RE: Finally!!

[Guest guest]

Hi Meredith,

Welcome to the grads and congratulations on a great year you have had! I

just passed my year anniversary too, I have learned so much from this group,

I now have to get out of the habit of lurking all the time!

Open RNY 12/30/02

Finally!!

I can finally post to this group that has been sooo incredibly helpful to me

this past

year!!!

My 1 year anniversary is today and I've certainly come a long way. This past

year has

been one of the fastest years of my life. I can't believe that a whole year

has gone by

-it's mind boggling.

I made a list today of some of the things that I no longer have in my life:

1) high blood pressure (no more daily meds)

2) gastro-esophageal reflux disease (no more daily meds)

3) asthma (no more daily meds)

4) constant joint and back pain

5) pseudotumor cerebri (too much spinal fluid putting pressure on my optic

nerves)

6) nocturnal reflux aspiration (aspirating stomach acid into my lungs at

night)

and last but certainly not least,

7) 120 extra pounds!

The weight has come off fast and fairly effortlessly but in no way has it

been easy. I've

taken on a whole new way of life. By having this surgery I've made a

life-long

commitment to myself to be diligent about what goes into my body and what I

do with

my body. My objectives each and every day are as follows: to eat healthy, to

take the

proper supplements, to exercise, and to continually educate myself on all

three of

those things. Also, just as important, I'm learning how to ease up and not

expect

perfection from myself all the time. I'm not only becoming more physically

flexible

but emotionally flexible with myself as well. I realize that I am still in

the " honeymoon "

phase and I know that I am not invincible, although it is easy to see how

anyone could

feel that way at this point in the game. I know that the hardest is yet to

come - we all

know from all of our previous attempts that the maintenance part is a killer

but I'm up

for the challenge and I feel like a have a real fighting chance thanks to

four things: the

surgery itself along with Dr Aslam & his staff, the wonderful therapist I'm

seeing, my

newly found inner strength (which is getting stronger every day) and all of

the

incredible people who have come before me, have gone through this along with

me,

and those that have followed me. If it wasn't for the wonderful wls

community that I've

discovered here and locally I don't know how I would have made it through

this last

year and knowing that you are all going to be there tomorrow and the next

day is

incredibly reassuring and comforting to me. Thanks for letting me ramble.

Meredith

lap rny 1/6/03

down 120 lbs

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[Guest guest]

Meredith,

Welcome to the posting side of the group. It sounds like you are

doing great.

Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

SRVG 7/16/01

Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce

479/356/hoping for close to 200

On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 16:17:58 -0000 " dithware "

writes:

> I can finally post to this group that has been sooo incredibly

> helpful to me this past

> year!!!

> Meredith

> lap rny 1/6/03

> down 120 lbs