Guest guest Posted January 1, 2001 Report Share Posted January 1, 2001 Jen, It was wonderful to hear the happiness and self confidence in your post. You sound like your on Cloud 9 and I bet you look and feel great. Thanks for sharing. Lupita Estrada Dr. Baltasar 9-26-00 > >Reply-To: duodenalswitchegroups >To: duodenalswitchegroups >Subject: Jen's little life! >Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 06:28:42 -0000 > >Hi Everyone!! > >It's me, Jen, and I'm here to wish everyone a happy new year. > >This year rocked. `nuff said. > >I started this year thinking that this surgery would never happen. >It did. I was switched on 6/27/00. I had a great many >complications, but I'm here to say that every single thing I went >thru was totally worth it. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. > >Here's the stats: > >PreOp: >Weight: 342 >BMI: 56.9 >Height: 5'5 " >Pants: 26/28 >Top: 4x >Shoe Size: 10 wide > > >PostOp: Six months, 5 days!!! >Weight: 250 >Height: 5'6.5 " >BMI: 40.5 (Still MO, but what the heck!!) >Pants: 20/22 >Top: 18/20 >Shoe Size: 8.5/9 Regular!! > >This weekend was probably the best in my life. I had my company >christmas party ( yeah, it was late!!) and I wore this dress I'd had >for probably 10 years. One that had gone out of styla and come back >in! No really!! I got hit on for the first time in ages…probably >cause I wasn't giving off the get the hell away from me vibes, and >now I have a date for next weekend. And get this. He's totally >normal!! No more losers for me, no way!! I realized for the first >time this weekend that I kept going for those " down and out " guys >that need to be taken care of because I thought that's all that would >want me. I'm so over that!! I realized that I'm not the person I >thought I was, under all that fat! I guess I also held on to that >notion, because I was certain that this surgery wouldn't work for >me. WHY? Well, mostly because I was so incredibly sick for the >first 4 months, and only lost 55 pounds while not eating and barfing >up whatever I did. Then there was that hairloss thing. I was >certain that I'd end up bigger than before, bald and with this big >ol' nasty scar (remember, I was " opened up " when a pocket of fluid >showed up behind my incision. I had to have it packed for almost 2 >months!!) OH THE HORROR. Check this out. I've been wearing my 26's >STILL!! All baggy and saggy in the butt, cause I was certain that >nothing would fit. (Yes, I am back on my antidepressants, thanks!) >So back to the story, I went to Lane on Saturday, to return >something HORRIBLE I got for christmas, and I decided I wanted a new >bra. I had always wanted that " Jungle love " one they had, but they >didn't have a size to fit me. Well, I tried on a 44DDD Noooope. I >tried a 42DDD nooope. Then I got crazy and went for the killer red >one that they only had a 40 DD in. Guess what? IT FIT! I did the >happy dance there in the dressing room. I tried all the bras on!! I >ended up with 5 new ones! Red , blue, black, green, bronze!! For >the first time (since it mattered) I have all pretty bras!! I want >to go up to everyone I see and lift up my top, and say " HEY!! LOOK >AT MY BRA!! " > >Oh my god, and that's not all. My mom got me this outfit for >christmas: Black polyester flare pants, a black tank and a sheer >blue paisley top, with some great big old clunky platforms. When I >opened it I was all like. Oh my god, I'll never wear this in a >million years. I was planning on taking that back too. My friend who >went with me on the bra mission convinced me to try it on. After >about an hour, I finally relented. I tried it on. > >I walked into the bathroom.. I looked in the mirror… > >I wasn't there. > >I mean there was some chick there, in my mirror looking at me, but >hey, that couldn't have been me. So I went out into the livingroom >where my friend, my roomie and her boyfriend were. I walked in and… >total silence. I freakeed out. I mean, they must have been >speechless seeing the huge woman in the funny pants walking into the >room, Right? > >So I panic. " what?? What's the matter?? Why are you looking at me " >the queen of paranoia yells. Then they say this: > >Josh: " daaaamn " >: " You're a hottie! " >Jack: " You go out like that tomorrow night and you'll have to beat >them off with a stick! " > >Me. > >They were talking to me, and they didn't seem like they were >teasing. > >They meant it. (And they were right!!) > >I still am in shock! > >So this morning, I did the unthinkable. I went thru my closet and >drawers and my whole house and piled up all the clothes that are >bigger than a 22, that I never liked, but were the only thing I could >find that fit, the " old lady " clothes, the entire bunch