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40 years ago this very evening, I made my appearance in this world.  I can't believe that I would look forward to this day, but I did. A year ago, I truly believed that I would probably not live beyond the next 5 years. The DS has truly changed my life and has made me look forward to my future. I HAVE A FUTURE!!!!!! There are so many things that I have wanted to do, but have felt so ashamed of my size and felt that I could never achieve anything that I wanted to do. BUT ALL OF THAT IS OVER NOW!!!!! I feel such pride in the fact that I have now lost 144 pounds since surgery and 185 pounds total. My self confidence is soaring and I am starting to have the courage to do things that I never thought I would do. I have started getting out in the dating field some and testing the water there so to speak.  I think that I have so many opportunities now that I am not SMO to get out and HAVE FUN. And I owe it all to God, the miracle of the Duodenal Switch, and the brilliant hands of my wonderful Surgeon, Dr. Joao Marchesini.

Well, it was an interesting Month 9, full of twists and turns with my emotions and other stuff. I am going through major financial issues along with my hormones going nuts. I went to my ob-gyn for my yearly fun visit and while I was there asked her if she would write me a prescription for Zoloft, which she of course agreed to (BLESS HER!!!) It seems to be starting to level my emotions off a bit, so I am a bit happier, even though I'm stressed about the finances. I talked to my church and they are going to help me pay for the Financial Peace University course so that I can go through it and learn how to get myself out of this hole I've dug for myself and learn how to stay out of debt forever.

But that's not really what you are wanting to know right now, is it?  For the real important stuff....I only lost 3 lbs for Month 9 (June 25-July 24). By the end of the month, I was down to 257.

BUT................

It seems I have picked up steam in my weightloss starting in Month 10. I have already lost 11 lbs and am down to 246 lbs as of this morning and I'm only just about a week into the 10th month. I am thrilled beyond words. I have not been under 250 lbs in about 20 years. And my 40th birthday is coming up on Friday. This was my dream for my 40th birthday to have lost alot of weight at this point, but I have exceeded my expectations.

Anyway, I took some pics tonight to count as my 9 month pics since I haven't really done a month by month since Month 6. So here they are. I will show Month 1 and Month 9 to show how dramatic the change.