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4 year anniversary!!!! - I almost teared up a bit when I read the OH note in my email today congratulating me on my 4 year anniversary. Wow. Four years ago today. It was life changing.  I'll never forge...

Where has the time gone? -  I am here.... so far out from the surgery I have to pause to think how long it has been.  Dec. 11th I believe...must have been 2 years and 5 months!. It worked. I lost all the wei...

15 months and not counting - Doing great.   Over a year has passed and I feel "at one" with my sleeve.  My mindset was always that my stomach was too big for me anyway.  So, now I just think of it as the corre...

One Year, yes really. - When my first child turned 1 year of age I couldn't leave her.  I was so attached I feared she would feel abandoned if I left for a week to go on a trip; so I canceled.  I was incr...

Remembering and Honoring the process - I am so rarely on this site anymore.  Isn't it strange how a great dependence eventually passes by.  I still feel the sleeve working and have allowed myself to plateau; well sort o...

Happiness abounds. - I am just so happy.  Happy I can wear smaller clothes, cross my legs, eat to live not live to eat, not feel embarrassed, look in the mirror and feel normal.  I would have this surg...

Moutains of Reality 7 months out - I am in Maine on vacation with family.  I was here last year.  A year ago when we all hiked up Bald Mountain I couldn't get to the top.  I was short of breath but mostly my knees w...

Married Twice how fortunate I am -   Posted the following on the boards.  Got some very nice feedback which made me realize how fortunate I am.  Made me want to save to my blog. June 15th, 2010.  29th Wedding Ann...

6 months post op; never a regret! - I can't believe it's been 6 months.    Then again, I'm getting so used to my sleeve I almost don't remember what it was like before.  Having a stomach that is the right size is...

Blogging so I won't forget (someday the memory wil - Post Date: 3/26/10 8:48 pm I posted my frustration/sadness about an experience on the main forum wall as follows : I was at an educational conference today.  I go every 1-3 ...

3 months post op, I can hardly beleive it. - I had about 80% of my stomach removed at 8:30 in the morning 12 weeks ago.  At this time the night before WLS I couldn't sleep I was so excited.  I did my first Hibiclens shower an...

10 weeks, looking back - I am sharing others journies, and as I write today connecting with a friend who is just two weeks post op my thoughts as follows to her: I SO remember feeling like I was learning,...