "notices" of my husband cheating on me - low and behold he was cheating with ME ... so many people have not see me enough to have followed my changes & thought he was out with another woman, when I ask what outfit she was wearing (and I supply the info) they are like "Yeah, how did you know?!?" and I say "Thant was me silly!" This new body can be so much fun! Sue 320/138

that is too funny, i have wondered if people are thinking the same thing about my husband! if i am out by myself, people wont notice me but if i am out with hubby or son or daughter, i get a lot of looks! sometimes some really great words or even expressions, once a friend of my daughter saw us shopping and started to talk to my daughter, when my daughter said she was just out food shopping with her mom, the girl turned to me and gasped!!,she did not even say anything but she did not need to...she made my day Donna

Fun stuff. Good for you and thanks for sharing!