Mary H.

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I turn 30 in a couple days. I feel like I have found a new lease on life. I'm in the process of divorcing my husband. I realized that I had been trapped in a bad marriage for a long time. I'm much happier now. I even have a new boyfriend. My weight is finally starting to move again. I'm at 166 currently. I just bought some size 10 jeans! My original goal was 165, now I really would like to make it to 150.

I've been within 10 pounds for well over a year. No major issues. Still some random stuff makes me dump. I had a couple times last year that I got really sick. Steak was the culprit at least once. But, I finally at steak again at New Year's and no problem this time. I'd still like to see that goal of 160, hopefully I can do that this summer. Winter takes a lot out of me. This morning, I weighed in at 179. I'm ok with that.

It's been a year! I had my doc's appointment yesterday. It went well. I had my first good cholesterol reading EVER! I need to drink more (aren't I peeing enough already?) I also need to separate my multi-vitamin and calcium more. But, overall, things are great. Woohoo! A year ago, I was 283 pounds wearing a tight size 24. Today, I weigh 172 and wear a comfortable if not loose size 12. I'd still like to get to 150, but that probably wont happen until spring when I am more motivated to exercise in the warmer weather.

I haven't gotten sick at all. I'm doing better at eating more things. My weight had stalled for about a week and a half and then started dropping again. That was a week ago. Then, over the weekend, unfortunately, I didn't eat the way I'm supposed to and since then, my weight is stalling again. I went to the doc and at least for the first six weeks I've averaged the weight loss that I'm supposed to. But, if it keeps going with this trend, I won't end up with much loss for the second 6 weeks.

Things are continuing to improve every day. Yesterday was the first day that I didn't take any pain medicine at all. I'm really looking forward to better food.

I've been home since Wednesday evening. Things seem to be progressing smoothly. Since the surgery, I've lost 6 pounds. As long as the pain stays manageable, I'm happy. I'm on several prescriptions right now. Today is really the first day that I've felt like spending any time on the computer.

I had my Lasik eye surgery on Jaunary 23, 2007. I love that I can now see, and I don't have to worry about waking up after surgery not knowing where I am or who is around me.

As I write this, my surgery is tomorrow morning. I'll be glad to get this next couple of weeks over with.

I am keeping a blog about my experiences with bariatric surgery. However, I am doing it on my own website. If you'd like to look at it, please visit http://www.geminidreamz.com/wlsblog