WHERE'S MY LONG ISLAND FRIENDS?

HI EVERYONE, I'M 4MONTHS AND A WEEK POST OP. TUESDAY IS MY SUPPORT GROUP AT SOUTH NASSAU AND I THINK I'LL GET UP A SPEAK FOR THE 1ST TIME. NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE COMPLICATIONS THAT CAN AND DO OCCUR AND THE FACT THAT THE 1ST 3-4 MONTHS ARE THE ROUGHEST, BUT IT GETS BETTER,MUCH BETTER. I'M KEEPING A SCRAPBOOK OF MY BEFORE AND MONTHLY PROGRESS WITH A PICTURE AND A DIARY EACH MONTH. IT'S FUN. I LOST 84 LBS, STARTED AT 256, NOW 172 AND NO LONGER IN WOMEN'S SIZES. THE NAME OF MY SCRAPEBOOK IS"REBORN". I LOST NOT ONLY WEIGHT BUT DIABETES(23 YEARS), CHRONIC BACK PAIN, SLEEP APNEA TO NAME A FEW THINGS. GOOD LUCK TO ALL WHO'VE HAD THE COURAGE TO GO THROUGH WITH THIS AND ARE MAKING THEIR LIVES BETTER. SANDY

Congratulations!!! Keep up the good work - I know I'm so glad that I did this and DON'T regret it either. Your Orlando Buddy

well i gonna be living on Long Island the big move is this commin sat the 5th of Feb and my new home is in East Meadow.... My hubby is military and has already been there since the 1oth of Jan.... man i need to find that gym at Mitchel Field..... Manda ~105 lbs 09-09-04

HI MANDA, WELCOME TO NY! I WORK NEAR EAST MEADOW IN HEMPSTEAD. I'M JEALOUS, YOU LOST 105LBS! YOU MUST FEEL GREAT, I KNOW I DO ALREADY AND WANT TO LOOSE 20 MORE LBS. I SEE YOU'RE COMING UP FROM NORTH CAROLINA. MY SON JUST MOVED TO RALEIGH IN SEPTEMBER TO TEACH AND GO TO GRADUATE SCHOOL IN EASTERN CAROLINA. THERE ARE GREAT MD'S HERE FOR FOLLOW UP CARE POST GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY. KEEP IN TOUCH. SANDY