Sharon: Great news on reaching your goal!!! What did you do to get down to the final few pounds??? Are you exercising? Congratulations about the new blue jeans too! Isn't it great?? ~Laura

I finallly have the pictures. Now all I need is to put them on my profile. It will be done before my anniversary date. August 31. Happy everything went well for you. Take care.

I am almost 2 years out and when I had to get a new drivers liscense in September 05......I had the weight changed to read 175......This was my own personal goal... not sure for awhile I would ever reach it but July 23 I did and the next day I weighed 174.... I am so thankful to have made it..... Now the WOW moment.... I got into a pair of real blue jeans.....I have not been in jeans in over 35 yrs.... I went to my daughthers house ... told her I was gonna show her something she had never seen... pulled up my shirt and showed her .... She says "OMG< you have on real jeans with pockets, zipper and everything"...My husband was so sweet..... this last saturday, he bought me new jeans and a top....size 12....He even encouraged me to try on several pair... told me which ones he liked on me...It was a great feeling knowing he was excited about my new life and health as well as I was.... It was a a great day........ thanks for sharing my good moments.... event though I have not been posting or reading here for sometime.... but I am back again ..... Sharon D

No problems with any of my pre op testing. I guess I lucked out... Kristy EDD 8/6/06 - 12 more days 38w2d It's a girl - Alice Kay

Any problems doing the tests before surgery? Something funny or angry? Here goes mine. I saw my surgeon on May 2003. He gave me a list of test to do before the surgery. There was nothing on the paper that said when to have those test done. I immediately get the test done. A couple weeks later I get my surgery date. It is for May 2004. I rescheduled my surgery 1 month before the big day. I was graduating 2 days after the surgery. I couldn't make it down the steps of the football stadium. I rescheduled for August 2004. Then they told me to make sure I did the test on their scheduled time. I was not told about this the first time. Just think if I would have shown up on May 2004 for the surgery. I would have been sent back home with no surgery. Here comes the funny parts. I get my second physicological test. This time with a different psychologist. He says he has experience with what he has to do with people that are having surgery. While I am there he is trying to convince me not to have the surgery. He says he doesn't believe in the surgery. I told him I wasn't there for an approval. So he signed it and faxed it. Then my surgeon office calls a couple days before the surgery and says they are missing the EKG. I told them I did it. Well what do you know, my personal doctor did not do it. I ended having it done 2 days before the surgery. Sorry if I wrote too much, but to many things were happening before the surgery. And I was so angry that it took me over 1 year to have it. I know you will all had better luck than I. Hope to hear from all of you.