that I was >saving for " when the surgery didn't work " . > >It's working. And I'm movin on. > >I still can't believe it. Seeing pictures of Carnie still make me >cry. I still feel like that person in my " before pictures " but that >feeling is starting to fade. Soon it will be gone, and I'll just be >able to say > " thank you " when I'm complemented instead of getting all flustered >and acting like an ass. > >I know I haven't been active in the group for a very long time, and I >think it was because I had so many problems and was so depressed that >I couldn't share in other's successes and happiness, so I felt that I >shouldn't be here. I'm sorry about that. > >I think of you guys often: Randy, Amber, Kim, Tammy, Heidi, Kris, >Duffy, Neener, Kat, Mel, , , I know I'm forgetting >someone, but I just want you to know that you all helped me so much >and I wouldn't have made it this far without all of you. I was ready >to just give it up so many times. You all kept me going, and I thank >you so much for that. > >Yeek. Now I'm being a sniveling baby. I just can't believe how much >my life has changed. And I wanted to share this with you all…. > >Thanks > >Jen > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2001 Report Share Posted January 1, 2001 Jen, It was wonderful to hear the happiness and self confidence in your post. You sound like your on Cloud 9 and I bet you look and feel great. Thanks for sharing. Lupita Estrada Dr. Baltasar 9-26-00 > >Reply-To: duodenalswitchegroups >To: duodenalswitchegroups >Subject: Jen's little life! >Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 06:28:42 -0000 > >Hi Everyone!! > >It's me, Jen, and I'm here to wish everyone a happy new year. > >This year rocked. `nuff said. > >I started this year thinking that this surgery would never happen. >It did. I was switched on 6/27/00. I had a great many >complications, but I'm here to say that every single thing I went >thru was totally worth it. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. > >Here's the stats: > >PreOp: >Weight: 342 >BMI: 56.9 >Height: 5'5 " >Pants: 26/28 >Top: 4x >Shoe Size: 10 wide > > >PostOp: Six months, 5 days!!! >Weight: 250 >Height: 5'6.5 " >BMI: 40.5 (Still MO, but what the heck!!) >Pants: 20/22 >Top: 18/20 >Shoe Size: 8.5/9 Regular!! > >This weekend was probably the best in my life. I had my company >christmas party ( yeah, it was late!!) and I wore this dress I'd had >for probably 10 years. One that had gone out of styla and come back >in! No really!! I got hit on for the first time in ages…probably >cause I wasn't giving off the get the hell away from me vibes, and >now I have a date for next weekend. And get this. He's totally >normal!! No more losers for me, no way!! I realized for the first >time this weekend that I kept going for those " down and out " guys >that need to be taken care of because I thought that's all that would >want me. I'm so over that!! I realized that I'm not the person I >thought I was, under all that fat! I guess I also held on to that >notion, because I was certain that this surgery wouldn't work for >me. WHY? Well, mostly because I was so incredibly sick for the >first 4 months, and only lost 55 pounds while not eating and barfing >up whatever I did. Then there was that hairloss thing. I was >certain that I'd end up bigger than before, bald and with this big >ol' nasty scar (remember, I was " opened up " when a pocket of fluid >showed up behind my incision. I had to have it packed for almost 2 >months!!) OH THE HORROR. Check this out. I've been wearing my 26's >STILL!! All baggy and saggy in the butt, cause I was certain that >nothing would fit. (Yes, I am back on my antidepressants, thanks!) >So back to the story, I went to Lane on Saturday, to return >something HORRIBLE I got for christmas, and I decided I wanted a new >bra. I had always wanted that " Jungle love " one they had, but they >didn't have a size to fit me. Well, I tried on a 44DDD Noooope. I >tried a 42DDD nooope. Then I got crazy and went for the killer red >one that they only had a 40 DD in. Guess what? IT FIT! I did the >happy dance there in the dressing room. I tried all the bras on!! I >ended up with 5 new ones! Red , blue, black, green, bronze!! For >the first time (since it mattered) I have all pretty bras!! I want >to go up to everyone I see and lift up my top, and say " HEY!! LOOK >AT MY BRA!! " > >Oh my god, and that's not all. My mom got me this outfit for >christmas: Black polyester flare pants, a black tank and a sheer >blue paisley top, with some great big old clunky platforms. When I >opened it I was all like. Oh my god, I'll never wear this in a >million years. I was planning on taking that back too. My friend who >went with me on the