Re: Re: Finally newbie can post!!

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It's kinda fun to sit across the room from someone once/month and watch them

turn from a little round elf into a little tiny elf, huh?

Re: Finally newbie can post!!

> Welcome Tina...has it really been a whole year? Time flies when you're

> having a good time...no?

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> Regards~

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> Jacque

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> > 08/28/02 Good morning everyone!! I just wanted to say that one year

> > ago today I had a distal (60 " ) open RNY and it was the best

> > choice I

> > have ever made. My weight started out at 230 lbs on a 5'0 " small

> > frame. I'm currently 130 lbs (and my goal is to get to 110-115) and

> > have also shrunk in height to 4'11 " . I had no complications

> > following surgery and the only problem that I have right now is

> > keeping my husbands hands off me (just kiddin). No, I do have an

> > incisional hernia that needs to be fixed, but will wait until I come

> > up with the funds and will have a tummy tuck at the same time. This

> > site has been a god send to me and has allowed me to meet lots of

> > others going through the same situation. I've also met some folks

> > who now attend the same support group as well as some who live right

> > around the block from me. Thank you to everyone who has wrote to me

> > with advice as well as those who have asked for advice from me. Good

> > luck to those just beginning this journey (it's well worth it) and to

> > those who just had surgery, congrats!!! I'm not much of a poster,

> > but am an addict and read the message board as well as the Q&A also.

> > My routine now consists of 6-7 protein shakes a day (180 g) (ok so

> > I'm a perv!!) as well as trying to get all my water in (so far

> > I'm

> > lucky to get in approx 40 oz instead of 64 oz). I do find that when

> > I eat, I make wise choices and choose the best options for me. I

> > also try to get to the gym at least 3 times a week and was walking

> > during my lunch hour. I started out wearing a size 26 and now

> > currently weight anywhere between a 12 to a 7 (depending on style).

> > Right now I'm having emotional issues with the loss of my father in

> > May as well as my dear gram is now dying (she raised me) so I'm

> > currently off work dealing with these issues and just started seeing

> > a counselor who is a wonderful gal who is working with getting me

> > back to my normal self (whatever normal may be...) Besides dealing

> > with these stresses, my husband (and I both) work for Boeing and with

> > the pending strike, that does not help my stress level. I'm

> > currently off work until the end of next month, but if need be, I may

> > be taken more time off. Right now work is the last thing I need to

> > worry about. Especially since 3 of the 5 people I work with are not

> > very supportive of my decision to have WLS and are trying everything

> > they can to sabbatoge me as well as have been pretty cold to me

> > also. So being off work right now is actually helping take some

> > stressors off me. Thank you again for everything this site has

> > offered me. Love you all!!!

> >

> > Tina T

> > 08/28/01 60 " DGB

> > Dr. Oh (Federal Way)

> > 230/130

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