Nine months out and. . .

. . . doing absolutely fantastic!!!  Hey everyone.  The sweetie and I ventured back down to NC today (a 3 hour drive from where we live in VA ~ ugh!!) for my 9 month check up today at Baptist in Winston-Salem.  According to my surgeon I am doing great!  My vitamin D level is low so he prescribed a once a week pill for that but everything else looked good.  I have lost a total of 118 lbs which is about 70% of my excess body weight so that puts me in the "successful WLS patient" category according to the surgeon's office.  He has set my goal weight for between 165 and 170 although I really want to get down to 159 lbs for at least 5 minutes so that my BMI will be in the "normal" range.  I feel so much better than I have ever felt and even though some days I still the fat girl staring back at me from the mirror, I know that I really won't ever be that girl again.  Life is good and I am so blessed and thankful to have such an easy and complication free journey so far.  Thanks for letting me share!   You all are such great inspirations to me! Hugs, Donna P.S.  I almost forgot ~ before venturing to NC today, I had a job interview here in VA this morning that lasted 3 hours!   I got a phone call whle at my surgeon's office and I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!  Whoo hoo!  So this truly was a great day for me!!

Congrats Donna on your sucess! I am inspired by all of ya'll that have gone before me and I hope that one day I can join you in the lots of lbs gone category. Good luck with your new job. Glad you had a great day! Melissa

Wow Donna!

Congratulations all around! The changes in your life over the past nine months are just amazing.

Barb

((( congratulations! ))) This day was a harvest of all the hard work you've done over the past many months.  What a bounty!  Congrats on the new job, and on the verdict from your surgeon that you're now officially A Successful WLS Patient.  How awesome is that?   No coincidence that it all happens nine months out.  It's like you've given birth to a whole new life for yourself. 

Congrats!!! Good job.

Congratulations on the weight loss and the job!!!!!!!!!!! Way to go!!!

Congrats Donna, it must be a wonderful feeling.  I cannot wait to be where you are.Rahsheeda

Congrats Donna, it must be a wonderful feeling.  I cannot wait to be where you are. Rahsheeda

Congratulations Donna on your weight loss and your new job!!! best of luck to you!!

Darcie

That is all great news, Donna, and you deserve every bit of it. Good luck at your new job. xoxo Mare