POST-OP follow up - Day 206

[Guest guest]

Ray,

You continue to be an inspiration to the rest of us. Congratulations on such

a great weight loss and for the good work you've done this far and will

continue to do. Thanks for the encouragement.

Laurette

4/23/04 open rny

309/290/238/150

St. Charity

Cleveland, Ohio

[Guest guest]

,

Welcome back to the DSL world....LOL. Good to see you back. Take care and

have a wonderful day.

Laurette

4/23/04 open rny

309/290/238/150

St. Charity

Cleveland, Ohio

[Guest guest]

It's been a couple of weeks at least since I last posted here, so I

thought I'd just drop a note to the group.

Today is day 206 of my new life. I'm now at 292 and have went from a

size 5XL t-shirt to a 2XL without having to stretch it out first ;-)

So, I'm down a total of 126 pounds with about 57 more to go for my

goal. My initial goal was, I think, 220 but my MD has convinced me

that this would be very difficult to maintain since I'm 6'5 " so I'm

shooting to maintain 230 to 240 after building up some muscle. The

gym has really helped to get me off my recent plateau of about 3

weeks. I am looking forward to a TT sometime next year, but my goal

and muscle tone come first then we'll deal with the vainity then. I

have a possible ventral hernia about the size of a baseball directly

below my incision that may help when it comes to insurance coverage

of the TT but we'll see. I several have had that little blessing and

I'm hopeful that my will be covered as well.

Concerning some of the newbie posts have been fun to read as they

reflect a lot of what I was feeling during the same time frame, from

pre-op to immediate post-op your mind sort of weirds out and you have

to pull yourself together and focus on your long term goal. Mine is

living a more joy filled life and helping those who maybe seeking

freedom from obesity through WLS. While I still have 50+ pounds to go

to reach my goal, I try very hard to keep my mind and body in synch

by living the plan and exercising. Am I the perfect poster child for

WLS, no, but it has worked for me and I am really enjoying life right

now. Gotta run,

-Ray

[Guest guest]

Just wanted to say hi to everyone hope you are all well i am back home on my

DSL..giggles thank goodness for DSL..I have been taking many notes from all of

your posting though i have not posted much while i was away on my boyfriends

laptap. I just want to thank you all so far for sharing with me your strengths

and your knowledge.

.

Babydollbbw3@... wrote:

Ray,

You continue to be an inspiration to the rest of us. Congratulations on such

a great weight loss and for the good work you've done this far and will

continue to do. Thanks for the encouragement.

Laurette

4/23/04 open rny

309/290/238/150

St. Charity

Cleveland, Ohio

[Guest guest]

LoL ty ty Laurette dial up just is not fun! But i survived hehe

Babydollbbw3@... wrote:,

Welcome back to the DSL world....LOL. Good to see you back. Take care and

have a wonderful day.

Laurette

4/23/04 open rny

309/290/238/150

St. Charity

Cleveland, Ohio