Happy anniversary and enjoy your new, healthier life. Jesse

Hi everyone, long time lurker, not much of a poster but I wanted to share my joy and tell everyone how much they inspire!! I read these post almost daily and it is nice to see that we alll go through alot of the same problems, emotions ect...that we are not alone. I am down 150 pounds, life is so much better, no more high b/p, back pain, knee pain, the list goes on.....The things I can enjoy now are unreal, I actually went go-karting, first time in my life because post op I couldnt get into them, I no longer have to watch my kids, I can join them!!!! (Dating is soooooo much more fun too, hehehe) I would like to loose 30 more pounds, I thought I was done loosing as I had been on a plateu for almost 2 months then poof I dropped almost 10 pounds in the last month. Good luck everyone, keep the post comming!!

i have 6 more lbs to go till the century mark, sept 24th is my 1 year out.

Happy Anniversary Dee I totally understand what your talking about people do treat you differently, it is very sad. People that were rude to me before are nicer to me now.

Well i finally got around to visiting this site and i love sharing my weight loss surgery since it has changed my life in so many ways! so i will be passing this site on to many others in the future. Today is my 1yr post-op mark and this morning i weighed in @ 154! i NEVER thoguth i would make it this far! i love my life, my family and the time and energy ive gained from saying goodbye to 2 other people i was toting around! although i definately do not think this surgery is for everyone, i reccomend it to every obese person i know. i was the first person that i know to have this surgery, and luckily i ran into little problems. Furthermore ive enjoyed offering support to others going through it now and have made their husbands very happy as well by talking their wives into the surgery. i just wish that i knew of some people directly in my area that had the surgery before or around the time as i did. good luck to all of you and God bless!