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Am new to this Gastric Bypass Family. I was surfing the different

WLS websites, found this one, it's great lots of information.. I had

gastric bypass on May 5th of 2003, it has saved/changed my life ..I

have spent the last 18 years being aleast 100 lbs overweight, like

most morbid obese pts I developed muliple health programs from heart

diease to diabetes before I finally decided to have the weight loss

surgery and start living again..was the best this I have ever done

for myself..I have lost 140 lbs in the last 11 months, I was one of

the lucky ones, no post op complications or major set backs.. I went

into surgery with the attitude that I needed give 100% of myself to

make this successful, and so far I have been successful .. Sure I

miss eating lots of things but find that for the first time in my

life I am making better eating choices...I think that the best thing

I did was surround myself with people who were going to give me

positive feedback and alround good support..it made a hugh

difference in my recovery and success.. I didn't want to be around

people who had negative thoughts about WLS..

I feel like I am finally living my life at 44 years of age..I

would like to talk with others who have gone thru this surgery..