Hi Everyone! I'm a Navy wife! I had my surgery on 10/2/2003 and am down 111lbs so far. I had it out in town since the Navy had suspended doing the surgery at Portsmouth for awhile. My husband is on the USS Nassau and we live in Chesapeake, VA. Erin 302/191

I am a navy wife. we are in san diego. my hubby has been back from baghdad now 6 weeks. we have 2 yrs left until he retires. can't wait. we are from Ventura County. I am from Oxnard he is from Camarillo. We have 2 beautiful girls 6 1/2 and 3 1/2. I had my surgery 12/30/03. and 61 pounds lost. my hubby was in baghdad when i had my surgery. which was better he didn't want me to have it done. well now he loves my weight loss. he can't believe when he see my pics i can't either i see someone who was so fat and gross. I still have much to lose but i am getting there.. i am 230 now. was 291. that wasn't my heavest either my biggest was 328. i lost 60 lbs on atkins diet in 5 months. but almost had a heart attack so i had to go off of it and take alot of meds and in 6 weeks i was normal. in 2 months gain 20lbs back then had the WLS. you can see my weight at my web page before wls. www.trulock.org i need to post new ones. ANYONE IN SAN DIEGO? ok TTFN. Nora GB LAP 12/30/03 291/230/150

What I liked about the area where I lived is the trees. We lived in Mechanicsville and there were a lot of Amish people. I use to go to their "farmers market" and get fresh produce and flowers. It was very quiet and a good area to live in. When we built our home we purchased 4 acres, and we built a beautiful deck on the back which looked out into the trees. I miss my house terrible! LOL We are living in base housing now, so nothing can campare once you had your own home. I guess I just liked my house and the trees LOL I am originally from Hanford, CA (by Lemoore NAS), so it was nice to have trees and you never had to water your lawn in MD So no, your not missing anything. I didn't care for certain areas myself, if the truth be known. I love it here where I am living now. We are right by the ocean, we have hills, and beautiful farmland. The people here on base are really nice also. I found in MD, that people kept to themselves a lot. It was hard to make friends there. When we arrived here, all my neighbors came over to welcome us and so far, I really like Ventura area. I looked up your profile and I seen that you are driving to Bethesda and WR. I have drove that a few times myself. It always seemed to rain buckets when I had to go. LOL You must be getting excited about having WLS soon. Your going to have to keep us informed on how it goes. I just am starting the process. I need to get a PCM here and get the ball rolling. I am hoping that my PCM will not send me to a nutritionist first. I hear they do that sometimes. Sorry so long. I wish you the best on your upcoming WLS!

Hi Lee, No we actually were stationed at Andrews AFB, but we built our own home in Mechanicsville and we loved it there! When dh came up for orders, he tried to get Pax so we could keep our home, but there were no billets open for him. I did all my shopping at Pax and in California (town). How long have you been stationed there??

I am a Navy wife who just moved from So. Maryland to Point Mugu, CA. Lisa ~ I lived right by Dahlgren and my house shook when they would do their testing/training. My dh also has 3 years left in the navy until he retires. I have been wanting WLS for a while now, but I am affraid that tricare will not cover it. I just arrived here to Point Mugu, and have not yet picked out a PCM. I have a lot of spine problems, so I am hoping that WLS won't be a problem to get approved. Any suggestions would be great from you ladies. Misty