MM = medium me.....WOW

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Hi Everyone,

I just had to post about my day! I went shopping with my daughter to celebrate

something special in her life and my 8th month anniversary since my switch! And

WOW was it fun!!! I almost fainted! I bought ALL mediums........WOW...I think I

was in Jr. high the last time I wore a medium!!!! A few short months ago I was

wearing a 28/30! ( and believe it or not today my still thinking big brain still

started looking in the plus size section) I am tingly just thinking about the

changes in me. I do not recognize me when I walk past a mirror!!! The best thing

I bought today was a new purple winter coat in a medium! I almost can't wait for

it to get cold now! I bought 2 new pair of jeans in a 14 too. I bought pair of

tennis shoes, size 8 down from 9 before surgery! I can truly say it was the

most have fun I have had shopping in years. And the best part is I didn't even

get tired doing it! I owe so much to my ds friends, so many of you helped me get

this far. I owe so much to my family for thier support, to the wonderful Dr. K

and his staff and most of all to My God!!! This is all like a dream. Besides

wearing smaller sizes I have gained so much energy and really gotten the

vitality back in my life which had been missing for years. I do have a few

bathroom issues but nothing I can't deal with. And it has been a small price for

all the things I have gained back. I swim almost daily again now and I love

working out. I even went jogging this week. That is something I have never even

had a desire in the past to try. I have never had it so good. A dream come

true..... in 8 short months........ what an understatement. I have been truely

given a new lease on life!! For all those still fighting for the right to have

surgery, keep up the fight. IT IS WORTH IT !!! I am feeling so Medium !!! LOL

Deanna

300lbs bmi 50 day of surgery 02-15-01

178lbs. bmi 29 as I sit here now......8 months post op !!!!!

(no longer obese.....simply over-weight!)

THANKS GOD !!!! http://www.duodenalswitch.com/Patients/Deanna/deanna.html

[Guest guest]

Deanna,

So thrilled for you! So many people think that losing all that weight is

unmitigated bliss, but they don't realize how hard that first step into the

" REGULAR " clothing departments is. As my therapist says, it's like having

the doors to an exclusive club, from which you had always been barred,

suddenly thrown open to you. It's a thrill, but unsettling as well. I'm not

at that point just yet, but can empathize:yesterday I (who three months ago

was wearing 3X's) wore a LARGE!

Good luck to you and keep having fun!

Marcia

Dr. Ren, NYU

07/13/01, 281lb./BMI 54

10/20/01, 207 lb./BMI 39

MM = medium me.....WOW

Hi Everyone,

I just had to post about my day! I went shopping with my daughter to

celebrate something special in her life and my 8th month anniversary since

my switch! And WOW was it fun!!! I almost fainted! I bought ALL

mediums........WOW...I think I was in Jr. high the last time I wore a

medium!!!! A few short months ago I was wearing a 28/30! ( and believe it

or not today my still thinking big brain still started looking in the plus

size section) I am tingly just thinking about the changes in me. I do not

recognize me when I walk past a mirror!!! The best thing I bought today was

a new purple winter coat in a medium! I almost can't wait for it to get cold

now! I bought 2 new pair of jeans in a 14 too. I bought pair of tennis

shoes, size 8 down from 9 before surgery! I can truly say it was the most

have fun I have had shopping in years. And the best part is I didn't even

get tired doing it! I owe so much to my ds friends, so many of you helped me

get this far. I owe so much to my family for thier support, to the won

Deanna

300lbs bmi 50 day of surgery 02-15-01

178lbs. bmi 29 as I sit here now......8 months post op !!!!!

(no longer obese.....simply over-weight!)

THANKS GOD !!!! http://www.duodenalswitch.com/Patients/Deanna/deanna.html