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I haven't been here in so long I just have been living life and really haven't thought too much about posting. But I am still doing the deal and have put up another picture just to show that I am still at a good weight of 130 and have never gone back to that dreadful 310 that had me in a prison of a very different kind. One that keeps you isolated from the whole world and one that I never want to return to. I know this was and always will be the best decision I ever made. Simple. 

I cant believe I am here yet another year...but I am. I have managed to stay at my goal weight and stay healthy and fit and will still say this has been the very best decision I have ever made to date.

I can only say this is a tool and it takes work and I will continue doing the simple things like eat several times a day and keep moving and staying open minded enough to know that I would die if I kept on

eating the way I was all those years ago. I am FREE. thank God..

I am so sorry to say that I have not been keeping up with my blog,but I am still very happy to say I am doing well and still at a weight of 135. I was weighing 127 at one time last year and that was just too small so I have maintained a very healthy weight and been walking on a treadmill about 3 days a week and now very happy to say am riding my very own motorcycle.I have dreamed of being able to do that and that has become a reality..

I have had a few issues with my right shoulder and my lower back due to a fall I had a few years ago,but with a very good doctor who has been treating me with burning the nerves,I have had some success and living a pretty normal life..I would like to keep up with this blog more often like I used to because without this life saving surgery I would not be the person I am today..I am so grateful to Dr. O Connell for giving me this brand new life!!

can't believe almost 15 years have gone by and the surgery is still just a thing of the past now really...now this is just living...thank my God and making the choice...i will continue,,i am now 50 years old and still weighing in at 125....

I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A FEW MONTHS SINCE I HAVE POSTED HOWEVER I AM SO GRATEFUL I CAN STILL SAY I HAVE BEEN A SUCCESS STORY...I WEIGH 132 AND STILL FEEL LIKE I HAVE MADE THE BEST DECISION SINCE GETTING IN RECOVERY IN 1992 AND EVEN THOUGH I HAVE HAD SET BACKS IN THAT AREA I STILL REMAIN CLEAN GOING ON 10 YEARS COME APRIL 1 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!    I AM TRULY BLESSED TO HAVE COME THIS FAR AND REMAINED TRUE TO MYSELF AND GAINNED A WHOLE NEW OUTLOOK ON LIFE...

I AM 50 YRS OLD AND FEEL LIKE I AM IN MY PRIME...I NO LONGER HIDE NOR DO I FEEL LIKE AN ALIEN..I AM TRULY FREE...THANK GOD AND MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED ME THROUGHOUT MY JOURNEY...PEACE AND JOY ..UNTIL NEXT TIME....C

I AM STILL HERE AND GRATEFUL TO DR. O'CONNELL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS...SINCE 1997, I HAVE MANAGED TO STAY AT AN IDEAL WEIGHT BETWEEN 140 AND 130 AND APPROACHING 50 YRS OLD IN JUST ONE MONTH, I BELIEVE I HAVE DONE PRETTY WELL SINCE THIS HAS ALL BEGAN. I WILL NEVER REGRET HAVING THIS SURGERY.

And I married another diabetic....Funny isn't how we define who or what we may or may not be so to speak, but that is what we do....I am a woman,a daughter ,a mother a sister a friend,a recovering person from all sorts of things what ever they may be that might make my life unmanagble...but whatever it is life has been good thus far...I still am happy with what I did as far as having the Gastric By pass surgery and would do it again if it ever came down to it.

I married in May of 2010 and have had a journey once more with the4 diabetic world but in a different direction...I am more concerned with my husband as he is overweight and it is scarey for me for him..I don't have the power to do anything for him but pray and hope....I am now at a good weight at 140 sometimes 135 it varies  I would like it to be less sometimes but I still don't exercise much my body is old.lol I will turn 50 in September and it feels good to not have to worry too much as I do not drink nor do I smoke YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I stopped those yrs ago and I know that helps a great deal no matter what ..........Until next time,....God bless............

    I can't believ it has been this long since I wrote here and how long it has been since my surgery!!! I am still as happy with my results today as I was  from the start of this long journey...It does take time and patience not to mention discipline to stay on track with a plan such as this,so I cn only say that I am grateful that I went through this surgery and all of the things I went through just to get where I am today... 

It is now September 2009,I am now 12 and 1/2 years into this thing.I have since
lost my husband just this past February and I have had a set back with a fall in March with an injury to my right arm....However,I am still on the road to recovery
and staying as healthy as I can.I am at a weight of 127 a present time.I would love to have a lower body lift but can not afford that so I will just have to accept
what I have for now.I have had some skin removal of course,but I really would love to be able to get the rest done some day...Other than that, life is good.I am so grateful to have been able to get the gastric by-pass all these yrs ago,and it has been the tool that was needed to get me to change the way I was living in order to get my life in order....Change is good.....

It is now March 9th and it seems to take melonger and longer to update these days.I have lost more weight down to 123 now and hit 13 yrs of living a fat free life...........getting older and still the fall I had last year has caused me to take it easier and still going through PT 3 days a week...Passed the one yr mark of my husband's death and doing well,Diabetes is an awful disease and he was not even overweight in the least,so I can't even imagine how obesity affects millions in our country alone,and if losing weight is just one factor to help reverse Diabetes then I say do anything to keep that from happening....because I know I have seen
patients who were on the verge of becoming diabetic and this works in becoming a great tool in avoiding that dreaded disease...God Bless,Cheryl