One year ago today....what a strange trip it's been.....
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on 7/10/06 8:39 pm
on 7/10/06 8:39 pm
I don't know if I can fully express my emotions today. I sit here thinking about the last year and how my life has been absolutely turned inside out and upside down.
I am just about half the person I was physically. I am certainly a different person emotionally as well. I am learning who I am again, who I want to be now that the trap of obesity has left me.
I have reached my goal weight and have been comfortable there for a few weeks now, so I'm guessing it was a good number - and I feel good about it. I eat quite well, I take my supplements, I have amazing amounts of energy.....I am so damn grateful to have found this life changing surgery and my wonderful surgeon, Dr. Peters.
I did post a pajama pic (for those who have been around a while this was my thing for a while LOL) last night on my blog. I will take regular pics later once I get moving today.
Just thought I would stop here first today and also say thank you to those who have gone before me, and send good wishes and thoughts to those who will follow. This is an amazing journey - you will be surprised and happy and sad and it is worth every emotion. You all are my lifeline and I too am grateful to have you all in my life.
Sign me the happy DS girl,
Sharon
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The blog: http://happycatbert.typepad.com/sharons_so_called_life/
Hi, Sharon: It is an amazing journey, isn't it? Both physically and mentally a complete change. It's not all perfect, but it is so much better. You look amazing and you are a charming and dynamic person. I'm glad to have met you. You were my first DS friend in person and it gave me confidence to go out and meet other DS friends in person.
I like what you said about learning who you really are. I compare the DS journey to adolescence, going from childhood to adulthood--it's that dramatic. Complete with mood swings, depression, elation, overdoing some things, making great decisions and not so great decisions. I know you understand, because you said it--about happy and sad and suprised and being worth every emotion that we go through.
This board has been a lifeline for many of us trying to figure out what the DS has done to our lives. You are one of the main reasons I keep coming back!
Congrats on a miracle year! Nancy
Happy Anniversary, Catbert! Wow, what a year for you! And don't the pj pics just say it all. I just loved following those every month until they fell off of you.
You've been a real contributor to this board and your profile is one that will help so many others. I remember the day you started it and I remember talking to you a year ago on the phone when you were anxious about the surgery coming up. The time has flown by and now you are such an itty bitty thing. That's amazing, but it is a huge, huge change and something that you will spend at least the next year getting used to. Funny, even though you know that is going to be the case, it's still crazy when it happens.
Congratulations on your success and best wishes for the future,
Starr
Starr 
you look like a million...
and I bet you feel like it toooo
mary jean 
Congratulations, Sharon! I hope the turmoil in your life smooths out soon.
LeaAnn 
Sharon
Thank you for posting, thank you for blogging, and just thank you for being Sharon and sharing all this with us. I'm one mixed up gal these days, and it is obvious to everyone. I understand every single thing that you post, and I pray we find ourselves. I'm a 48 yo broad, and I feel this way, so I can imagine how it feels as a young woman.
Kathy
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