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Welcome to the group Rea. Since you have been lurking a while, you now

this group is terrific. Keep posting.

Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

SRVG 7/16/01

Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce

On Mon, 05 May 2003 19:24:28 -0000 " diva_2377 "

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> Hi folks! I'm posting this one day early, but I hope you don't mind

>

> too much. I've been lurking here for several months, but my one

> year anniversary is tomorrow, May 6, so I figured I'd post a message

>

> introducing myself as a new WLS Graduate!

>

> My name is Rea Price. I'm 26 years old and live in Pittsburgh. I

> had lap RnY surgery with Dr. Giselle Hamad at Magee Womens

> Hospital. I started out at 324 pounds (BMI of 49). I now weigh

> around 160 pounds, give or take a few pounds depending on the

> scale. I'm now less than half of my former self! While I was

> wearing a TIGHT size 28 in pants and a 3X or 22/24 in tops one year

>

> ago, today I'm wearing a size 12 in pants and a medium in tops! And

>

> whereas the only exercise I got a year ago was when I got up off the

>

> couch to make myself something to eat, today I go to the gym 3-4

> times a week and work out for about an hour and half every session.

>

> I'm so much more fit and healthy now that it's amazing. Even my PCP

>

> is amazed. And I'm not even going to talk about the attention that

>

> I now receive from the opposite sex because that's an issue of its

> own ;) My self-confidence has increased dramatically and I'm much

> more motivated now too. In fact, I will be starting graduate school

>

> this fall after being in a 4 year rut in a dead-end job. I finally

>

> got up the nerve to apply and even got a nice-sized sholarship to

> cover half the expenses!

>

> This year has been an incredible one, but it hasn't been without its

>

> challenges. I discovered early on that I dump only in extreme

> cases, and I seem to be able to eat more than most post-ops.

> Because of these two things, I've had to exercise an extreme amount

>

> of self-control to refrain from going back to my old habits. And

> even though I lost dramatically in the first few months, my weight

> loss has come to a painfully slow crawl now. In fact, until two

> weeks ago, I was on a two month plateau. But I started Atkins two

> weeks ago and 6 more pounds finally fell off in that time. Also,

> lately I've been becoming more and more self-conscious of my excess

>

> skin. Although it's not nearly as bad as most of the pics I've seen

>

> and I'm fairly sure insurance would never pay for it because it

> would definitely be more of a cosmetic procedure for me, I

> definitely have the body of someone who has lost a massive amount of

>

> weight. I will never be lucky enough to wear a bikini. Ah well

> though. I guess I'm just getting picky now and maybe even a little

>

> bit vain. I'm very thankful for everything that my surgeon and WLS

>

> in general has given to me though.

>

> I'm looking forward to corresponding with folks on this list and

> comparing notes. Thank you so much for allowing me to lurk here

> until now.

>

> Rea Price

> May 6, 2002-- Lap RnY

> Dr. Hamad-- Magee Womens Hospital

> 324/160/???

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> Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG

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