looking for friends in the central mississippi area

I had my surgery on May 23rd and went on Tuesday June 7, for my two week checkup. I lost 26.5 pounds. Is that good? It sure feels good, Let me hear from you.......

Welcome to the board and congrats on you surgery. We have quiet a few folks up in your neck of the woods I do believe. I used to go to Morton alot when I was a Trucker picking up at lazy-boy. But thats another story for another day. Once again welcome to the board. Barry -91 lbs 03-14-05

Hi Billy Are u kidding? 26.5 pounds in two weeks is AWESOME!!! I hope you're recovering well! Glad to have you with us, welcome to the board. I checked out your profile but there wasn't a whole lot of info, please don't be shy, we're a great family here on the board, if you'd like to, you can always ask us stuff here, and just join us in our posts... everyone's welcome !! Have a great weekend! ~Andie~

Billy, that is a great weight loss. I use to live in Chunky but live in Carthage now. There is a support group meeting in Meridian on Monday feel free to come if you can. There are alot of great folks on here and in your area. Good luck Becky

Hey Boy! I called your Momma tonight and got your phone number. You are doing GREAT!!! I am so proud for you! She told me ya'll weren't home, but I will catch up with you sooner or later. Can you come to the Meridian Support Group Meeting on Monday? I will be there.... I wish I'd know before your surgery that you were gonna do this. Mine was Jan 11 at Keesler and I am down 137.9 lbs..... Call me....we need to catch up! Smoochies Arlies

Hi Billy and welcome to the MS Board. We love new people and you are amongst friends here.. Most of the time anyway... I would say that 26.5 pounds in 2 weeks is VERY GOOD! Ever done that before?? I guess we have another man on here to make us females jealous. Men lose so much faster... Happy for you...but makes us jealous. Glad you came to post and be sure to share lots of embarrasing stories about our queen. Haha...

Hey Billy, Welcome to the Board. We have lots of great people & info here. Feel free to ask any & all questions. We may know the answer & if we don't know the answers to your questions, we'll just make up a good one just for you. But, you do need to watch out for one person here, Arlies. She's bit of a trouble maker & always blames it all on Sybil !!! Just kidding. She's one of my bestest buddies around & she's a great person. Even if it is only when she is asleep. You got to love her. She's a doll !!! Heck, she puts our with our jokes !!! (don't let her fool you, she is involved in playing jokes also) Anyways, WELCOME !!!!!!!! Tammy

Hi Billy, Welcome to the OH family. This will be the best bunch of guys you will ever know. You can come here for questions, or to vent, or to cry or whatever u feel like doing. Joyce

I am so tickled to receive the responses from all of you. Yes, Arlies and I went to school together, so I am already warned about her- haha -.We have been friends for many years. I hope to make it to the meeting tonight but not sure yet. I work as the Buyer at La-Z-Boy in Newton. The group here at work is extremely supportive. They ask me each day how I am feeling and am I doing alright. My boss's wife had the surgery in January so he is really a lot of help. His wife has really helped me through this so far. Of course that was before I found the forum. I have tried every kind of diet there was and never kept the weight off. I am really determined to do exactly what I am supposed to do and with your help it will be much easier. I added another 1/2 mile to my walking yesterday and now I am walking 3.5 miles a day. My wife and I joined the Newton Country Club (fancy name for swimming pool) to have access to a pool to do my excersizes in. The Dr. said that would be much easier on my joints then actually walking, but haven't found the time to go yet. Thanks for your responses and will look forward to hearing from you.

Welcome Billy, We are Glad to have you, this is a great group of folks to go through this journey with! I had my surgery last tuesday, and i couldn't do it with out them. BTW I'm from Hickory, i live in Ocean Springs now, but Hickory is HOME! Good Luck and please post often!! DAWN