This is me. I'm 86 lbs. lighter. . .*big grin* I'm a happy lady, lately. I've had so many positive changes within myself since the surgery that as you can see from the last post...I've kept myself to busy to update! *bad Red!!! Bad!!!*

Right now having lost that much weight, only a small about of skin is becoming an issue. Hopefully it will "snap" back into place and all will go well as I continue losing, if not then that is the way life goes, isn't it. I am very excited though. So many things have happened since the surgery, little things that many people, including myself have either taken for granted or just never thought of.

I am able to sit in the office chairs at businesses. I can drive the van with the steering wheel in the lowest position. I can wear thigh-high pantyhose available at Walmart and not having to special order them from an online company! Very cool! I have gone from a size 26/28 to an 18/20 . . .I will be smaller eventually. New panties, bras, lingerie... they are filling my dresser. I breathe easier, feel better about my health and myself, and I can't begin to express how that makes me feel.

This surgery isn't for everyone. I know that. But I don't regret it. There are some foods I don't tolerate well, but none that send me to the bathroom. Chicken, fish, shrimp, eggs, potatoes... these things I can eat, but I tend to shy away from them. A couple bites and my stomach feels off.

In other news. . .They found a couple cysts on my left ovary. Some may remember that I had the left tube removed in Sept. 06. It was 10cm. (about 4inches). These two are small, so they didn't give me a size. I've been given a couple packets of birth control pills to take. These should help keep cysts away and these smaller ones, (if we are lucky) will dissolve.

I'm heading to Chicago at the end of March. South Carolina, West Virginia and Mammoth Cave, Kentucky in April and Yellowstone National Park in August. A busy year for this losing mommy and wife.