Just passing through with another update.  Maintaining my weight easily but always fighting to get those vitamins and supplements down. Ugghhhhhhhhh Somethings are never easy. I wanted to send out my profile to some talk shows and get some publicity simply to get the word out about our lifestyles as wls patients and the good and the bad so that these goobers that think we took the easy way out will realize this is a life changing ordeal and anything but easy. I know they just dont get it but sometimes you just want to shake some sense into them.  I really do want to stay successful and set an example for others by doing the righ things. it is hard however sometimes.  It is so easy to let those vitamins go and just forget about them but when I do that I get severely anemic and end up in the hospital for IV vitamins and sometimes some blood transfusions when I'm a couple of quarts low.  I am very blessed to have a super supportive group of friends and family and I just want to help others. If anyone knows of any support groups that I can be of assistance with please don't hesitate to contact me. I would love to help educate others heading down this path.  I travel the 11 southeastern states speaking at support groups when I can or when I'm invited. If I help even ONE PERSON it's worth it all.  Everyone needs a friend and I want to reach out and help those that feel like giving up because I am living proof you can do it if you want it bad enough. God Bless you all and please let me know if you have a support group I can visit and share my story to help others. I just want to give back to my AMOS family. You are NEVER ALONE! We must all pull together just like a family and take care of each other. God bless and I wish you all the best.. HUGS* TO ALL my wls brothers and sisters out there.

I just wanted to stop in and give an update.  Feeling really good and working hard to stay on my vitamins.  I am going on 9 years post op and I just want you to all know YOU CAN DO IT and YOU CAN KEEP IT OFF!  If I can do it anyone can. I keep all of you in my prayers and thank you for being so kind with your support and emails.  I just went through a ton of dental reconstruction due to my teeth becoming brittle from lack of nutrition.  This is never easy to do and every day is a new challenge. Keep your chin up and join me in the determination to outlast all the statistics and odds. God Bless and be with you and Happy Easter.