New to the Group!

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Hello Everyone!

I just joined thr group a few days ago. I suppose that I forgot to

edit my preferences because when I opened my YAHOO! account it said

I had 289 messages! You are a busy bunch! = ) Finally edited the

preferences! Let's see. I joined the group for a support system.

I had my surgery in Phoenix, I live in Las Vegas, and although the

surgeon and his team are great, they are not here and not really

available for me to talk to when I feel like I have a " stupid "

question. My info is as follows:

I had the surgery on July 14th (open RNY). At the date of surgery I

was 259, 5 " 10 " (yes, I know, it sounds ridiculous for me to have the

surgery, but I had MAJOR comorbidity factors and a horrible family

history to boot!). To date I am 226 lbs and off of all of my

medications. I feel really good, and was back at the gym two weeks

ago. I go five days a week and do cardio for now. This week I

started a Pilates class that is three days a week. I was worried at

first about Hernia, but I seem to be doing okay. It is a great

strength training excercise routine for me. I do about 40 minutes

of cardio after the Pilates class. I made a conscious effort to

maintain a physical fitness routine for about 8 months prior to the

surgery. I think it helped me SO much in my recovery. I was also

fortunate and had a surgeon with little hands so my incision for a

open RNY is only about 2.5 " , amazing. I am so excited to be amongst

friends here. Noone knows about the srugery unless they have had

it. At this point, knock on wood, I have had a phenomenol recovery

and am a total advocate of the surgery provided the time and

circumstance are right. Excited to be here!

Cortney