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My surgery was on 10/7/13. I started at 380 lbs; now I'm 227. I have maintained my weight within 2 lbs for about 3 months now.

Checking in. Started at 380. Sleeved 10/7/13. Currently at 258, down 122. Hope to make another 50 lbs or so.

I started at 380. Surgery on 10/7/13. Currently at 258. 122 down and 48 to go.

I've had these pictures since my surgery on Oct. 7, 2013; I just never got around to posting them. Thought someone might like to see them. I asked Dr. Jeffrey Hannon if he would take a before and after of the stomach itself during surgery. He said, "Sure, I'll stick my iPhone in there and snap a couple!" Funny. This is the stomach (the very large pink organ) as he found it at the beginning of the procedure. This is the stomach after the procedure. Very small, makes sense that it will only hold a few ounces. This is the portion of the stomach that has been cut out, waiting to be extracted through the belly button. Dr. Hannon just laid it back over the area it had been in to give a sense of how much was being removed. The yellowish tissue is fat. Yeah. Ugh.

Okay, I think it working now. Please try it again.

Crud. Give me a minute and let me see if I can figure this out. Thanks for letting me know. They open up to a large size for me.