1 Year Update

Sabrinna IsFree
on 4/24/08 12:44 am, edited 4/24/08 12:46 am - Hopkins, MN

Hi Everyone!

Well, it was 1 year this past Monday since I had my surgery. There is so much to say and I am so overwhelmed with feelings and emotions that I don't know where to start.

First of all I am so grateful to Dr. Svendsen and Barb. I don’t know if I would have done this if I hadn't been under their care and the PNC program.

Secondly, thanks to ALL of you!!! The support here is unbelievable. I really wasn't expecting to have found what I have found when I first posted here on the OH board over 2 years ago. You are amazing group of people who all have the ability to touch people no matter what stage of the game you are in. Having support is crucial to this journey so if you are not involved in a support group or at least with a couple of others that are going through, this you really should find that. I put a 1 year pic in my profile. Well here goes…

146 pounds lost since surgery!

16 inches off my waist!

14 inches of my hips!

Some 54+ inches total off of my body!

BMI has gone from 57.6 to 33…I wouldn't even qualify to have WLS now!!!!!!

I have never felt this good about myself, oh I have my moments, but most days are good.

My knee pain is gone and I can move so much better!

I wore a belt for the first time!!

I could go on and on!!! Thanks everyone for your support! Here's to the next 6 months!

Surgeon's goal met, now on to the personal goal...

AmyRG
on 4/24/08 12:53 am - Lakeville, MN

RNY on 04/20/07

Yay Sabrinna!!!! Well said my friend. Congratulations on all of your accomplishments. You look fantastic. I am so proud of you. You are an amazing woman....I feel lucky to have met you and shared this experience with you. It truly has been an incredible year!!! Hears to your (and my) continued success, my surgery sista!!!! Hugs, A

(deactivated member)
on 4/24/08 1:08 am - Blaine, MN

RNY on 05/30/07

Holy Smokes! I just looked at your one year pic and you look AMAZING!!!! What a transformation! Just gorgeous Sabrinna - you have done so well!!!

Congratulations! Michelle

Darla S.
on 4/24/08 1:13 am - Maple Grove, MN

RNY on 04/27/07

Sabrinna, you are such an incredibly sweet woman - I nearly lost it when you nearly lost it last night, because I could just feel the emotion coursing through you! When the photos were being passed around, seeing your "before" photo next to your "after" photo was just shocking. And not even because of the incredible disappearing act you've done this past year. No - it was because looking at your before photo, I saw a woman I didn't recognize. You have been so beautiful since the first time I met you over a year ago, that looking at the woman in that photo - hell, I don't even know how to say this without sounding nasty. I just never saw you the way I saw your before picture last night. I never really imagined that you could be so much more beautiful than you were already, back then! But you are. The difference is just unreal. You have done an amazing job - now go over to Linda Ann's thread and TOOT YOUR HORN, girlfriend!!!

Imperfect does not = unsuccessful

Jennifer G.
on 4/24/08 1:22 am - Minnetonka, MN

RNY on 12/21/07

Sabrinna you have truely been an inspiration to me. I really enjoyed seeing how happy you are with your success at group last night. You just sparkled. Congrats Chica!

Jennifer

Missy W.
on 4/24/08 1:46 am - Cloquet, MN

RNY on 11/07/07

I am so proud of you! That is awesome!!!!! You are definatly one of the people that I look up to on this site! Belts rock! Who knew that people actually used them to hold up their pants and not for just decoration! LOL!

Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty."
--John 6:35

Kris O.
on 4/24/08 1:47 am - Apple Valley, MN

RNY on 04/08/08

Congratulations on your sucess, all of you who are celebrating the various milestones in time and wow moments are truly and inspiration to those of us who are just starting the journey. Thanks to all for sharing your stories.