6 month anniversary!!!!

Hello All, I had my 6 month anniversary on 7/23. It has been a wild and crazy ride so far. With good days and bad days. I have lost 62 pounds so far , and about 40 more to go. Even with the complications that I had, I would do this over again in a heart beat. I feel really blessed to have been able to have this surgery. I thank God everyday for his blessings. I read this web site every day, and my heart goes out to the pre-ops who are having trouble getting approved. I read the posts from the ones who are new post-ops and are hurting and in pain. It is scary, I rememeber so clearly the pain, and the worry and endless questions of those first few weeks. I now am having the worries that most of us 6 month post-ops are having.... Am I eating too much? Have I streched my pouch and what now if I have? Should I be eating this or that???? I guess that the journey really doesnt end at 6 months or a year, it never ends. It is a life long adjustment, a new life style. I am looking forward to the next 6 months, and longer. Thanks to this web site, I have others who understand what it is like to be in my shoes. God Bless, Cathy

Aww, Cathy....you took the words right out of my mouth. We have all come so far and have a long way to go. I am a month ahead of you and am down 80 pounds...the loss is slowing down now so I have to find a way to jump start it again. Sure have been missing you....can't wait to see you again. Hugs, Betsy

Thank you Betsy. It will be good to see you again. 80 pounds is amazing! I wont reconize you next time I see you. Keep up the great work!!!!!! Cathy

Congratulations on your loss!

Thanks, I was reading your profile, and I cant believe that you actually used a lap top in the hospital! I did not have the energy to sit at the computer for about 2 weeks after I got home!!! Way to go! Cathy

Congrats Cathy ur so right about being a ride for the rest of our lives. Im on another stall but pray it will leave soon, I have another 100 pounds to go. Your looking great, cant wait to see u next Charlottesville Meet will be Sept 30th, place and time to follow.

Hi Cathy, 62lbs is a great weight loss if you have only 40lbs to go!! You should be very proud of yourself!!!! I wish my weight loss would be more too but then so does everyone!! It is a scarey journey because I can eat more than I did before and I worry if I am eating too much or stretching my pouch too! But you are still losing so you are doing things right! I feel like we are part of a family who all know and appreciate what everyone is going through - other people who have not had the surgery can't really understand us even if they try hard to. They don't worry about everything they put into their mouths like we do ........ This is also a wonderfully supportive website!! Jackie