With Thanksgiving approaching, we often reflect and express our gratitude. We asked our members to share with us what they were thankful for.
Members Speak:
Coordinated by Kathy S
ObesityHelp.com Support Services Associate
Bariatric University-Bariatric Coach
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As for as WLS goes, I am most thankful for feeling better. My knees don't hurt, my back doesn't hurt and my feet don't hurt anymore! - Submitted by: denimsway |
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I am thankful for my "health" and right now, I am MOST THANKFUL for my wonderful Mother. If it had not been for her, I would not be down 100 lbs and as healthy as I am today! She's the BEST and I try to tell her that EVERYDAY!! |
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I am most thankful for being turned on to this website and finding out about the VSG and Dr. Aceves. Without it… by now I'd be dead! I love life and I'm ready to live it! Not just sit back and let the one life I have slide by unnoticed... - Submitted by Ms_DeB |
| Hi I am thankful for the support I get on oh and for the support. I have from my family and friends. I am thankful I got to get the surgery and thankful for my surgeon who did my surgery. I am thankful I got my health back and I am off dialysis. Happy Thanksgiving to you and good luck with your journey. Take care and have a wonderful day. Sincerely yours-your OH friend - Submitted by paula-37 |
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I am most thankful for 30 - 40 more years on this beautiful planet... - Submitted by larry_g |
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I am thankful for the wonderful support group of friends I have made during this journey. I am thankful for the improved health I have had as a result of my weight loss. Of course I am thankful for my family as they have fully supported me through this journey. - Submitted by Marnie C. |
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Family, family, family! I've got a great family - inlaws, outlaws, parents, hubby, kid - love 'em. Other than that, I have a great job that I love and really great co-workers! And finally, I am thankful that insurance approved my surgery! - Submitted by strummy |
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Nifty! I always love these sorts of posts. Reflection is fantastic for motivation. I am most thankful for my ability to grow and learn every day. Without this, I could never understand or progress in my weight loss and learn about my body, heart or mind. I am most thankful for my ability to conquer anything, when I put my mind to it. I am most thankful for my ability to love and listen to those around me. I feel it allows me to connect to the world.I am most thankful for those around me who care enough to be honest with me. I know anything they say is not in spite or cruelty, but out of love and compassion, concern and encouragement. Even if it doesn't seem that way at first. Have a good one all! - Submitted by sionnaingeal |
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I'm thankful for OHIP providing me with the means to get the surgery which has changed my life! |
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I am thankful for the loving family that I have and I am most thankful for the love and support of my husband and for each and every day that I have to spend with him. My husband was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer that had metastasized to his brain two years and seven months ago. After brain surgery and surgery to remove part of his lung, and extensive chemo and radiation treatments, I am happy to say that he has now been two years and two months cancer free. In May of this year, he had a mild stroke as a result of all the radiation to the brain but again survived with minimal side effects. I am thankful that he is still here and healthy! I am also thankful that I will soon be healthy as well to enjoy all of our days together. - Submitted by DeborahH |
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I am so thankful for my family and friends (new and old). I am so thankful for my WLS, for now I have my life back. I am so thankful for OH! I have made wonderful friends, whom some have become family. I am so thankful I can walk and breathe and I can dance with my husband after 18 yrs.Thank you - Submitted by IAMASWEETHEART44 |
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I am Most thankful for my faith - it has completely changed my life. I am thankful for my children, they bring untold joy to my life. I am thankful for a husband that has stuck with me through endless crisis's and enduring the many changes from teen to an old broad. 30 years with one person can be a little tedious at times but don't tell anyone I acknowledge that. I am thankful for the support found here and the many amazing women I have met over the past few months. Friendship - that is an awesome gift and I am thankful for each and every friend in my life. They have carried me through some pretty tough times and never let me fall. - Submitted by momtothree |
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 I most thankful for my family and friends who supported me through this journey of WLS. I'm also most thankful for my WLS. Had I not made the decision to have RNY, I probably would have never have been able have the chance of becoming pregnant and having a beautiful healthy baby boy.- Submitted by Tabetha A. |
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It sounds strange, but with a year of healing and losing 113 lbs, I am thankful that I lost my very high stress job last November. I'm not sure I could have been as successful working my weight loss tool if I was under the same amount of stress, flying all over the place for my job and taking part in all of the late night business dinners!I'm blessed that I was able to find another, less stressful job AND have Lap-band surgery. It saved my life and my sanity! |
