Hi,
I'm Terri, 46, in North Bend.  I've been banded 5 years and will be converting to bypass on August 21.  I've got two sons, I work for the state, I like to scrapbook and am addicted to Facebook and Pinterest.

Hi back!
I'm Pammy, RNY March of 2011. Living in Independence, with my 4 kiddos. Going to culinary school atm. Love love love Pinterest too! Way too much time on there.

I'd love to see this board get active.  I live in Portland I am a revision.  

Whoo Hoo!  Look at us go. LOL  Thanks for responding.  I'm getting a little more excited now that my date is almost here... Lots to do to prepare at home and I am trying to train a lady at work to take over for me while I'm out.  I'm really looking forward to sleeping in a bit.

Hello,
I'm Yoli. I was scheduled to have surgery last November but I chickened out. I just started my pre-op diet; I have 28 lbs to lose before surgery. I hope to have this accomplished by October, fingers crossed.

I live in Portland, OR and I'm working hard to discover new hobbies that don't center around food.

Im Helen, from Portland suburbs. glad to find this board. :o)

Hi,

I am Joe, I live out near Molalla (East of Woodburn). I had bypass surgery on July 9th/2012 and have lost 40lbs so far! I have 3 kids, and I work in IT. I started my journey at 498lbs and am now down to 359!

Hello Pammy, Ladytazz, Yoli, Helen and Joe!  This is great!  Are you all mainly on the RNY board?  Thats where I usually check in first, but I always try to pop in over here. 

Yoli- I know what you mean about hobbies not revolving around food.  I have started painting my fingernails...almost nightly.  Keeps my fingers out of things. :-)

Hi!

I'm Jen and I'm from Portland.  I had RNY Gastric Bypass on 3/19/12 and my husband had his surgery on 5/7/12.  No children but we hope to.  I knit, scrapbook, and quilt.

Hi Jen.  Glad you checked in. :-)  How have you been doing since your surgery?

Eeks, see how often I check in!

I've been doing really well since my surgery.  I'm down 91 pounds and feeling great!  Having all kind of NSV's; this week it's being able to shop at Victoria Secret which is pretty exciting!

How about you?

Hi folks!  I'm Linda, had RNY in July 2007.  I never did lose all the weight I wanted to lose, but I'm a lot lighter than I started out and happy I had the surgery.  I now suffer from severe hypoglycemia, so I'm a protein, fruit and veggie girl.  I am a professional longarm quilter -- I quilt on a 14' long quilting machine.  Glad to see some of you are into the fiber arts.  Nice to see people chatting here again.  It was very lively back in 2007, but a lot of folks just don't come here anymore.

Hello! I live in the Williamette Valley close to Albany. I have 3 daughters, 6, 2, and almost 4 months. I had the band in 2009, lost a lot of weight and gained most of it back after two pregnancies. I am still down about 50 from my heaviest but the band just doesn't work the same as it did right after the surgery. I think my pregnancies messed it up some how. I would love to get a revision but I have OHP and I'm sure they won't cover it. Anyway, it's nice to meet you. I'd love to hear how your revision goes.