Hi....PLEASE READ MY LAST TWO STORIES..ONLY WITH GODS HELP..THE FIRST WAS FROM 11-06, AND THE SECOND WAS 3-5-07 ONLY 17 DAYS AFTER SURGERY. WELL I AM NOW A LITTLE OVER 10 MONTHS OUT AND HAVE LOST A WONDERFUL 140 POUNDS!!!! BUT.....WHAT A TIME, I HAVE BEEN FROM ONE EMOTION TO THE NEXT, I HAVE LAUGHED AND CRIED AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN...THIS HAS BEEN THE HARDEST THING I HAVE EVER DONE AND I STILL HAVE ABOUT 30 POUNDS TO GO..I STARTED AT 327 AND A SIZE 30 AND I AM NOW 187 AND A SIZE 12..I HAVENT BEEN A SIZE 12 SINCE I WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH. I AM NOT SURE WHAT IS DIFFERENT BUT WHEN I HAD MY LITTLE GIRL (LITTLE??SHES 27 NOW) I WEIGHED 147 AND I WORE A TIGHT SIZE 14 JEANS HOME, NOW AT 187 I WEAR A 12 ??? MY SURGEON SAYS THAT HEAVY PEOPLE WHO HAVE CARRIED THE EXTRA WEIGHT FOR A LONG TIME HAVE DENSER BONE STRUCTURE THAN THIN PEOPLE THEREFORE OUR BONES WEIGH MORE..MAKES SENCE TO ME..ANYWAY HE SAYS THAT IF OUR BONES WOULD NOT HAVE AJUSTED THEY WOULD HAVE BUCKLED UNDER THE EMENCE WEIGHT THEY WERE CARRYING..I ALSO HAVE APPROX. 17 POUNDS OF EXTRA SKIN THAT WILL NEVER TIGHTEN UP, I THINK MY UPPER ARMS ARE THE WORST, THEY HANG DOWN AT LEAST 7 INCHES FROM WHERE MY MUSCLE REALLY IS (INSURANCE WILL NOT COVER ARMS, THIGHS,BUTT OR BREASTS) AND BELIEVE ME ALL THE EXERCISE IN THE WORLD WILL NOT GET RID OF THE EXCESS..THE BIGGER YOU ARE, THE MORE SKIN YOU WILL HAVE..I HIT ALOT OF PLATEAUS AT LEAST ONE EVERY 5-6 WEEKS THEY USUALLY LASTED FOM 10-12 DAYS EACH, THIS WAS THE HARDEST TIMES TO GET THROUGH..BUT KEEP GOING..THIS TOO WILL PASS. I HAVE NOT HAD ALOT OF PROBLEMS MEDICALLY, I STILL CANT EAT MORE THAN A FEW TABLESPOONS OF FOOD, I HAVE A REAL HARD TIME WITH PROTEIN AND I STILL GET SICK AT LEAST 2-3 TIMES A DAY. MY SURGEON SAYS I AM ONE OF ONLY A FEW THAT WONT EVER BEABLE TO EAT THE SAME THINGS I USED TOO, MOST PEOPLE RETURN TO BEING ABLE TO EAT THE SAME THINGS ONLY IN SMALLER PORTIONS, NOT ME, I STRUGGLE EVERYDAY TO GET ENOUGH PROTEIN AND MOST DAYS I DONT COME CLOSE, BUT I KEEP TRYING. I GUESS THE BIGGEST SURPRISE WAS THE FACT THAT I REALLY THOUGHT THE FRIENDS I HAD THEN WOULD BE HAPPY FOR ME AS I WAS LOOSING THE WEIGHT..I WAS WRONG, MOST SAID NOTHING AT ALL EVEN AFTER LOOSING 140 POUNDS THEY SIMPLY ACT AS IF NOTHING HAS CHANGED??!! THANKFULLY I AM IN A GREAT SUPPORT GROUP AND I REALLY APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERYONE OF THEM..OF COURSE I HAVE MY HUSBAND...HE TELLS ME ALL THE TIME HOW GOOD I LOOK AND HOW GLAD HE IS THAT I FINALLY TOOK CONTROL OF MY WEIGHT...BUT THE ONE THING I HAVE YET TO HEAR FROM ANYONE ARE THOSE 5 LITTLE WORDS....I AM PROUD OF YOU...I KNOW MY HUSBAND IS PROUD OF ME