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I just wanted to make a post here. My sleeve surgery was exactly one year ago. I've had zero complications and feel better than I have in years! My goal was 140lbs but I've easily leveled off at 120! I was very nervous about getting the surgery, but it's been nothing but great!

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Happy anniversary...great to hear from you!

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Happy one year Sleeve Anniversary. You neglected to mention how quickly you reached goal...which was within 7 months, right?

Big hugs for an amazing lady.

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My ticker is public and tells all. Last January I weighed 188.5. Yesterday morning I weighed 120! I reached my doctor's goal of 156 in April (3 months), MY goal of 140 in June (5 months) and I've been maintaining 119-122 (except Christmas when I was 125 for a few days due to Cookies and hard liquor) since September (8 months). I was "low BMI" so I didn't have as much to lose but I don't regret doing this. Sometimes I'm hard on myself and wish I could have done with without surgery but then I remember the monster that is hunger and how I had to starve and jog and starve and jog just be 150, which was a fine weight for me but almost impossible to maintain!

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Amazing! Congrats!!!

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Thanks so much for sharing! Its really important for me to see successful maintenance stories and yours is!! Congrats on your sleeviversary!

Lynda

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Yesterday I have the most annoying NSV. I went to the gym and was wearing my wedding band which was loose on my middle finger because it no longer stays on my ring finger. I realized a few hours later my ring was missing! I think it came off at the gym because I cannot find it anywhere else! I'll call them tomorrow morning. If I find it-I'll get it resized. If I don't I'll have to replace it!

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Congrats on the one year!!! I know all about the bloody ring fiasco!! Happened to me too!! Got it replaced ( and resized), but now it's loose again!!! I'll need to resize again I guess!! Lol

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Hello there! As a fellow low-BMI patient, it is great to see a continuing success story.

Congrats to you!!!!! And, good luck finding your ring :-) I have some very nice jewelry that I can't wear at all until I get re-sized. I'm waiting, though, because my body is still shifting.

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