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Hello,

Last year today at about 6:30 am est I walked into the Bariatric

hopsital in Langhorne pa for open rny surgery. I weighed 494 lbs and

was seriously a mess. My blood pressure was fairly high (I was taking

6 or 7 medications daily), I could not walk across the room without

being out of breath, the shower and the bathroom were a nightmare for

me and I was really tired of being sick and tired.

A yeah later I now weigh 330 lbs (loss of 164 lbs) and take no

medications for my blood pressure or otherwise. I wish I could say it

was a perfect year, far from it (3 complications and 3 hospital

stays), but I feel like my life has been given back to me. Today I am

enjoying life LOTS! I walk a mile a day 3 to 5 days a week, dont

sleep all the time and get up and go out and enjoy life!

I have had some wonderful presents this last year, simple things like

being able to fit in booths when going out to eat, able to cut my own

toenails and put socks on, driving without having the steering wheel

constantly rub against my stomach, the list goes on (As I am sure it

does for most of us).

It has also been a painful year too, the complications, being on

disability for 3 months, saying good bye to a relationship, finding

out my job is being eliminated in March of 2004. But I would not

trade it for the world, I know it sounds clique but this surgery

really has saved my life.

I still have a long way (weigh - ha ha) to go though. My head still

needs lots of work, I still fight and sometimes lose to the thinking

I have had for so long. Sometimes I eat the wrong things, eat too

much, think I have not lost enough, compare myself to others, am

afraid that the surgery wont work long term for me..... and on and

on.......

Well I could go on and on, but I just wanted to say HI! I've been

here lurking and reading for a while now and and glad to be able to

celebrate my aniversery in part by posting here!

Broadfoot

494/330/who knows

12-23-03 Bariatric treatment center Langhorne PA

Dr. mor