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#1 on my list is my salvation #2 is my family, what wonderful blessings! #3 is everything else! I've had my share of trials and tribulations just like everyone else, but I have a deep-seated joy in my heart that nothing can take away, which is directly related to #1!Thanks for the thread, and the reminder to stop and think about the good things! - Submitted by niffer1283 |
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I thank God for: - a loving family that supports me - for my fiance who loves me just the way I am - for my three big dogs - for my job and home - for dear friends - Submitted by austinglobe |
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The Block Button - Submitted by NormanB258 |
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Norman is right, the block button is a wonderful thing but I am also thankful for the great variety of people I have met on OH and the chance to talk with and learn from them. And I am SO thankful I got a VSG and affordably from Dr. Aceves.kissy kissy! - Submitted by multiplepetmom |
| Happy Holidays, What am I most Thankful for this holiday season? My loving partner of almost 20 years who has been with me through thick and thinner. Being able to be "present" and appreciative in my children's lives with joy and gratitude. Enjoying the feel of moving with energy instead of drudgery in my daily life, which has only happened because of the weight loss I have been able to sustain using my tool, the lap-band. The friends I have gained through the boards here! - Submitted by Teri S. |
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I am thankful for... Every day that I have to spend with my mom and sister and for all the support they have given me throughout my life. The Dr. who discovered such a wonderful surgery (the DS) that will allow me to live my life to the fullest and still let me eat like a more normal person and still lose weight and become healthier. Dr. Greenbaum, the wonderful surgeon who preformed my DS that will let me live the rest of my life to its fullest potential. And for making a decision to have the DS that led me to meet such wonderful people who I will never forget because they have done so much to help me. - Submitted by yex1 |
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Ok, this is a good exercise. Well not to go all "church lady" on you but I am thankful first and foremost for my God and my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I am in my 30's and just beginning to crack the surface of what Christ's sacrifice means in my life. I am thankful for my family and especially my children. That God could put such powerful sources of love in my life makes me think I am worth something even on my downiest days. I am thankful for the opportunity to help others through my God-given vocation of writing. I am thankful for the opportunity to tell my story to others so that they may find some information or inspiration from it. I am thankful for my Obesity Help community for keeping me grounded, sane, active and accountable. And I am thankful for Kathy S. for continuing to inspire us all! - Submitted by Cleopatra_Nik |
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For a husband who has stuck by me through thick and thin, literally, and who supports all my efforts and knows how to gently remind me that my WLS journey is a daily journey, not just a few good choices here and there. Submitted by: RoseS |
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I am thankful for many things this year: Personal: My husband's kidney disease is in remission I have a wonderful job in a stable market, despite the economy I have been able to break free of toxic relationships that were keeping me from reaching my full potential I have become more active in my community instead of being reclusive, and have met some great people Weight-Loss Related: My surgeon and his staff have been invaluable My family and friends have been wonderfully supportive of my healthier lifestyle I have a renewed zest for life and look forward to every day instead of dreading it I am off all of my medications and my body is functioning the way it should My sleep apnea is gone and I don't even snore anymore I have found a new hobby in healthy gourmet cooking and love to share with my loved ones I'm thankful for this website, because it truly is a wealth of knowledge. It's wonderful to know that I can jump online and ask questions or advice and be able to hear from someone who has experienced what I have. I am so glad that I can find the support I need here, since my surgeon's office and support group is over two hours away, and only during the work week. THANK YOU ALL!! - Submitted by FlabToFab |
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My Family, My Spouse, My dogs, My health, My home, My mind. I am in general, very blessed and very appreciative of what I have. - Submitted by tommydogsdad |
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I love this post!!! So happy and positive!!! I am thankful for so much so I'll try and simplify it! I am thankful for my husband, Jamie (oh great i'm gonna cry) I am thankful for my entire family I am thankful for my niece and nephews who keep me strong and giving me the will to get better right now I am thankful for my OH Family and I am thankful for my surgery and the good things to comeand finally God for keeping me strong and having someone to believe in .... and for bringing us Baby Carrot! Submitted by Nadine M. |
