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Apr 07, 2011

April 7, 2011 - Wow, I haven't been on here for awhile.  I hope everyone has been doing well. There has been a lot going on in my life since my last post.  First though, I want to share the best news of all.  I have officially lost 100 lbs.!!!  I can't tell you how good I feel about myself once again.  It's been a very long time since I felt this way.  When I first had the Gastric Bypass in January 2009, I lost 45 lbs. during the first six months and then I just stalled.  I couldn't figure out why I wasn't losing more weight.  I tried different things but nothing helped.

Then last year, we lost our family dog, Buddy in February.  This dog was the light of my life and felt very much like my 3rd child.  I miss him so much and even though it's been over a year, the pain is still very fresh.  Our family had been talking about relocating to Dallas from Ohio since 2008.  Last April, our daughter moved first to Dallas.  She has a wonderful job and is so much happier.  Then we put our house on the market but wasn't sure if we would be able to sell it or not due to the market.  It sold in 3 months.  My husband immediately found another job.  Our son graduated from Ohio State in August and he moved down in September 2010.  Then Joel & I followed in October. I really like it here because the weather is little kinder on my body with my RSD.  We live in a 3-bedroom condo for now but look to buy another home in the next year or so.  Right after Buddy passed, my weight loss kicked off again. I began losing and haven't stopped.  I'm even wearing some of my daughter's clothes which is incredible.  I've lost another 55 lbs. and I actually care about how I look now. It's been a life changing experience for me because I've been so depressed for several years due to my disease.

In the middle of everything going on last year, I had to have multiple-hernia repair surgery.  The week before it happened, I found out that the morphine pump that I have in my stomach had to be replaced.  I already had my hernia surgery scheduled so I went through with it and spent a couple of days in the hospital.  Two weeks later I had my pump replaced.  It was a lot to go through in a short amount of time but I had to get them out of the way with everything else that was going on.  Dr. Choban has been so very good to me over the years and I can't thank her enough for changing my life. 

Joel & I just celebrated our 25th Anniversary and we're still very much in love.  We never had a real honeymoon but we're going to take one later this year.

Love & Peace along with much Success to all!!

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