5 years

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Yesterday was my Happy Re-Birthday,and oh what a

5 yrs it has been.First and for most I have to

Thank God for directing Ryeson and Lorretta

to me when I saw and how much weight he had

lost...That is when I met the most adorable Doctor

I have ever met...I was never nervous about the surgery

because I had and have the faith that all was going

to be ok..When a dr. will let you pray over his hands

before a surgery, you know you have the right doctor.

Before surgery I couldn't walk across the street without

being out of breath, and how I didn't want to leave my

house...I was out of control with my eating and I knew

it was a matter of time before something happen to me.

I breezed thru the surgery,oh did I tell you I LOVE THIS SURGERY!!!

With a bmi of 58 and 334 lbs I had to do something..God

was in control of the whole thing, I just couldn't raise

the 2000 that I needed for the program fee. One day one

of Ruthie's friends came up to me and handed me 20 $100

dollar bills and said call and make your appointment.

Oh how I cried that day, when I called the office and

said I had the money and they ask me when did I want

to schedul the surgery, I said how about tomorrow?

LOL, well we waited until Jan 7,2002,and it was a day I

will always know that changed my life...Oh yea, I LOVE THIS SURGERY!!

The things that I can do now are wonderful. without

this surgery I would have never volunteered in a 2nd grade

class room every day,I couldn't have walked all over

a little zoo in Bakersfield called Calm, I couldn't have

bought my very first tights,sat in a booth,cross my legs,

sleep in a twin bed,get to see my 2 great grandchildren.

I would have never gotten in Marta's swimming pool,and

even wear a bathing suit.I look a very large people now

and wish I had the courage to go up to them and said, I

know how you are feeling, and I know something that can

change your life, but I would have died if someone would

have done that to me...I wish I had it done sooner, but it

was done all in God's plan and I wouldn't change a thing.

Had a hernia and tt, had problems, but Dr.K said i probley

would and I did, but that is ok, I got thru it with God's

Dr.K and all of you guys help..I have met the greatest

people since the surgery and have made great friends.

Dr.K said I would loose around 100 lbs because I was a

revision,and I was happy with that,169 lbs was heaven to

me.I was down to 169 for about a second being sick, now

I run between 170-180, I met my goal of leaving a size

3X-4X and got into a lg and a x-lg on the bottom, I am

now smaller than I was in the 8th grade...When I got down

to 199 I bawled, and the nurse ask what was wrong, the other

nurse said " Oh it's ok she is just under 200 " I just couldn't

believe that that would happen, but Thank God it did.

Oh, did I say I LOVE THIS SURGERY???!!!!

Hope to see everyone tmr nite, or am I going to be the only

one of the old bunch??? LOL Thank you for reading and getting

this far...May you all have a GREAT day

God bless, he is blessing me

Pat