I hear ya. My iron levels came back @ a 9 - yes I said 9. I take a multi vitamin w/ iron and two 27mg tablets a day of iron and that is still not enough. They did a second set of labs and those came back with an 11 score! The nutritionist sais I should never be below 40. She recommended that I buy Iron pills called Vitron-C and take them 3 times a day. 200 mg each tablet! (will I ever poop again? ) In addition, they found that I have an under active thyroid...must explain why I've been walking around almost comatose. SOOOO tired.

My iron levels were good at my 6 month checkup and just had blood work yesterday and hope it is still in check. I do take iron daily and I take a stool softener to counter balance the side effects of the iron. Hope you can get your levels up. Hugs, Tabby

That's cool. I haven't worn pantyhose in a couple of years. Maybe I will have to buy some soon, but don't have a need for them right now. I am amazed at the clothes that I can get into right now. I went shopping a Kohl's today and got TONS of clothes REALLY cheap. I could pick anything I wanted up off of the rack and it fit!!! I could get an "in-season" shirt for like six bucks. I could have never done that before shopping at Lane Bryant. NEVER!!! This is such a wonderful feeling, although even with the sales I ended up spending WAAAYYYY more than I should have. LOL. Good for you on being "Average"!!! Hugs, Tabby

Isn't that one of the greatest feelings in the world? My daughter laughed at me when I bought size 2X in Just my Size panthouse!! I still can't seem to get it through my head that I really am smaller than I used to be!!!! Hugs, Holly

Great question! I started out in a (TIGHT) 28 pant and a (TIGHT) 3x shirt. Today I wear a (loose) size 14 or 12 pant and a large shirt. I have a few tanks that are mediums and fit very well. Regular *unisex shirts (like toursit t-shirts and football jerseys) I wear a medium as well.