Re: HAPPY NEW YEAR; 13-month Report

[Guest guest]

Sonja, I agree with all that, and especially AMEN to the diabetes

statement!

Marta

> - That you probably will never again have to worry about

possibly

> developing diabetes, even though it has been responsible for the

deaths of

> EVERYONE of your mother's generation

[Guest guest]

Congratulations! That's definitely a success story.

*hugs*

Anita in San

11/08/01 DS

Size 26/28 -> Size 14/16

>

> Hello from Washington DC. December 29 was the 13-month anniversary

of my

> GRDS surgery with Dr. K, and I have much to celebrate.

>

>

>

> WHAT I HAVE LEARNED:

>

>

>

> - That eventually you DO get all your strength back, and

then some

>

> - That increased flexibility is a lot of fun

>

> - That buying clothes " off the rack " means you have more

selection

> and that you can walk between the racks without snagging clothes and

> knocking them to the floor

>

> - That you probably will never again have to worry about

possibly

> developing diabetes, even though it has been responsible for the

deaths of

> EVERYONE of your mother's generation

>

> - That you can hold two grandchildren (toddlers) on your

new lap

> and one alongside, in a chair where your hips used to touch on both

sides

>

> - That you no longer need to whisper to the flight

attendant that

> you need a seat belt extender, but in fact can cinch yourself in

with 4 " to

> spare

>

> - That six small meals a day can be much more satisfying than

> three-a-day uncomfortable blowouts

>

> - That, yes, you can actually mourn the QUANTITY of food

you used

> to eat. NOW thinking about food means putting protein first, and being

> careful about portion size. (It took me at least TWENTY vomiting

episodes

> to learn I had to listen to my stomach telling me it was full. Some

of us

> are slow learners.)

>

> - That people don't swing around to watch you lumber about is

> refreshing, but tinged with a little resentment that now you are

treated as

> " normal-sized " and with a completely different acceptance from the

public -

> who have no idea what you have gone through to get to this new stage

in your

> life.

>

> - That doing tasks or kids' puzzles on the floor just by

bending

> over is SO EASY now

>

> - And, even though it has taken a year, and it was the last

post-DS

> food aversion to go, I can now enjoy a steak again.

>

> - Best of all, I don't think I need any plastic surgery, except

> maybe to get rid of my newly gobbledy-gobble neck.

>

>

>

> I have lost 110 lbs, and remain stable at that weight. I went from

a size

> 24 to a size 14. Since I now weigh the same, and am the same size

as I was

> IN HIGH SCHOOL, I am very happy. I didn't have a weight or size

goal - it

> just worked out this way. Dr. K hit it on the mark, as far as I am

> concerned.

>

>

>

> Next I am going to my photo file to add some new snapshots.

>

>

>

> I've enjoyed this discussion group, and I want to wish all of you a

Happy

> and Healthy New Year!

>

>

>

> Sonja S.

>

> Washington DC

>

> GRDS 11/29/06

>

> -110 and holding

>

> Size 24>Size 14

>

>

>

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