Hello All! It is great to be on here and i have been reading a lot of your stories. They are very inspiring.

I will be 4 weeks post-op on Monday. I was 256.5 the day of surgery and now as of yesterday I was 234. I never got a goal weight from my doctor but I had the surgery mainly because I have had many knee surgeries and now my ACL is failing for the 4th time and I always hurt. I am 5'10 and I have felt my best at 135. So I guess I have 99 lbs to go. I could use interaction with people as I am getting sad and lonesome even with family around because they really don't understand. They are great but as I drop weight they don't see how its not always easy to say no to food that will make me sick. They do see the changes and they are excited for that. I would love to converse with you all. Send me a private message or whatever. Good luck to you all and keep up the awesome work!

Hi and Welcome! You will love it here, everyone is great. There are so many at different places in their journey, so you can get info at any stage. Just ask, someone will be glad to chime in.

welcome and congrats on your journey so far. Wishing you continued healing and success. Ask questions, read and enjoy. This is a great group of people.

Welcome to the forum... Everyone is great here!

Welcome and hope you enjoy this wonderful page

Welcome and good luck on your Journy.

Always remember their are a lot of very smart people on this Fourm that have been every successful with WLS. But we are no replacement for your doctors advice.

Hope we can help you get through the day to day pains and joys of WLS. And look forward to your contributing to this Fourm . We all need help now and then even if it's just to blow of steam.

Again good luck on your Journy you

Surgery Anniversary 7/30/12

Welcome....we are all here for you whenever you need someone who understands.

Thanks everyone! I dont know if i would have gotten this far without this forum to look things up. You all seem very nice, caring and intelligent. Thanks again!

Hello All! It is great to be on here and i have been reading a lot of your stories. They are very inspiring.

I will be 4 weeks post-op on Monday. I was 256.5 the day of surgery and now as of yesterday I was 234. I never got a goal weight from my doctor but I had the surgery mainly because I have had many knee surgeries and now my ACL is failing for the 4th time and I always hurt. I am 5'10 and I have felt my best at 135. So I guess I have 99 lbs to go. I could use interaction with people as I am getting sad and lonesome even with family around because they really don't understand. They are great but as I drop weight they don't see how its not always easy to say no to food that will make me sick. They do see the changes and they are excited for that. I would love to converse with you all. Send me a private message or whatever. Good luck to you all and keep up the awesome work!

Welcome to the family!

Check out the September member thread. It's for all of us that had surgery in September. We are all going through the same things around the same times....

Jess...Surgiversary 9/19/12

Hello All! It is great to be on here and i have been reading a lot of your stories. They are very inspiring.

I will be 4 weeks post-op on Monday. I was 256.5 the day of surgery and now as of yesterday I was 234. I never got a goal weight from my doctor but I had the surgery mainly because I have had many knee surgeries and now my ACL is failing for the 4th time and I always hurt. I am 5'10 and I have felt my best at 135. So I guess I have 99 lbs to go. I could use interaction with people as I am getting sad and lonesome even with family around because they really don't understand. They are great but as I drop weight they don't see how its not always easy to say no to food that will make me sick. They do see the changes and they are excited for that. I would love to converse with you all. Send me a private message or whatever. Good luck to you all and keep up the awesome work!

Welcome to the forum!! A great place to communicate and learn.... Great support!!

welcome to the boards... congrats on your wl so far!!!

welcome to the boards! You're doing great and we're all here to help each other. Glad you posted.

Welcome to the group

Welcome!