From: Lina <nataliejade04@...>
Subject: [NewDimensionsWeightLossSurgery] Re: anybody talking?
To: NewDimensionsWeightLossSurgery@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 7:06 AM

I'm so glad people are talking again. Next week I have my last diet appointment and then after that I'll probably have gastric bypass in july, since that's when I have time off from school. I hate talking to other people about it, because they always make the comment that I'm not that big or I don't need it. So this is helpful.

Lina

--- In NewDimensionsWeight LossSurgery@ yahoogroups. com, Carrie Francis <ladycarriesue1@ ...> wrote:
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> yes i like to know myself. i feel like i need some help.i'm also happy for you
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>  Chocolate Essence Carrie
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> --- On Mon, 5/18/09, Faith Heidner <fheidner@.. .> wrote:
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> From: Faith Heidner <fheidner@.. .>
> Subject: Re: [NewDimensionsWeigh tLossSurgery] Re: anybody talking?
> To: NewDimensionsWeight LossSurgery@ yahoogroups. com
> Date: Monday, May 18, 2009, 7:10 AM
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> You are doing fantastic.  I have not lost nearly as much as you.  What is your secret? My problem is I can eat any thing I want to with out any problems.  You are lucky. 
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> --- On Tue, 5/12/09, Michelle Girard <sobhana1@yahoo. com> wrote:
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> From: Michelle Girard <sobhana1@yahoo. com>
> Subject: [NewDimensionsWeigh tLossSurgery] Re: anybody talking?
> To: NewDimensionsWeight LossSurgery@ yahoogroups. com
> Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 3:41 PM
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> It has been quiet. I have been a lurker rather than a poster, but maybe I can help kick-start some conversation.
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> On April 28th I celebrated my 1 year anniversary. I was 41 and went in for gastric-bypass surgery at 227 lbs, and now I have been stable at 105 for about 2 months. At 5'1" it is quite a change. I have a little loose skin on the arms and legs, that I expect muscle development to eradicate. The 3 Bs (bust, belly, and butt) may need some surgical intervention, but purely for vanity, not for health.
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> My post-surgical experience went smoothly, and apart from a few cases where I inadvertently ate something with sugar (1000 Island Dressing--who knew), haven't had any real problems with dumping.
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> The surgery was the best thing I have ever done. Finding info in the web about what to expect or when I had a question proved oddly difficult--so much in anecdotal!
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> Good luck to all you newbies--it is a heck of a ride!!
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