bra mission convinced me to try it on. After >about an hour, I finally relented. I tried it on. > >I walked into the bathroom.. I looked in the mirror… > >I wasn't there. > >I mean there was some chick there, in my mirror looking at me, but >hey, that couldn't have been me. So I went out into the livingroom >where my friend, my roomie and her boyfriend were. I walked in and… >total silence. I freakeed out. I mean, they must have been >speechless seeing the huge woman in the funny pants walking into the >room, Right? > >So I panic. " what?? What's the matter?? Why are you looking at me " >the queen of paranoia yells. Then they say this: > >Josh: " daaaamn " >: " You're a hottie! " >Jack: " You go out like that tomorrow night and you'll have to beat >them off with a stick! " > >Me. > >They were talking to me, and they didn't seem like they were >teasing. > >They meant it. (And they were right!!) > >I still am in shock! > >So this morning, I did the unthinkable. I went thru my closet and >drawers and my whole house and piled up all the clothes that are >bigger than a 22, that I never liked, but were the only thing I could >find that fit, the " old lady " clothes, the entire bunch that I was >saving for " when the surgery didn't work " . > >It's working. And I'm movin on. > >I still can't believe it. Seeing pictures of Carnie still make me >cry. I still feel like that person in my " before pictures " but that >feeling is starting to fade. Soon it will be gone, and I'll just be >able to say > " thank you " when I'm complemented instead of getting all flustered >and acting like an ass. > >I know I haven't been active in the group for a very long time, and I >think it was because I had so many problems and was so depressed that >I couldn't share in other's successes and happiness, so I felt that I >shouldn't be here. I'm sorry about that. > >I think of you guys often: Randy, Amber, Kim, Tammy, Heidi, Kris, >Duffy, Neener, Kat, Mel, , , I know I'm forgetting >someone, but I just want you to know that you all helped me so much >and I wouldn't have made it this far without all of you. I was ready >to just give it up so many times. You all kept me going, and I thank >you so much for that. > >Yeek. Now I'm being a sniveling baby. I just can't believe how much >my life has changed. And I wanted to share this with you all…. > >Thanks > >Jen > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2001 Report Share Posted January 2, 2001 LIVE LIFE AND LOVE LIVING Marc xo Jen's little life! Hi Everyone!! It's me, Jen, and I'm here to wish everyone a happy new year. This year rocked. `nuff said. I started this year thinking that this surgery would never happen. It did. I was switched on 6/27/00. I had a great many complications, but I'm here to say that every single thing I went thru was totally worth it. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Here's the stats: PreOp: Weight: 342 BMI: 56.9 Height: 5'5 " Pants: 26/28 Top: 4x Shoe Size: 10 wide PostOp: Six months, 5 days!!! Weight: 250 Height: 5'6.5 " BMI: 40.5 (Still MO, but what the heck!!) Pants: 20/22 Top: 18/20 Shoe Size: 8.5/9 Regular!! This weekend was probably the best in my life. I had my company christmas party ( yeah, it was late!!) and I wore this dress I'd had for probably 10 years. One that had gone out of styla and come back in! No really!! I got hit on for the first time in ages.probably cause I wasn't giving off the get the hell away from me vibes, and now I have a date for next weekend. And get this. He's totally normal!! No more losers for me, no way!! I realized for the first time this weekend that I kept going for those " down and out " guys that need to be taken care of because I thought that's all that would want me. I'm so over that!! I realized that I'm not the person I thought I was, under all that fat! I guess I also held on to that notion, because I was certain that this surgery wouldn't work for me. WHY? Well, mostly because I was so incredibly sick for the first 4 months, and only lost 55 pounds while not eating and barfing up whatever I did. Then there was that hairloss thing. I was certain that I'd end up bigger than before, bald and with this big ol' nasty scar (remember, I was " opened up " when a pocket of fluid showed up behind my incision. I had to have it packed for almost 2 months!!) OH THE HORROR. Check this out. I've been wearing my 26's STILL!! All baggy and saggy in the butt, cause I was certain that nothing would fit. (Yes, I am back on my antidepressants, thanks!) So back to the story, I went to Lane on Saturday, to return something HORRIBLE I got for christmas, and I decided I wanted a new bra. I had always wanted that " Jungle love " one they had, but they didn't have a size