BUT I GUESS IT NEVER OCCURES TO HIM THAT WHILE ALL THE COMPLIMENTS ARE GREAT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HEAR THAT HE IS REALLY JUST PROUD OF ME...I HAVE LOST BOTH OF MY PARENTS AND I SOMETIMES WONDER IF EVEN THEY WOULD BE PROUD OF ME!!?? WOULD I DO IT AGAIN??? A FEW MONTHS AGO I WOULD HAVE SAID -NO- UP UNTILL THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER I COULD NOT SEE THE WEIGHT LOSS, I KNEW MY CLOTHES WERE BIGGER BUT I STILL ONLY SAW A FAT GIRL IN THE MIRROR!!!THEN I HAD A BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURE DONE.. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I REALLY SAW ME...ME..A NEW ME AND I WAS PROUD OF ME...I ALSO HAVE A VERY BAD BACK WHICH HAS GOTTEN WORSE BUT MY DOCTOR SAYS THAT IF I HAD NOT LOST THE WEIGHT I WOULD NOT BE WALKING SO I HAVEBEEN TRULY BLESSED!!! SO.....YES I WOULD DO IT AGAIN, IN A HEART BEAT!!!BUT, PLEASE DONT KID YOURSELF..IF YOU ARE HAVING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, OR MARITAL PROBLEMS OR KNEE PROBLEMS OR EVEN SELF ESTEEM PROBLEMS THIS SURGERY IS NOT A CURE ALL.. ALOT OF THE PROBLEMS YOU HAD BEFORE SURGERY WILL STILL BE THERE AFTER YOU LOOSE THE WEIGHT, DOES IT CHANGE YOUR LIFE??? MOST DEFFINITALLY, SOME GOOD SOME BAD. I HAVE HEARD SO MANY SAY THEY ARE DOING IT TO MAKE THEIR MARRAGE BETTER WELL...THAT WONT WORK..MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 28 YEARS AND HE HAS LOVED ME FAT, SKINNY AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN AND HE HAS ALWAYS HAD A STRONG ATTRACTION TO ME AT ANY SIZE....HE SAYS THAT IT ISNT WHATS ON THE OUTSIDE THAT HE IS ATTRACTED TO IT IS WHAT I HAVE ON THE INSIDE AND THAT IS STILL THERE NO MATTER WHAT SIZE I AM..SO MAKE SURE YOU ARE DOING IT FOR YOU ...NO ONE ELSE JUST YOU!!!! SO PRAY,PRAY,PRAY...GOD WILL POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION SO FOLLOW YOUR HEART AND AS A FINAL NOTE YOU WILL LOSE HAIR AND LOTS OF IT..I STARTED PUTTING PROTEIN PACKS IN MY HAIR EVERY OTHER NIGHT TWO WEEKS BEFORE SURGERY AND CONTINUED RIGHT UP TO NOW ..I THOUGHT I HAD IT LICKED AND IN THE 8TH MONTH I STARTED TO LOSE MY HAIR BY THE BRUSH FULL.. THE PROTEIN I WAS PUTTING ON WAS NOT WHAT IT NEEDED THE PROTEIN HAS TO COME FROM THE INSIDE NOT THE OUTSIDE ,SO PLEASE BE AWARE THAT EATING PROTEIN IS A MUST AND I STRUGGLE WITH IT EVERY DAY..I PRAY THAT AS TIME PASSES IT WILL GET EASIER...SO GOD BLESS YOU ALL AT WHAT EVER STAGE OF THE PROCESS YOU ARE IN AND TRUST IN GOD AND HAVE A GOOD SUPPORT SYSTEM IN PLACE ,YOU CANT DO THIS ALONE!!!! I WILL UPDATE AGAIN WHEN I REACH MY GOAL.......GOOD LUCK..YOU CAN DO THIS BUT :"ONLY WITH GODS HELP"!!!!!

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