As promised---May 1st FUN!

1.  Name             Evelyn

2. Starting weight/height          400.12 / 5ft2

3. Date of surgery                15 Aug 2007

4 Type of surgery                  Open RNY

5 Doctor                              Dr. Baker

6 Total amount lost to date     210

7 Resolved health issues          None resolved except now I have a regular period.  But most health issues I still have but they are not as severe as they were. CPAP setting changed from 14 to 8.

8  Where do you live              Searcy, AR

9 If you work, what do you do    I don't work because of my lung disease

10 Biggest WOW moments        Being able to buy clothes in the store.  I could not find any 5x clothes in the stores.  Now I am a XL and can pretty much find shirts in just about any store.  Being able to walk without holding onto something or being hunched over or having to stop constantly to rest.  Also being able to play with my niece (who is almost 2).  Being able to wear a bathing suit in public without a shirt on (yes I did, at the pool at the Goldstrike Hotel/Casino.  I was very proud of myself, but I had to watch how I walk cause my flabby thighs kept slapping each other, LOL HEHE

11 Biggest challenges               Taking my vitamins everyday (I am doing good the past few months taking them everyday).  Eating, I don't ever want to eat.  Pre-op I only ate when I was hungry, so I did not graze or anything, but now I never feel hungry.  Also chewing, I am always not chewing enough or swallowing to big of a bite.  So that is something I will probably be working on the rest of my life.

1.  Name              Katherine or Kat

2. Starting weight/height          311 5'7"

3. Date of surgery                Nov. 14, 2008

4 Type of surgery                  Realize Band

5 Doctor                              Mark Gibbs

6 Total amount lost to date     53.5

7 Resolved health issues          Acid Reflux

8  Where do you live              North Little Rock, AR

9 If you work, what do you do    Instructional Designer, U.S. Bank

10 Biggest WOW moments         Fitting into an airplane seat comfortably, walking 5 miles, losing weight on vacation, and wearing smaller clothes

11 Biggest challenges               Staying away from sweets especially ice cream

1.  Name                                 Amy     

2. Starting weight/height        277lbs  5'1"  

3. Date of surgery                   10/15/08

4 Type of surgery                    Open RNY

5 Doctor                                  John Baker


6 Total amount lost to date     94

7 Resolved health issues        Sleep apnea, knee pain and back pain

8  Where do you live               El Dorado, AR

9 Work                                    Photographer

10 Biggest WOW moments     wearing a size large again; hearing people say 
                                                how skinny I have gotten or here comes the skinny 
                                                girl, I too hold up a pair of panies and think how is 
                                               my butt going into these
                                               
                                               

11 Biggest challenges             Overcoming my leak and almost death from 
                                                my surgery.  Gaining my strength back the last six 
                                                months has been hard.  Dr. Baker says the next six
                                                months will be easier.  I didn't know that my hair 
                                                was so important to me either, until I had the HUGE
                                                 bald spot for being in ICU for so long and then 
                                                when I came home it feel out in handfulls.  I am 
                                                happy to say that it has finally stopped coming out 
                                                and is now starting to look a little heathier.  I finally 
                                                can look in the mirror and get past the fried, thin 
                                               hair, and see the new body that goes with it.

SO glad you're still with us... I think about you and your struggle often.  Keep us updated on  your progress!

1.  Name    Cheryl

2. Starting weight/height     287  5'3"    

3. Date of surgery  March 17, 2009               

4 Type of surgery  sleeve gastrectomy             

5 Doctor   Roller       
                
6 Total amount lost to date    only 26, I had a month and only one pound lost, it   was really hard, but I think (hope) I'm over it

7 Resolved health issues  not yet
    
8  Where do you live    Rogers, AR         

9 If you work, what do you do    high school teacher

10 Biggest WOW moments  not yet                                                   
                                                                                       

11 Biggest challenges     getting in the water