HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOAN! Who says getting older we can't get better!!!!! I will be 56 in July and I too feel so blessed to have regained a healthier body and more energy than I have had in many, many years. I will keep my fingers crossed for your panni approval. I am waiting to hear about that for myself. Wishing you all the best. Sher

Thanks Sue my twin! Wow, I went to your profile to check out you surgery pics and you need to change the avatar...I would not have known you. Wow, I would love my arms done..I think they bother me more than anything. I am trying to get approved for panni but have not heard yet. I will leave it up to the Lord for approval. You look wonderful!

Hi Sher, Thank you. I am still recovering, still swollen especially my arms, but I am beyond thrilled that I had my surgery done. The bad thing is that I will be going broke buying underwear. This is the first time in a very long time (that I can remember) that I can buy panties and there is no bulging over the top or in the leg. I love how I look. It was a lot to have my arms done with a LBL, but to get it over and done with, even knowing then what I know now, I would do it exactly the same. In the next couple of years, I would definitely like to get my boobs, thighs and neck done, too. I don't think it's vain so much as just liking what the results are now. I spent so much time avoiding the mirror, I am just making up for lost time. Do you have a date set for your surgery and did you get the stomach covered? Sue

Good morning everyone! Today is a reflective one for me...I am 58 today. Never would I have believed being 58 would be so awesome! But since WLS I am truly alive and feeling great! Went to lunch after church yesterday with a couple from church that are blind and the most fun loving friends we have. Went to Red Lobster and laughed and talked and didn't need dessert to know we celebrated. Isn't that freeing? I wanted to wear a size 8 slinky form fitting dress but didn't have the right shoes. My feet are smaller and needed a shoe with heal which I do not have any. So I had to settle for a pair of size 6 capris and small top....so sad.... NOT! I am still in awe when I put on clothes that are that small and they not only fit but are loose. Again, never in my wildest dream. So being 58 is not depressing but liberating! I am alive praise the Lord, I feel good, I feel more confident and yes I even feel pretty...forgive my pride Lord but I do. Hope your day is blessed wherever you are in your WL journey! Waiting? Hang in there! Scale going down...congratulations...maintaining? It's tough huh? I know.... Below goal and struggling? Don't fret just do small meals several times a day. But enjoy this miracle and be blessed. I know I am....

Hi all, I just added some pictures that were taken this week. One is of my arm scars and one is of me in my compression garments, but all the rest are just what I look like after my LBL. Now I just need surgery on my face, which won't happen for awhile. Well, boobs and thighs, too. Sue