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I am most thankful for Father GOD, for without him none of this is at all possible.I'm thankful for the LOVE & WORD of GOD, because without it I would have giving up on life and just laid in my bed and died from complications of my obesity. I thank JESUS for prayer for without it I would have never found Obesity Help, and all my wonderful new family, who not only care, but understands all of my hurts, pains, joys and accomplishments. I am thankful for my blood family and Holy Spirit filled Kingdom family for their love and support. Also, I'm thankful for being alive and loving life! GOD IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! - Submitted by MsPrincess |
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For the challenges I've faced and overcome, assures me that I can handle anything the future holds. - Submitted by Sarahlicious |
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GREAT post!!! I am thankful for: ~my husband, who has been there for me through thick and thin (literally) ~my two wonderful daughters and super grandsons ~my friends, especially the ones I have met here on OH ~the NEW life this surgery has afforded me ~being able to date my husband again. (He LOVES it) ~being PAIN FREEI could go on and on, but I am so thankful for this sleeve!!! - Submitted by corky1057 |
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I am thankful for my family, and especially my three boys. I am thankful that I will live to see them grow up and see their children and maybe their children's children. I am thankful for the patience and persistence which has led me to win and keep winning the battle against my food demons and the compulsive overeating behaviors that created my obesity in the first place. I am grateful that my metabolism and my body have healed themselves now that 157 pounds of fat aren't obscuring the minute cellular processes that need to go on to support my life! - Submitted by Waterwench |
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I am thankful for everyone and everything that will change because of this wonderful surgery. Thanks to my family and friends for their continued support, here on OH and at home. Thankful that we all live in a great country, whether U.S. or Canada. Thank you for the chance to say Thank You, and Happy Thanksgiving to all our American friends. - Submitted by Eileen C. |
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What a great topic! I am most grateful for: -My Husband of eight years -My beautiful seven year old daughter that melts my heart -My 17 years of sobriety -My job with Oxford House (a national non-profit) -My newly acquired VSG Surgery (Two Weeks out and loving it) -My new journey of self-discovery -This forum for helping with all my questions!!!!I could go on and on.................. - Submitted by katgibson |
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Well, even though our Thanksgiving was last month, I like the idea of putting out there what we're thankful for...and I do love the American Thanksgiving day! I am most thankful for my children...they are truly the lights of my life. I am thankful for my family...they have given me unconditional support and love in all things. I am thankful for my true friends, both in real life and online, their support was and is invaluable. I am thankful for being able to have this live saving surgery...this has truly been the best thing I have ever done for myself. - Submitted by Lisa P. |
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I am thankful for: ~My wonderful family. My husband and boys have been my #1 fans these past two years. ~My WLS. Every single day I STILL take a few minutes and thank Cigna and my AWESOME surgeon...Dr. Francis Teng ~The wonderful new friends that I have met as a result of my WLS. ~Feeling and looking GREAT at 50. - Submitted by barbccrn |
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I'm most thankful for the joy that's there to be found everyday if I will just look for it and accept it. (Usually not big things, but small things that are so important for nourishing my soul.) I am thankful for family - best health ever - and for WLS & this site which has enabled me to use my tool of surgery to achieve my goal of losing and maintaining. - Submitted by happylapbander |
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I am so very thankful for my faith, my family, my good friends, my health, my friends on OH, my husband’s patience and undying love. I am thankful for every serviceman and woman that stands in harms way for my right to enjoy my family, friends, and my gifts from God in this life. Without them, it might not exist. I am thankful I live in a good solid community that tends to all, not just the wealthy. I am thankful my surgeon had good solid steady hands, and helped me through this hurdle in my life. The rest I put in God's hands. I have much to be thankful for in this world that can certainly be so cold and ugly at times.Enjoy wonderful holidays in our land of Plenty everyone. - Submitted by suzzziequzzzie |
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When I read this post topic, I was reminded of a quote by writer Melody Beattie: "Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend." I am most thankful for an attitude of gratitude, for with it, I'm thankful for everything--the major, the minor, the significant, the insignificant--and everyone. - Submitted by marylaw |
