11/27/2003 UPDATE! 5 months post op! 90 lbs lost and still going strong!! Off all medications (HBP, anti-depressants) self esteem has returned, my figure is returning! I have ribs! Husband found my ticklish spots again ;) Under 200 lbs for the 1st time in 15 yrs! 186 and going down! Started a trucking business 2 weeks post op to keep hubby off the unemployment line. Finding people have alot more respect for me now than when we started the business 5 mos ago. Isn't it amazing what a change in your physical appearance does for you?

What an incrediable lose! You are inspiring us all to keep at it. You are really looking great in your picture. I hope you post a picture in the Century Club. Just think what we are going to look like in a year from now? We will be some HOTTTTT chicks! LOL Keep up the good work and keep us updated on how you are doing. God Bless and keep you in His care.

You go girlfriend! You are inspiring us all on ward ... and downward! LOL You really are a beautiful woman. I thank God everyday for this tool He has allowed us to use. Keep us updated so we know how you are doing. God Bless you and keep you in His care.

You are over the half way to goal mark. That is a great accomplishment. We have a wonderful tool, don't we? I wish I had not been bigger then most when I had the surgery. It is such a blessing to have a means to lose the weight now. Keep up with the water and protien!

You have done wonderfully Donna. A real inspiration to others. I hear what you said about food tasting better. I'm not shoveling it in now to cover the pain I'm feeling. Every bite tastes sooo good. You are in the Century Club. Please post some before and after pictures so we can she the progress you have made. One hundred pounds is such a big difference. God bless you and keep you in His care.