Happy Anniversary to me!!!

Hope you all are well, dont recognize many people anymore, I havent even been lurking in a while. Yesterday was my one year anniversary. On the morning of my surgery I weighed 343 and today I weigh 183 a total loss of 160 lbs, only 11.5 more lbs til I am half of me!!!Yay for me!!! I now weigh less than I did in junior high school and feel better than I did then too. This was a very difficult summer for me, my Mom was admitted into WBH in Troy on April 21, 2006 and spent 3 weeks in ICU before she passed away on May 10, 2006. She was only 59 yrs old, she would have been 60 next week 9-21-06. She has been ill for the last 10 yrs with cardiac, lung and kidney issues. I am having a very very hard time dealing with this she and I were very close and I am missing her so much. Plus I am for the first time since I was 14 years old not working. The DR that I have worked for the last 10 yrs, and I no longer saw eye to eye and it was just too difficult to deal with him and deal with the loss of my MOM, so I had to quit, and my Dad has his house up for sale and this is the house that I grew up in. So my whole life is in turmoil. ANd I am unable to deal with it like I always did before, I am an emotional eater and this has been very hard to do without being able to eat what I want. But it has been very comforting to see some of the familiar names still out there, Thank You for still being there!!! I wish I could be like you and still be out there inspiring newbies and even some of us who have even hit our 1 year anniversary. Sorry this is so long and rambling, but it is 4:30 am and I cant sleep tonight, just needed someone to talk to. Thanks again and everyone have a great day tomorrow!!! And if you are looking into this surgery Just Do It!!!!! All done crying for a while Lynn

Hi Lynn I,m so sarry about your mom I lost my mom on the 13 of Sept seven years ago my mom was 77years old you,ll never stop crying for her ever time you think of her of corse you nowthat Now for you I am so proud fo you! My annv is the twentyfifth of this month Take of yourself A FRIEND IN ARMES MARY JO

Thank you so much for your kind words, and also sorry about your mom too. I know my Mom is in a much better place and no longer suffering, but it still is very rough and I just start crying at the weirdest times . But I also know she is my guardian and she watches over me,( I can use all the help I can get). Happy early Anniversary to you too!!!! . Hasnt this been a wonderful ride. Take care too us Sept babies gotta stick together!!! Lynn

Lynn I am so sorry that things are so bad right now for you. I loved seeing you at the office when I went to visit the dr that you worked for. I am so proud of you and the accomplishments that you have done thus far. You have come a long way and deserve a well round of applause. Suzanne

Thank you so much Suzanne. Your kind words mean so much to me. Sorry I wont be there to see you if you come back. I will really really miss all of my patients. I cant believe that some of the kids that I have known since they were very young are now graduating from high school and going to college or are now having their own children. This is what I will truly miss, but I had to do what I had to do. So I will now take some time off and try to put my life back in order. Now onto you WOW is all I can say you look fantastic!!! You dont even look like yourself anymore. How great do you feel now!!! I know I feel Awesome what a blessing this surgery has been!!! Take care of yourself and keep in touch! Lynn

Hi Lynn, from an "oldie"! I'm so sorry to hear about your Mom....I lost my mom in 2003 and I still think about her every single day, but the sadness does lift. I understand the fact that the "food crutch" is not there now....this is difficult!! But we have to deal in other ways, that's all. You'll get thru this. Congrats on such a wonderful ride on the WLS train!! You have done incredibly and you should be very proud! I know your mom is! Don't be a stranger....I know we get busy especially now that we are more "mobile", but I love seeing the "oldies" stop back in and say hello! I, on the other hand, am an "addict" to OH and have never left! Hopefully people aren't sick of seeing my mug on here! Hope you start feeling better Lynn...I know you will! Hugs, Theresa

I know what you mean about selling the home that you grew up in. My parents did that i***** (and I too, am a former Sterling Heights kid). What made it bad for me was the fact that I was (and still am) living with my parents. The house that I am in now has never been a home to me... To make matters worse, the property has been sold to a developer and my childhood home has been demolished within the last few weeks. I may go over there (across from Davis Jr. High) and see if I can't find a brick or something to have as a rememberence. This is the second home of mine to be reduced to rubble. I lived on the outskirts of Detroit on the east side (two streets from Grosse Pointe) and that has been gone for years....I don't remember it too much, but Plumbrook was HOME!! BTW, congrats on your re-birthday!! Mine was the 15th and just today I going thru some pictures taken Christmas 2004 (a few months after I started my journey) and I can't believe the person that I was then....