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I am most thankful for my faith in God and for his unconditional love for us all. Thankful for my salvation and the assurance that when I die I will go to Heaven with Jesus. Thankful for my family and friends. Thankful for my weight loss surgery and for my health. Thankful for my family and all my Obesity Help friends. Thankful for the opportunity to lead a support group for Obesity Help and for all the valuable information that is provided for us to use in our meetings. Thankful for my life and the opportunity to help others on their journeys. - Submitted by Vivian Prouty |
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For Jesus - without the cross I am nothing. Longer time on earth with my beautiful family. My precious daughters. I am humbled to be their mother. For a truly supportive husband that supports whatever the desires of my heart may be. - Submitted by Leah H. |
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I'm very grateful for my family... especially my beautiful 27 year old daughter Danielle. She is the best thing I ever did, and I'm grateful every day that she is happy, healthy, smart, independent, and successful. (I know I'm her mother, but she really is all that and more!) I am SO grateful for having the opportunity to have RNY surgery. Now the image of myself that I used to have in my head, matches what I look like on the outside. I feel like I did 20 years ago! The gift of health is one that I never take for granted, and I feel so good now compared to just nine short months ago. I'm so happy that I am an OH group leader, and believe that I help others to grow, and stretch, and believe they can do things they never thought possible before. It makes me so happy to see the joy on someone's face when they try something new, and love it! Knowing that I helped in coaxing them on, helps me to feel useful, and that I'm having an impact on other people’s lives. I've also made so many new friends through the group and OH that have made my life so much happier. I'm exceedingly grateful for my friends, new and old, who I would be lost without. They are my anchor, my "soft place to fall" to quote a famous phrase, and like family to me. And lastly, I am very grateful to live in a wonderful country (Canada), where there are endless opportunities, freedom, and peace. I love to travel so much, and have been over much of the world, but I am always happy to come home, back to what is familiar; my home, my family, and my friends. - Submitted by investigator77 |
| I am so thankful for my family, my husband, my health and all of my friends. May God bless you and all. - Submitted by 2bthinnow |
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I am thankful to OHIP for allowing me to have the WLS OOC. I am thankful for the support my family has and is giving me. My new lease on life..................................so much healthier - Submitted by grawlings |
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I am first and foremost thankful for my wonderful and supportive family. I am thankful for this WLS road to health that I am on. I am thankful for the joy and pep that I feel more and more each day! God is Good....All the time! - Submitted by 2babutterfly |
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I lost the weight but found myself. Priceless! - Submitted by Denise Afflerbach |
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I am most thankful to be part of the biggest family of losers in the world! - Submitted by Gwen E. |
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I am most THANKFUL for... Family... Friends... That my children are still living and are healthy... For this site... For the miracle of these surgeries that give people their lives back... But most of all, I am THANKFUL...JESUS CHRIST, THE SAVIOR OF MY SOUL AND BECAUSE OF HIM...I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH ALL THE ABOVE...!!! - Submitted by www.ohmeohmy.com.105 |
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I am extremely thankful for my wonderful husband and children and my sister Karen and bro in aw Bill for all their support and love and kindness through everything I have gone through during this surgery and subsequent issues. I am even more thankful for the friends I have made on this site. You have been there through sickness and emotional strain and proved yourselves to be of the utmost comfort and support. Always there to give advice to better my healing and eating. Always there to? woot woot? on my weight loss and most of all the love and hugs everyone on here gives. I honestly believe without this OH site I would have had allot of worse issues during this surgery. My Dr. couldn't find what was wrong, but through all your advice and my trying each thing you said, we finally found a way to make my four month vomiting issue end. So, I am thankful for so very much. I do have to say I am also thankful for my most excellent Dr., Dr. Mc Garry who has supported me through all this and even was the one to approach me to get this done. (He also made it one of his requisite that I had to join this site lmao.) I am thankful that I have lost 121.4 lbs so far and have so much more energy. I barely could walk to the bathroom and now I am doing Judes Exercise Challenge and walk a mile a day. Last year I would have died laughing if you told me I'd be where I am now. I am so thankful for so much........... - Submitted by ElizabethsJourney |
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I'm thankful for my health and my sleeve. My husband and my family and their support. Just being happy and doing the things I've wanted to do for a long time now that I'm at this weight and size. - Submitted by Kathy G. |
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Thankful to have been born and raised in Canada. - Submitted by Jennifer D. |
