IT IS FINALLY A YEAR AND I CAN POST!

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Hi all,

Let me introduce myself. My name is Phoebe Kane aka Pheebs. I will be

66 years old tomorrow May 18th. I have been a lurker here for months.

It is a year TODAY May 17th that I had my lap RNY at Mt. Sinai, NYC

with Dr. Herron. I have lost 86 lbs as of this am. Slow but

sure! Of course, my whole life has changed. Last year this time, I

was walking with a walker from room to room. We had an aid helping

take care of my partially paralyzed 93-year-old mom and myself. This

March we dismissed the aid! I now can cook, clean, shop, do the wash

and take complete care of mom and myself!

It is unbelievable the difference this has made in my life. I will

probably still need to have my knees replaced as I did so much damage

to them with my years of MO. My meds have all been cut in half. I

take 3-5 units of insulin am and pm instead of 25. Hopefully soon I

will not have to take any. While researching WLS 2 years ago, I

realized the need for an older group of WLS people. I just did not

relate to many on the AMOS group. I found that there are different

concerns we oldies have. So I started a group on Yahoo. We are 50 and

older and called " The Oldies of WLS " or " TOOWLS " .

Fay and Corrine on the grad list are members. I don't know if anyone

else is. I may have missed one or two. We are a great caring and

knowledgeable group. Join us if you like. Just email me and I will

send you an invite.

I have been itching to be able to contribute here also. What a great

group of people!

Talk about knowledge! You have it for sure. I have learned much just

lurking! And laughs oh my. I have spent much time chuckling from the

things you all write about.

I want to thank you and I am thrilled to be able to join you at long

last and hope to contribute to this great group!

JUST A FEW THINGS I CAN DO NOW A YEAR AFTER WLS:

Sit in any chair

Get up out of a chair without help

Walk without my walker

Take a shower standing up

My thighs don't rub together

Get in and out of my car with ease

I can put on my sneakers myself and tie them

I can put my bra on the " right way " (not closed first and over my

head)

So many more too many to list and I want to post this now. So thanks

for being there for all of us pre posters and now I can call myself

a " graduate " . Looking forward to talking with all you great people

often LUV N HUGS PHEEBS

5/17/02 ~ RNY LAP

DR. HERRON MT. SINAI NYC

321.9 / 237 -84.9

- 57.5 INCHES(have to measure again!)

MY PROFILE ON AMOS:

http://obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/profile.phtml?N=K998795666