Three years! [photo]
Yesterday was my third surgiversary.
I may not have gotten to where some people think I should have gotten, but I'm so happy with where I am compared to where I started. My life is entirely different, yet still my life. My size affects everything I do, but not who I am.
Posting "then and now" photos (I don't like the term "before and after") isn't a cry for accolades; it is how I remember and check-in with who I was, physically, pre-op -- and don't ever want to go back to.
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VSG Mar 26, 2015 Dr. Sharadh Sampath -- 5'3" -- 47YO -- HW: 294 - SW: 261 - CW: 192 - GW: 175
Bi-lateral Brachioplasty May 8, 2017 Dr. Owen Reid
Lower Body Lift Oct 2, 2017 Dr. Owen Reid
"Weight is lost in kitchens, health is gained in gyms." - Dr. Yoni Freedhoff