Yep some non surgery victories :-D Friday I went to the movies with a friend and was able to put both arm rest down and still have plenty or room in my chair :-) Now my niece can hug me and wrap her arms all the way around me :-) oooo... Was able to wear a REALY cute pair or wedges all day :-D Okay I wanna hear some of y'all's now :-D

The bath towel wraps around my entire body.... I'm sooo friggin excited????????????

If I could do a cartwheel I would but I won't try that this morning.. Lol

@@meSparkle83 if you do make sure you don't do it with your towel wrapped around you. Hahaha

@@KingMoose yea, that would be all bad.. Lol

Last night at my son's baseball practice I sat on the ground and then popped back up when I was ready to get it up! It's the little things!

After workout and stretching I was able to get up hands free! Off the ground. No crawling to a wall or looking like a toddler getting up ????

I just crossed my legs. I could never do that before. It was so natural like I've been doing it all my life.

Friday was my 6 month (at 7 months? post op follow up visit. My BP was 110/57 HR was 76 Amy cholesterol 135 overall LDL 43 HDL 85 all other blood panels were in the normal range A1c was 4.1and my body fat is down to 20%! The Dr. was extatic about my results! He said that by far I am his most successful patient at the VA! My skin is healing well I have some loose skin but looks like it is still young and will probably not need to have any removed as it is not hanging and my muscle building will help for it to "go back to normal"!

Another NSV is my energy level, my family and are are getting ready to move across country (for me to continue my education I was accepted to Colorado State University) and I have been loading the moving pods all weekend and have done most of the heavy-lifting myself. I am not tired or sore I worked all day both Saturday and yesterday and was like the energizer bunny, I just kept going and going.

I can cross my legs comfortably!

I comfortably used a regular seatbelt (no extender) for the first time in years!

Wearing heels!!

Wearing short dresses!

Tucking my feet up to my chin

Hip and collar bones

No more back pain

My choice of men

Feeling beautiful

My eyes got bigger and my feet got smaller

Not spending a fortune on food

Did I mention heels???

This is worth it!!

I walked 5.3 miles and I wasn't tired and I did it in less than two hours.

I tried on a pair of pants that were bought for me 2 years ago. I couldn't even get the button close. They fit now and get looser each week.

More importantly, after 3 weeks Post Op, my " dangerously out of control blood pressure" is now under control and got to discontinue BP meds. doc say it's perfect now. That was my primary concern and motivation to do the surgery - BP medicine never worked and now just one Month Post Op - no more BP medicine

No more Xanex for anxiety and I may be jumping the gun but I would wager that the sleep apnea will be cured soon too.

From day 1 post op my BP has been 105/55 instead of 130/90. Yay!

Isn't it great?! ????????????

2 NSV's today.... Ran into someone I haven't seen in a while and they took a double take because she didn't recognize me. Second one was I went to try on swim suits and fit in a 12/14, so excited