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I am so thankful for my husband. Grateful to have met him so early in life and to have spent so much time developing a relationship that sustains us both through all the ups and downs of life. I am thankful for my kids who give purpose and meaning to our efforts and are our joy and our challenge and make us want to be better people. I am thankful for my mother who has always been proud of me and also makes me want to be all that I am capable of being. I am thankful for my business. That I found a way to contribute and help people and have managed to keep our heads above water during this very difficult year. Grateful for the come back in the economy and increase.I am so thankful for Dr. Aceves and Dr. Campos and their team. I am grateful for my sleeve and the tool that I have been given to create a new life without the up and down weight and food battles I have had over the years. Thankful that they were so professional and caring. I am thankful for my home and for living in such a beautiful valley. - Submitted by andreals |
| I love this time of year too! I am most thankful for: *Grace, mercy and provision from my Heavenly Father. *Being surrounded by my family and the people I love. *The two most amazing parents anyone could have ever been blessed with. *My sweet loving child. *2009 as my year to change my life with WLS. The blessings that have come from it have been unending thus far. I reclaimed my life back because of it. *Employment! That's just a few things I'm grateful for everyday! - Submitted by dstgirl2000 |
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My family and my friends. - Submitted by jkkrobbins |
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I am pre-op, but have so much to be thankful for. 1. That I have God in my life on a daily basis. 2. For my sobriety...I have over 17 1/2 years of sobriety and am so thankful my kids never saw me drunk! 3. I have an amazing husband and family. 4. That I have the opportunity to have WLS to regain my health so that I can be there for my kids, and someday grandkids, and so that I can grow old with that amazing hubby of mine. I could go on and on, but that is what is in my head just this moment. - Submitted by Kyle H. |
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Mostly that I have a wonderful, loving, supportive family. - Submitted by sarab |
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I am thankful for so much in my life after being one year out of surgery. My life has changed in so many ways... ways I would have never expected. I actually love myself for the first time in many years. I love my OH family and the group of friends I have gotten to know thru ObesityHelp.com. I am thankful for my surgeon who had the knowledge and ability to perform this life changing surgery. I am thankful that I have found a renewed spirit and a closer personal relationship with Jesus Christ. I am so proud to be an RNY’er! I am thankful for the amazing transformation my entire life has taken on... not just my body. Thank you all for being a part of it!!!! - Submitted by Tracy S. |
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I am thankful for... My OH family. My biological family and friends. For finding peace within my spirit. And WLS... - Submitted by cge268 |
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I am eternally grateful to the DS Renegades for spreading the word about the DS when I was a newbie on the main board contemplating a LAP-band. - Submitted by Magdalena |
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I am MOST thankful to G-d for blessing me with a way to get my DS from what looked like no way at all. Sometimes we get blessings that aren't recognizable as such. For me, my becoming disabled with lupus and fibromyalgia actually made my DS possible! My health is slowly being restored, and I have hope to return to some sense of normalcy in my life. Jazzbabe |
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I am thankful for Family and friends who stood and continue to stand by me. I am thankful for my DS and the doors it is opening for me. I am thankful for all the support I receive here on OH and off line. I'm sure there's more, but this is what comes to mind at the moment. Peace TaylorD |
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This year has brought many things to my table, some not so good but with outstanding outcomes! I am most Thankful for my health! Remission rocks! I am most Thankful for my beutiful Family....grandchildren are the best! I am most Thankful for my DS and the ability to go forward and fight with what ever comes into my path, good or bad, and to WALK away happily. colene |
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***My DS as it gave me my life back and my health. ***For the best gift I could have ever asked for, My Son. Didn't think I would ever be a mom with the 200 extra lbs I was carrying. ***For the amazing husband I was blessed with. jass28 |
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I am eternally grateful that, because of my medical situation and need to take NSAIDs, I found out about the DS! I am so thankful that this miracle of a surgery exists, as well as the wonderfully supportive community of DSers here on OH. Everyone's ongoing patience, support, knowledge, and willingness to share is amazing - I am truly blessed to have found this online family!!! Auralaine |
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Nursing my kids through the flu this week has made me aware and incredibly grateful to the access to healthcare that I have. I had a few scary moments and it was intensely comforting to know that help was only a phone call or quick car ride away. BrighterPath |