to fit me. Well, I tried on a 44DDD Noooope. I tried a 42DDD nooope. Then I got crazy and went for the killer red one that they only had a 40 DD in. Guess what? IT FIT! I did the happy dance there in the dressing room. I tried all the bras on!! I ended up with 5 new ones! Red , blue, black, green, bronze!! For the first time (since it mattered) I have all pretty bras!! I want to go up to everyone I see and lift up my top, and say " HEY!! LOOK AT MY BRA!! " Oh my god, and that's not all. My mom got me this outfit for christmas: Black polyester flare pants, a black tank and a sheer blue paisley top, with some great big old clunky platforms. When I opened it I was all like. Oh my god, I'll never wear this in a million years. I was planning on taking that back too. My friend who went with me on the bra mission convinced me to try it on. After about an hour, I finally relented. I tried it on. I walked into the bathroom.. I looked in the mirror. I wasn't there. I mean there was some chick there, in my mirror looking at me, but hey, that couldn't have been me. So I went out into the livingroom where my friend, my roomie and her boyfriend were. I walked in and. total silence. I freakeed out. I mean, they must have been speechless seeing the huge woman in the funny pants walking into the room, Right? So I panic. " what?? What's the matter?? Why are you looking at me " the queen of paranoia yells. Then they say this: Josh: " daaaamn " : " You're a hottie! " Jack: " You go out like that tomorrow night and you'll have to beat them off with a stick! " Me. They were talking to me, and they didn't seem like they were teasing. They meant it. (And they were right!!) I still am in shock! So this morning, I did the unthinkable. I went thru my closet and drawers and my whole house and piled up all the clothes that are bigger than a 22, that I never liked, but were the only thing I could find that fit, the " old lady " clothes, the entire bunch that I was saving for " when the surgery didn't work " . It's working. And I'm movin on. I still can't believe it. Seeing pictures of Carnie still make me cry. I still feel like that person in my " before pictures " but that feeling is starting to fade. Soon it will be gone, and I'll just be able to say " thank you " when I'm complemented instead of getting all flustered and acting like an ass. I know I haven't been active in the group for a very long time, and I think it was because I had so many problems and was so depressed that I couldn't share in other's successes and happiness, so I felt that I shouldn't be here. I'm sorry about that. I think of you guys often: Randy, Amber, Kim, Tammy, Heidi, Kris, Duffy, Neener, Kat, Mel, , , I know I'm forgetting someone, but I just want you to know that you all helped me so much and I wouldn't have made it this far without all of you. I was ready to just give it up so many times. You all kept me going, and I thank you so much for that. Yeek. Now I'm being a sniveling baby. I just can't believe how much my life has changed. And I wanted to share this with you all.. Thanks Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2001 Report Share Posted January 2, 2001 LIVE LIFE AND LOVE LIVING Marc xo Jen's little life! Hi Everyone!! It's me, Jen, and I'm here to wish everyone a happy new year. This year rocked. `nuff said. I started this year thinking that this surgery would never happen. It did. I was switched on 6/27/00. I had a great many complications, but I'm here to say that every single thing I went thru was totally worth it. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Here's the stats: PreOp: Weight: 342 BMI: 56.9 Height: 5'5 " Pants: 26/28 Top: 4x Shoe Size: 10 wide PostOp: Six months, 5 days!!! Weight: 250 Height: 5'6.5 " BMI: 40.5 (Still MO, but what the heck!!) Pants: 20/22 Top: 18/20 Shoe Size: 8.5/9 Regular!! This weekend was probably the best in my life. I had my company christmas party ( yeah, it was late!!) and I wore this dress I'd had for probably 10 years. One that had gone out of styla and come back in! No really!! I got hit on for the first time in ages.probably cause I wasn't giving off the get the hell away from me vibes, and now I have a date for next weekend. And get this. He's totally normal!! No more losers for me, no way!! I realized for the first time this weekend that I kept going for those " down and out " guys that need to be taken care of because I thought that's all that would want me. I'm so over that!! I realized that I'm not the person I thought I was, under all that fat! I guess I also held on to that notion, because I was certain that this surgery wouldn't work for me. WHY? Well, mostly because I was so incredibly sick for the first 4 months, and only lost 