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hello everyone, my name is Sheli, I am 30 years old. I had my surgery on Aug

31, 1999. So I just celebrated my 4 year anniversary. I weighed 380 pounds

at surgery and lost down to 227. I went from a size 36 to a size 18. October

9, 2000 I got pregnant. Something That they told me I would never be able to

do. I adopted 3 children because they said I couldnt ever have any. I

gained 40 pounds with pregnancy and it is still with me 2 years down the road.

I

had my surgery with Arkansas Rehab so they paid for all my surgery. I dont have

insurance so I never got my lab work done and finally 3 weeks ago I went to

the doctor. Had my blood work done. It was terrible. My iron was rock

bottom, my b12 was terrible and I was suffering from some major depression.

Plus I

have high blood pressure.

She gave me a shot of b12. iron pills wellbutrin for depression. I went

back 2 weeks later and i had lost 5 pounds.

I have gave up all cokes, chocolate and eveything that I needed to do and I

am on the right track again. I am going to get down to 200 pounds and I am

only 57 pounds from it. I am going to do it.

well, Thanks for listening.

sheli