Please bear with me-AW with my real-life switch sister

Julie R.
on 8/13/11 1:27 am - Ludington, MI

I'm sorry - I know I just posted some pics a few days ago, but this one is so special to me. My sister had the DS 2.5 years ago, and suffered some pretty serious complications with a leak that would not heal. She was on TPN for almost a year, and scared the crap out of all of us. Her positive attitude never wavered, whereupon I would have been ******g and moaning to anyone who would listen, if that had happened to me. She now loves her DS, and is problem free. Yay! She doesn't hang out on the OH board much, but I'm putting here out there anyway, because I think this is the first pic of the two of us together in many, many years. We both avoided the camera so much that we'd never let anyone photograph us. I LOVE this pic! She is two years younger than me, and SEVEN inches taller than me (I have on really high heels, she has on flats). Anyway, here we are, our DS sister debut:

Julie R - Ludington, Michigan
Duodenal Switch 08/09/06 - Dr. Paul Kemmeter, Grand Rapids, Michigan
HW: 282 - 5'4"
SW: 268
GW: 135
CW: 125

2bee.or.not2bee
on 8/13/11 1:35 am, edited 8/13/11 1:35 am

DS on 05/15/11

Two VERY beautiful ladies! Thank you for sharing this story and picture! And thank God she is well!
You both give me hope!
Hugs,
~CC

Romans 8:28 VSG 1/23/10 DS 5/15/11

VSG weight = 143 kg VSG low = 116 kg DS weight = 141.5

Northcountrygirl
on 8/13/11 1:47 am

You two look so awesome!

MajorMom
on 8/13/11 1:54 am - VA

DS on 08/09/07

Love it! You both look so happy.

--gina

5'1" -- HW 195/SW 187/GW 115 July 08/CW 121 Dec 2012
******GOAL*******
Starting BMI between 35 and 40ish?
Join us on the Lightweights Board!
DS on Aug 9, 2007 with Dr. Hazem Elariny

Heather E.
on 8/13/11 1:57 am

DS on 02/23/10

Gorgeous! :)

~Heather~

HW: 249/ CW: 130/ GW: 140

scoob
on 8/13/11 2:01 am - Somerset, KY

DS on 09/15/10

Beautiful!

Ruby

tazmaddy34 is my HW/SW/CW/GW 346/335/183/150 5'4.25"

(deactivated member)
on 8/13/11 2:02 am - OH

Wow! You two look fantastic! I'm glad to hear that your sister is doing better now and kept positive through it all.

Sarah_Anne
on 8/13/11 2:10 am

DS on 11/04/10

Really? Both of you were fat? Never would believe such a thing...

HW 315/ SW 297 /CW 173 /GW 150, size 8/10, 5'8 tall (Updated December 1)

Julie R.
on 8/13/11 2:35 am - Ludington, MI

Yup! I think one thing that has helped a bit it that we were not fat as children. I became overweight as a teen, she as an adult. She's lucky though - she had a hernia repaired and got a tummy tuck out of it....I've had no plastics.