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Pam
It is so nice to see you again

We have missed you and you knowledge!

Please Don'T stay away so long!

Pam,

When I was first diagnosed with cancer I used to wonder if an hour would go by that I didn't think of cancer, but eventually it did.  Well WLS has been the same, now that we're 3 years out it's all about learning how to live normally, like a normal person, maintaining normal day to day, meal to meal functions.  I guess ultimately that's why I too have drifted away too....

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Hi E.

Glad you posted.
try to come visit us when you are able!

Drink of the morning for me SF Hot Chocolate with some french vanilla creamer.  I haven not posted very much to the board, but feel that I should start.

  My journey is now in the 26th year.  I had my surgery January 25 1985 and alot has gone on during those years.  Anemia was the biggest and now kinda have that under control.  I had a kidney transplant (nothing to do with weight loss surgery) 4 years ago, so now my biggest concern is the new kidney and not weight loss.  I will make it to oner-land in a few months.  I gained 80+ pounds with the transplant due to the massive amount of prednisone that I take daily.  I have worked on the weight slowly and it will continue to go down.
  What everyone has to remember is that it did not take you 6-12 months to gain the weight you did, so don't expect to lose all the weight in less than a year.  Don't get discouraged, if you fall off the wagon, get back on it tomorrow. 

  Would I do the surgery again...yes I would.  The hospital stay would be short (my time was 11 days) and the surgery is so much  more advanced.  And yes, my tool still works.  Things still get stuck and I still dump.  But it is the best thing I have ever done.

 

 

Glad you posted.

Don't be shy!