Wow, I can't believe it's been one year since my gastric bypass surgery.  In the first couple months the time went by so slow, due to not feeling well and looking at the scale every day wondering when the weight would come off.  Once the weight loss started rolling, it has gone by so fast.  I went from 248 to 140 in a year.  Needless to say I look and more importantly feel like a new person.  I went from buying a size 24 to a size 4/6.  Running around with my three kids is so much fun.  I got a bicycle and ride around almost every day.  It feels so good just to be able to move my body.  It's brought about a second honeymoon of sorts with my husband.  Like most people I've talked to, my only regret is not doing this sooner.  My WLS journey took two years to get approval from my insurance company and I never thought it would happen.  I thank God every day that I finally got approved and had the surgery.  I feel so good.  To anyone out there having a hard time with the surgery or getting approval, somehow it will happen and you will feel better.  I didn't believe it at the time, but it's true.  Never give up.  Information is key.  I want to thank my surgeon, Dr. Anthony Terracina, for giving me my life back.  It feels good to be among the living.  Good luck to everyone out there. 

How is the networking going?   You are near your surgery date!   Please keep in touch and let us know how you are doing     I will be thinking of you as it is my birthday

Just wanted to stop in and say hi to all.  Doing well here.  Still trying to get back on track and just keep sabotaging myself.  :)  Ah still a work in progress.

Hi there!!

Count on me to be your accountability partner :)  Do you have AIM or Yahoo messenger?  If so, send to me on email and we can communicate that way more personally and regularly.

Dr. Schirmer was my doc and I live in Charlottesville.   Sounds like we have alot in common already. 

Look forward to hearing from you.

Just to add, even my OB out of Kaiser Reston is on friendly terms with Dr. M, which I found interesting. I've been really bad about not going to follow up appointments -- I had no idea things had changed so much. That sucks, to be honest.

At almost 5 years out, I am still down about 190 (I'm also 6 months pregnant and have gained a bunch of  weight from that -- and am trying to go back to basics even now to counteract that, and it seems to at least be holding steady, yay!) and I would go back to Dr. M a thousand times over if I had it to do again. He knows what he is doing.