55 pounds while not eating and barfing up whatever I did. Then there was that hairloss thing. I was certain that I'd end up bigger than before, bald and with this big ol' nasty scar (remember, I was " opened up " when a pocket of fluid showed up behind my incision. I had to have it packed for almost 2 months!!) OH THE HORROR. Check this out. I've been wearing my 26's STILL!! All baggy and saggy in the butt, cause I was certain that nothing would fit. (Yes, I am back on my antidepressants, thanks!) So back to the story, I went to Lane on Saturday, to return something HORRIBLE I got for christmas, and I decided I wanted a new bra. I had always wanted that " Jungle love " one they had, but they didn't have a size to fit me. Well, I tried on a 44DDD Noooope. I tried a 42DDD nooope. Then I got crazy and went for the killer red one that they only had a 40 DD in. Guess what? IT FIT! I did the happy dance there in the dressing room. I tried all the bras on!! I ended up with 5 new ones! Red , blue, black, green, bronze!! For the first time (since it mattered) I have all pretty bras!! I want to go up to everyone I see and lift up my top, and say " HEY!! LOOK AT MY BRA!! " Oh my god, and that's not all. My mom got me this outfit for christmas: Black polyester flare pants, a black tank and a sheer blue paisley top, with some great big old clunky platforms. When I opened it I was all like. Oh my god, I'll never wear this in a million years. I was planning on taking that back too. My friend who went with me on the bra mission convinced me to try it on. After about an hour, I finally relented. I tried it on. I walked into the bathroom.. I looked in the mirror. I wasn't there. I mean there was some chick there, in my mirror looking at me, but hey, that couldn't have been me. So I went out into the livingroom where my friend, my roomie and her boyfriend were. I walked in and. total silence. I freakeed out. I mean, they must have been speechless seeing the huge woman in the funny pants walking into the room, Right? So I panic. " what?? What's the matter?? Why are you looking at me " the queen of paranoia yells. Then they say this: Josh: " daaaamn " : " You're a hottie! " Jack: " You go out like that tomorrow night and you'll have to beat them off with a stick! " Me. They were talking to me, and they didn't seem like they were teasing. They meant it. (And they were right!!) I still am in shock! So this morning, I did the unthinkable. I went thru my closet and drawers and my whole house and piled up all the clothes that are bigger than a 22, that I never liked, but were the only thing I could find that fit, the " old lady " clothes, the entire bunch that I was saving for " when the surgery didn't work " . It's working. And I'm movin on. I still can't believe it. Seeing pictures of Carnie still make me cry. I still feel like that person in my " before pictures " but that feeling is starting to fade. Soon it will be gone, and I'll just be able to say " thank you " when I'm complemented instead of getting all flustered and acting like an ass. I know I haven't been active in the group for a very long time, and I think it was because I had so many problems and was so depressed that I couldn't share in other's successes and happiness, so I felt that I shouldn't be here. I'm sorry about that. I think of you guys often: Randy, Amber, Kim, Tammy, Heidi, Kris, Duffy, Neener, Kat, Mel, , , I know I'm forgetting someone, but I just want you to know that you all helped me so much and I wouldn't have made it this far without all of you. I was ready to just give it up so many times. You all kept me going, and I thank you so much for that. Yeek. Now I'm being a sniveling baby. I just can't believe how much my life has changed. And I wanted to share this with you all.. Thanks Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2001 Report Share Posted January 2, 2001 Jen, thank you so much for taking the time to share your experiences and feelings with us. You are such an inspiration. B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2001 Report Share Posted January 3, 2001 Hi Jen, congratulations on your great new life! I read your post with tears and hope thank you for a glimpse of your life and perhaps a glimpse of the life I have to look forward too. Your an inspiration. hugs ibdebi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2001 Report Share Posted January 3, 2001 Hi Jen, congratulations on your great new life! I read your post with tears and hope thank you for a glimpse of your life and perhaps a glimpse of the life I have to look forward too. Your an inspiration. hugs ibdebi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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