Congratulations to all of July 2003 weight loss surgery members. We have come a long way, so much has happen since that time but I still have no regrets. In Nov. 2006 I had to have surgery for adhesions in my abdomen, they say it was because I didn't have my surgery laproscopic. It doesn't matter what caused it I was in some severe pain, thank GOD it is over now, and I am feeling so much better. I have gained about 12 lbs. and trying to get those 12 lbs. off. I know my problem is not exercising, there is no excuse for it but I am now ready to get back on track. I hope everyone is doing well, we all should be very proud of ourselves, we have come along way. Much luck and success to everyone. Please let me know what has been going on with you all.

Heya Saundra The wings suck but I too am glad to complain of them ... sucks about the accident! Im glad you made it through that alright!!! You look fabu for a "person of 66" btw :D

I too had a bowel obstruction back in April of 2006. I am 4 years out now and just got done with a hernia operation 2 weeks ago. Things are going pretty good now. With the obstruction, I ended up with a colostomy which was reversed last October. Following that, I had adhesions at the end of October. The obstruction almost killed me since I was bleeding out. It was very painful. I'm thinking that the warning signs were there when I went for my annual physical the September before that. I was having pain off and on by my left hip bone. That is the bowel area but the only way to find out what it was is by a CT scan. I decided it was nothing, but boy was I wrong. If any of you have pain in that area, don't ignore it like I did. It could cost you your life! My doctor said that the membrane surrounding the colon is padded with fat. Mine didn't have hardley any fat on it at all, so that is why the colon twisted. He had to take a foot of my intestines out. I am really lucky that I have such a wonderful doctor. I have lost 121 pounds and have kept it off. I am now in a size 8 from a 24. Good luck to all of you, but DO NOT IGNORE any pain that you may have. It could be a sign of bad things to come.

July 3rd was 3 years for me and i have been doing pretty good i went from a size 24 to a comfortable 12 and i'm happy. I'm 61 years old have lost almost 100 lbs since my surgery. I seem to be staying at 135lbs which is good seeing as i'm only 4' 11" my dr. still would like me to lost more weight, but come on i'm 61 and very happy with this weight.

Isn't it exciting? 3 years have passed and I am doing pretty well. So far my weight stays within a 5-pound window. My only complication this year was a bowel obstruction in May 2006 that I was in the hospital about 8 days for and recovery has been rather slow and I'm battling with being anemic, so my Dr. started me on an Iron regimen. I faithfully take my multi-vitamin and 1500 Calcium with Vit D & K every day..since my surgery. How about all of you?