Welcome!

Congrats on your recent surgery, and the awesome weight reduction you are already experiencing! How encouraging it is huh???
Welcome to our group! I look forward to sharing in your journey with you, and seeing you in chat soon. Let us know how we can help you in your journey!

Welcome to the group Jeri, looking forward to following your progress.  Welcome to the losing side of surgery.  You are off to a fabulous start.  Hugs

Hello. I want to apologize to you!!!!!! I just saw this post mixed in among many others, and in a not approved status.. must have been one of your first few posts on the OH boards. I am so sorry it sat here for so long unseen by all. Please forgive me.

I hope you will return, and give ur group a chance to be at your side in this journey.You did awesome on the liquid diet! Good for you! I bet by now you have lost even moe and are feeling even more hopeful and excited about finding a healthy life very soon!

Again, I am so very sorry your post was not seen earlier, and I hope you will forgive me.
Big hugs! Hope you will return to us!

Hi everyone!!

I'm Linda and just joined the group last night.  I've been a member on OH since I first started my WLS journey last July and had my RNY on Dec. 10, 2009.

As of my 3 month post op yesterday, I've lost 53 pounds and am now "overweight" instead of "obese" and have lost 18 inches in my neck, bust, waist and hips.  WOOT!!

I took an early retirement from the Postal Service on New Years' Eve of 2008 for health reasons and am a self-employed Social Media Consultant now, working from home to supplement the retirement income.  I have two sons -- the oldest is in the Marines and deployed to Afghanistan and the youngest is a Sophomore at West Virginia University.  Let's GOOOOOOOOO, Mountaineers!!!

I've learned soooo much here on OH and have made several good, lifelong friends on here.  I'm looking forward to getting to know each of you, also. 

Hey Linda! Great to have you here with us! Welcome to our group! We are more like a little family than a group really. You will meet great folks here, and I know I have made many life long friends.
Congratulations on your success thus far, and I know you will have much more success as time goes on!
Tell your son thank you for serving our country! Congrats on having 2 successful young men in your life!
I look forward to getting to know you and traveling your journey with you!

Welcome to our growing family Linda.  Congrats on the success to this point, looking forward to following your progress.  Come post often, join us as you can for monday evening chat sessions.  Hugs

Hi.  I'm Jess.  I'm a 31 year old teacher.  I've always been big.  I remember noticing it when I was five.  (sighs)  I'm having a gastric bypass on June 21.  There are lots of reasons for me to do it, but the one that really brought me here was my infertility.  My whole story is on my blog if anyone is interested.  

www.stateofthejess.blogspot.com


I hope to become a part of things here.  Although my friends are supportive, they really don't get it.

Peace,
Jess

Hey jess! welcome to our group. I hope you will find our little family to be just what you need. Trust me, so many of us here who know just where you are coming from! Lean, share, reachout, ask... I look forward to getting to know you.
Congrats on your upcoming surgery!

Hi Jess, welcome to the group.  Looking forward to following your progress here at bariatric buddy.  Come share often, we are here for support.  Knowing where and what you are talking about.  Congrats on getting a surgery date.  Hugs

Hi. I have been thinking about this for a year since May 2009.  I am now working with a surgeon for approval of the sleeve.  Feeling overwhelmed bu glad I have a profile on here.