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I am most thankful for my husband. We have been together since we were 19 years old, and in all that time he has been the only constant in my life. He is always there standing behind me with support even if he doesn't agree with me. He is a a sweet and generous person. Someone who does not come around more than once in a lifetime. He has taught me so many things and I am grateful to him for improving my life. He is a great husband and an amazing father, kind and patient. I am truly blassed. He is the love of my life, my true soulmate. I have and will always love him. |
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Its taken 30 yrs 2 wls, 2 bouts of plastics but I finally LIKE the way I look. ArielSanders |
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Two words: MY HUSBAND. Everything I do begins and ends with him. Not in a submissive way, but in a "we are dedicated to each other's health and happiness" way. Bette B. |
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So many things to be thankful for this year......my husband and I still having jobs, our home and family......my success with WLS and the fact that I just plain feel so much better than this time last year.......and for the hope I now have for my life and that I can accomplish anything that I set my mind and heart on! ladiblade2 |
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I am thankful for my children, my WLS and coming to the understanding that it is a journey of ups and downs and not letting it get to me.I am thankful for my health that was starting to slip, but now is on track. I am thankful that I have finally realized my self worth after never seeing it throughout my life. Easternshoregrl |
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I am thankful for my three healthy and strong children. I am thankful for the health of my mother and siblings. I am thankful that I am healthy enough to remember to be thankful. I am thankful that I am online chating on a message board instead of looking for a job. I am thankful for my job which enabled me to pay for this surgery. I am thankful that the biggest obstacle in my life right now is food and myself. cintigirl |
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I am most thankful for continuously receiving God's blessings. Everything in my life is going so well, and it is for no other reason than that I have the favor of God in my life. planning4thin |
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Things I'm thankful for: 1. God and all of the blessings that I've been given. 2. My health. 3. My wife, family and friends. 4. To live in a country where I'm free. 5. My education, career, and prosperity. 6. My intelligence and common sense. 7. Long underwear...I'd be freezing and miserable without it. 8. To be so handsome and charming....just kidding. My wife and I've had such a good year. We had RNY in April and have done so well. I've lost 145lbs and she's lost 103lbs. Saturday Nov. 7th we're doing our first half marathon. She's gone from a size 22/24 to a size 6. I've gone from a size 58 to size 40, and still losing. We're off our blood pressure meds. We're no longer pre-diabetic. We don't snore anymore. We're so much healthier now. I'm thankful that I had the courage to seek out WLS despite all of the negative things that family, friends, and co-workers had to say about it. I'm thankful that I we had such a good surgeon and good bariatric center to have the surgery performed. |
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I am so thankful for my Lord, my family, especially my husband, and the health given to me by my RNY. My husband has been seriously ill this year and in the hospital for 6 months. If I had not had RNY and lost almost 150 pounds, I would not be healthy enough to take care of him. So my RNY not only saved my life, but his as well. Thank God for RNY! Nsg4Him |
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As I sit and think about my answer to this question it is very hard to decide what I am thankful for the most. I am thankful for the Blessed Life God has given me. I didn't say perfect ! I said Blessed. Every morning I am blessed by a new day. I feel it is up to me to make the best of each day given.I am thankful to of had a wonderful husband who I was married to for 36 years. I am thankful to have 2 children and 2 grandchildren. I am thankful for a job in these trying times. I am thankful for each day as it comes and each and every journey for they make me who I am. Thanks and count your blessings. Hambear |
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I am thankful for this life that God has given me. The forgiveness that I walk in everyday. With all my imperfections God still loves me and has given me that love with no cost to myself. Everything that I love he has given to me. My husband, my family, my friends. I have a job when so many don't. And even though my husbands company closed after 30 yrs, God has kept us in the green. Giving us what we need right on time every time. I am even thankful that I grew up obese. I think it has made me into the person I am. I like me. I don't like the weight which is why I am having the surgery. But I like who I grew up to be. I may not have been who I am if I had grown up thin and in the in crowd. This life God has given me is a journey full of mountains and valleys, oceans and deserts. I am thankful for every step taken to get where I am and I am so looking forward to the rest of them. I am also thankful to all of you who encourage and empower those who visit this site daily. Be Blessed everyone!!! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!!!! hopesahead |
