Good Morning Dec. Post-Ops! Tuesday - Dec 5th - made my 1 Yr. Anniversary of my new lease on life :party: and what a year of changes this has been! I had my 1 yr. post-op visit w/my surgeon right on THE DAY!! He and his staff didn't even know who I was when I came in. That was kinda cool. His office is in Boston - about an hour from my house - so I had some time to contemplate where this year has taken me during my drive over. I remember how terrified I was last year on the drive to Boston thinking I would probably not make it through surgery! I was actually shocked when I found myself "still here" after surgery and that I didn't die on the table! :lol: I thanked Dr. Mun for giving me a new lease on life and for probably saving my marriage. I am down 95 lbs. from a year ago - I wanted to hit that 100 lb. mark by a year - but have been slipping into some poor food choices lately and the weight loss has slowed dramatically. Meeting with him Tuesday has given me a fresh perspective and has boosted my spirits tremendously. I had been in a plateau for about 2 mths. w/out any weight loss and starting to slip back into some poor eating habits. He was SO uplifting and positive to me it has done wonders to get me back on track. He said if I didn't lose another lb. he would consider me a huge success story and he just wants me to maintain the weight loss now. I still want to lose another 20 lbs. though - but I know I will have to get back to basics and stick w/it to accomplish this! I can't say enough about him - what an awesome - humble surgeon!!! I told him I wish I would have done this 25 yrs. ago - that I feel like I lost my entire adult life to obesity. He said don't look back - just look forward - and GO OUT THERE AND LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST NOW!!!! Here are some of the greatest changes this miracle of WLS have brought me: NO MORE SLEEP APNEA NO MORE DAYTIME FATIGUE :bed: NO MORE SNORING :sleep: NO MORE MIGRAINES BETTER SEX -BETTER SEX-BETTER SEX ;-) MORE SELF CONFIDENCE MORE SELF ESTEEM GOING FOR LONG BIKE RIDES W/MY HUSBAND FOR THE 1ST TIME IN 25 YRS. GOING FOR LONG WALKS AND HIKING W/MY HUSBAND RIDING ON MY HUSBAND'S MOTORCYCLE W/OUT SQUISHING HIM! CROSSING MY LEGS LIKE A LADY FEELING MORE FEMININE BETTER MOBILITY :dance: NO MORE SHORTNESS OF BREATH NO MORE HEART PALPITATIONS MORE CONFIDENCE AT WORK CAN PLAY MY FLUTE AGAIN W/OUT LOSING MY BREATH AM PLAYING MY FLUTE IN PUBLIC AGAIN - AT CHURCH - IN FRONT OF PEOPLE - WITH GREATER CONFIDENCE AND ABILITY And Much Much More! I am so very thankful to God for making all this possible for me!!! Blessings to you all for a Happy and Healthy New Year and I pray that we all stay focused and faithful to use this tool that God has blessed us with and that we are all successful in maintaining and staying on track. Thank you to everyone on this Board who has reached out and supported me when I needed help during our FIRST year's journey together! God Bless You All, Sharon :wave: 270/175/150

I think they need a show called "The last 20 pounds" instead of the Biggest Loser! Anyone else having trouble loosing the last bit of weight? I still have about 17 pounds I want to loose but boy is my body being stubborn. I've tried about everything upping my protein upping my exercise upping my carbs, cutting carbs, protein etc. and kept bouncing between 154 and 156 until I came down with this cold/bronchitis and budged a couple more pounds. If you have any great ideas, let me know! Diona

Diana, Mine too... I just started using rogain for woman.. I will post if I notice any difference, they say it can take up to 4 months though. Just keep it cut shorter to add volume, that is what I have been doing. bye, Lynn

i don't know if my hair is ever gonna grow back to normal or not its so thin.is there any thing i can do???? thanks diana

Happy anniversary to you! My anniversay is today and I don't regret it one minute either. I am so glad I had this surgery! Stay Healthy and Happy Anniversay to all in December!