Almost one year out! Long, with LOTS of pictures!

Naked_Lizard
on 7/10/10 1:35 am - West Haven, UT
You look stuning. Congrats.
Toni
HW/298 ~ SW/285 ~ CW/161~ GW/140
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on 7/10/10 1:49 am
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on 7/10/10 1:52 am
Jessy,

Your post was so heartfelt. I wanted to cry while reading it! You are truly an inspiration and I'm so glad you got your DS.
Georgina R.
on 7/10/10 2:09 am - Bakersfield, CA
Oh Jessy, I am so sorry for all the hardship you've had to overcome in your young life.  It made me so sad to read about how your doctors treated you.  So sad.  :(

But you know what?  I think you are an exceptionally strong young lady for all of the trials you've had to go through.  And maybe it was worth it?

You're an inspiration!  Stay awesome!


Kimberly B.
on 7/10/10 2:23 am - Cameron, NC
Your story is amazing and incredibly inspirational!  You've done great work so far and I'm sure have nothing but great things to come.
Surgeon: Dr. Sudan
Surgery type/date: Duodenal switch, 7/1/10

        
larra
on 7/10/10 2:50 am - bay area, CA
Jessy, it has been a privledge to follow your journey. Thank you so much for sharing yourself with us.
     Best wishes for a happy, healthy future.

Larra
RainyDayWoman
on 7/10/10 2:51 am - Fridley, MN
Jessy, you are such a great young woman, so lovely and pretty and full of potential and enthusiasm, and I know you will do wonderful stuff in your life.  I'm so glad you will have a great healthy life now and I admire you and your OVARIES OF STEEL so much!

And I love the Kanye graphic too!
Lilypie - (SzbI)
Bronwen
on 7/10/10 3:09 am - Wilmington, DE
Your post gave me goosebumps.  Every hair on my body stood up when I read that you were planning to take your own life rather than have obesity do it for you.  I am SO GLAD you didn't.

Your story needs to be shared.  I'm so stinkin' proud of you - you, at 16, had more strength of will and character than I've seen in many adults.  People could take a lesson from your attitude, tenacity, and outlook.  Keep doing what you're doing, Jess.  You rock.  You. Rock. Hard.
sw:298/cw:152/no goal set
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"Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open."  --J.K. Rowling,  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Kerry J.
on 7/10/10 3:18 am - Santa Clara, UT
Wow Jessy, you've come such a long way girl, you're just starting to really live the life you should have and have always wanted. Keep working it Jessy; you're doing fantastic and there is nothing in the world you cannot do if you really want to.

Kerry
Blank Out
on 7/10/10 3:33 am
 Honey, that has to be the most beautiful one year post I have ever read!  I am so happy for you!  You are an amazing, and brave young woman!   You are just beautiful, inside and out!  I could not be more happy for you!  Thank you for being such a ray of sunshine on this board!  I think OH magazine should profile your story!
     
HW/ 302  SW/287  CW/140  GW/135

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