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I am thankful for: 1) The One and only God, who sent his son to die for my sins 2)The family God has given me 3)My health, inspite of myself 4)My job and the ability to support my family in these very trying times 5)Insurance to cover my RNY and other medical neccesities for my family 6)My surgeons program here in town, so that getting this life saving and altering surgery was easily accessible to me 7)Having had the courage to have RNY, and the new opportunity to make the most of living the rest of my life istead of letting life pass me by Lori K. |
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Hi Everyone: What a great topic! I am most greatful for: -My Husband of 8 years -My bueatiful 7 year old daughter that melts my heart -My 17 years of Sobriety -My job with Oxford House ( a national non-profit) -My newly acquired VSG Surgery (Two Weeks out and loving it) -My new journey of self-discovery -This forum for helping with all my questions!!!! I could go on and on.................. katgibson |
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I am so thankful that I stumbled onto this site and found out about VSG. I now have a chance to regain my life and health...and perhaps be a Grandma one day. I am sooo thankful for my husband and son....who gave me the courage to change my life for the better. Tammy_S |
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My husband who understands and supports me! mybadof4 |
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Family of course, then my health despite my years of abusing my body with my weight! God is good! momof3wolves |
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I am thankful that I overcame my fears and HAD the Verticaal Gastrectomy for a number of reasons, including the fact that it enabled me to:
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I am most Thankful for my Family especially my father who I would not have been able to make this journey without. I am most Thankful for my circle of many friends (close knit friends and friends from work) who have supported me on this journey. I am most Thankful for my WLS as it is just the beginning of me getting my life back. I am also Thankful for the support that I have received from the Obesity Help Forum. Cindy B. |
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Great forum topic! At the moment I would say that I am MOST thankful for being home from my successful RNY surgery on Tuesday! It feels so great to be surrounded by my family and their healing love. candansk |
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I am thankful for quite a few things: For a successful rny procedure For the skilled hands of my surgeon For my new health For my kids For the support I have received from my family and friends For the people I have met here who have helped me along the way And I can go on and on .. but I won't! I have to save a FEW for myself! ;) Hope_Britton |
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Hey Kathy! I am thankful... ...that I know to give thanks to God each and everyday for the many blessings that he gives to me. ...for my two handsome sons as well as my family and their well being. ...for my job that I love and the extra perks that come along with it. ...to have had WLS. It has changed my life completely and I continue to learn from this journey daily. ...that I am able to pay it forward almost on a daily basis by giving a few hours of my time and making a difference in the lives of many. ...for the new love in my life. I pray that our relationship continues to grow stronger. Faith T. |
| Hey Kathy, I love this time of year too! I am most thankful for: *Grace, mercy and provision from my Heavenly Father. *Being surrounded by my family and the people I love. *The two most amazing parents anyone could have ever been blessed with. *My sweet loving child. *2009 as my year to change my life with wls. The blessings that have come from it has been unending thus far. I reclaimed my life back because of it. *Employment! That's just a few things I'm grateful for everyday! dstgirl2000 |
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Salvation, God !! Family, Mom, Son, Grandson, Daughter N Law, (Their achievements.) Loving Brothers. Health Friends My job with 27 of service (current retirement eligibility). Independence, dating (single by choice) and loving me. Phyll H |
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I am thankful for: Going down 13 clothing sizes. Health insurance Obesity Help My Husband and family Living in the USA Modern medicine Weight loss friendly food Excellent vitamins and supplements that taste good too I use the Celebrate brand Fashionable clothes now that I am much smaller Fitting behind the car seatbelt Fitting in an airplane seat with room to spare Not being hungry Sophia Maria |
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I am so thankful to Jesus for all the children in this world..... they make life worth living My hat is off to the selfless parents of these living treasures, they make my airplane flights so enjoyable with their cute attempts at speech boss_hawg |
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I am thankful that I found health insurance that would insure me with "Pre-existing issues" It really costs me a pretty penny, but I got to have WLS and it really has changed my quality of life. I just hope that everyone with a pre-existing condition will have health care soon and not have to go through the hassle and high cost that I have had to go through. I wish everyone a Happy and Healthy Holiday Season! Lyndee |
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Im thankful my butt is getting smaller BadgerButt |
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I am thankful for many things.. my family, my health, my home, and a second chance. Sunshine's Heart Proud Avon Lady |
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