Repost from Karen, herself, on main board!!!!

the following message posted by Karen Barrett at 7:58 AM on Sunday, April 25, 2004 PST: quick post I just wanted to thank everyone from the bottom of my heat for all the prayers and good th0ughts being sent my way...There will never be enough words to express how much I thank you.. I specially want to thank sharon for keeping everyone updated...Still in mucho pain... thank goodness for pain meds... I will be updatin my profile with every detail of my WLS experience.. yes i wrote eery thing down, lol Like that surprises you..But it wont be for a bit cannot sit at vomputer for very long anf cant really see the keys to type..ughh.. Anyway I always look at the positve side of every situation so wanna here the positive... right before I left the hospita; they weighed me.. now I was almost positve that I would have gained because of all the water they had to pump me full of... well in 4 days I am -8 pounds Y&AYYYYYYYYYY 8 pounds gone forever So positive positive positive.. I miss you all terribly lol I have no one to sass with, lol I wont be able to reply to everyone but I do want you to knwo that I do read what you write and it cheers me up greatly SMOOCHIESSSSSSS hobbling with my hula hoop and peanut butter pickle...BUTTTTT Hobbling -8 pounds ; Love ya all... Gonna go walk around the house a few times then take some more meds and get back in the recliner HUgs {.S. My mom bought me a set of wooden spoons well a spoon, fork and a spatua;la thing with vegetables on the end... They were heaven sent Baby wipes and spoon worked great and the fork came in soo handy when I had the allergic reaction to Valium... So ALL HAIL THE SPOON, lol MUAHHHHHH Karem

I am so glad you are home and doing well. Keep up the attitude and the walking.