bridgetgirl

I wish I would have known just after losing my first 50 pounds my ankles would stop giving out on me!

I wish I would have known how many friends I would have lost.

I wish I would have known the hardest thing to deal with was how much my face and facial features changed!

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J.Bridget Fisher
2/9/04 lap 5'11"
298/155

www.myspace.com/caliclovercutie
We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have a goal. My goal is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared." - MaryKay Ash

Princess

FANTASTIC post Lisa! Thank you so much for going to all that effort typing it out! I am cut and pasting it for my WLS binder and will refer back often!

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Open RNY May 7th 2007
Gymrat #45!

SW/CW/GW 5'4" = Shortass!
296/183/160 -113lbs WAHOO!!!

23lbs to goal!

ONEDERLAND!........reached finally on Jan 18 2008
CENTURY CLUB!!........reached on Jan 25th 2008

The only way from here is DOWN BABY DOWN! WOOT

PrincessBear
Samantha

Kendebrat

Thank you Lisa - this both brought a smile and a tear to my face - I am soooo scared and excited at the same time - I know I will lose weight, but I can't imagine myself thin. I know my life will change and I can't wait until it does, but I'm afraid of the personal outcomes. I hate being the center of attention, but in so many ways hate being seen as the fat girl, invisable. I appreciate your candor and will re-read this with every week of my new life and realize there are sooooo many of you out there who have been through this and came out of it happier and healthier and that there are so many who are going through this at the same time I am. This forum is the best tool for us newbies and can't wait to share my experiences with all the future newbies and share commonalities with all who went before me. Thank you again

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Debbie
284/269/234/140
Surgery: April 12, 2007
Six wk pre-op -15
1 month post-op -22
2 month post-op -13 50lb

JenBear7

I'm still pre-op... but..I wish I had known that I would find REAL friends on this board... that I am proud of, and feel their ups and downs... and I am grateful for every post on here. EVERY post. I soak this stuff up.. and I am sure it will be a huge help for me.. (and all the other pre-oppers that read them).

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Jen
361/325/234/180
Start/Day of Surgery/Current/Goal

July 9, 2007.. my re-birthday!
Century Club: November 17, 2007

127 Pounds Lost... I'm not Going to Miss them or even TRY to find them.. they can stay lost!! (And if you see them... RUN.. you dont want them either!)

"Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you respond to it" ~~ Lou Holtz

Bella

Hi,

Sorry to hear this.

Can you expound on how you lost friends during this process? I think I've already lost one ... and I'm still in the starter stage.

Andromeda

I think this is one of the best posts I have ever read about WLS. It is not the clinical "You will experience this" stuff. It is a real, emotional compellation of your experience with WLS. Well done!

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Current - 142.5!!
Heaviest - 243 (5'2")
Goal - 120
LapRNY- 5/19/07

LisaM

Andromeda,

Not just mine, everyone who contributed to that particular thread. I just removed the names and added their time post-op to organize it to tell a kind of story. My contribution is in there as well, but this is a whole bunch of Thinner Times people talking to you. I'm glad you liked it.

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Lisa M

Lap RNY - 9/26/05
surgery/lowest/goal
Weight: 303/137/150
BMI: 56/25.1/27.4
Now in maintenance stage, with desired weight range: 150-153 pounds
Current weight: 153 Updated 1/8/07

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." Harvey Fierstein

TX DEB

Thanks so much for this insightful and thoughtful post!

Deb
current 230
surgery 4/12/07

LisaM

Bumping this for the newbies... someone reminded me of this post today, thought I'd get it up front again.

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Lisa M

Lap RNY - 9/26/05
surgery/lowest/goal
Weight: 303/137/150
BMI: 56/25.1/27.4
Now in maintenance stage, with desired weight range: 150-153 pounds
Current weight: 153 Updated 1/8/07

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." Harvey Fierstein

OsoDelDesierto

Lisa, thank you for bumping this - I don't think I saw it the first time you posted it last spring. What an amazing and important thread - you really did a lot of work putting the comments together, and the now-anonymous comments are extraordinary. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

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Eric
6'4"
540/470/369/215
highest/surgery/current (as of 5/15/08)/surgeon's goal

TT Gym Rat Club member #30
DesertBear
VSG with Dr. Chiasson 2/13/08

"When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we stare so long at the door that has closed that we fail to see the one that has opened for us." - Helen Keller