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Well, I made it to my one year surgiversary! I went from a size 16/18 to a 6/8. To be perfectly honest, I prefer the way I am now to the way I was before! Shocker right? I will turn 50 on the 17th, but feel younger than when I turned 40, I am not in pain like I used to be. My feet and legs don't hurt all the time. I can bend over to tie my shoes or pet the dogs without losing my breath and don't have to shimmy out of the car. I flew to Chicago a couple of weeks ago and had so much room in the seat, I felt like I was in first class! I had a reunion with friends from my teenage years and wasn't ashamed of myself for the first time in decades!

This year has flown by and was one of the most fun in my life! I do not feel deprived of anything, nor do I feel that I had to make major changes in my life. I just eat less and dress better. Regrets? Only like so many others here, I only regret not doing it sooner. Good luck to all of you, I hope you're all as happy with your sleeves as I am!

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Congratulations!!

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Congratulations on reaching your your surgiversary!! It sounds like it has been a grand year for you. I love reading everyones success stories. I can't wait til I get to start working on my year. Coming soon,, Coming soon.

Keep up the great work.

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You have a new lease on life! Yayyyyyyyyy! Me too! This is the best NSV ever! CONGRATS and keep it up! You Rock! :)

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Congratulations and thanks for sharing. It is postings like this that keep me going until my date.

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Congratulations!!

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Congrats!

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Cam~ Thanks for your post. It's very reassuring and quite comforting that you sound so happy. I am a little over one week postop and I hope to feel as good as you sound! It's hard for me to imagine one year from now. I hope I can make the most of my sleeve. Very exciting....

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That's awesome, congratulations!

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That's great! My 25th year anniversary is in October this year...I will probably be 1-2 months post op by then :) Congrats on such wonderful accomplishments!

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Congratulations on your sleevaversary! :-) Sounds like you're having a blast.

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OMG! I love, love, love this! I am so excited for you. That is all I want for myself, a happier, healthier, pain-free lifestyle! Congratulations, and thank you for sharing your surgiversary. :D

Well, I made it to my one year surgiversary! I went from a size 16/18 to a 6/8. To be perfectly honest, I prefer the way I am now to the way I was before! Shocker right? I will turn 50 on the 17th, but feel younger than when I turned 40, I am not in pain like I used to be. My feet and legs don't hurt all the time. I can bend over to tie my shoes or pet the dogs without losing my breath and don't have to shimmy out of the car. I flew to Chicago a couple of weeks ago and had so much room in the seat, I felt like I was in first class! I had a reunion with friends from my teenage years and wasn't ashamed of myself for the first time in decades! This year has flown by and was one of the most fun in my life! I do not feel deprived of anything, nor do I feel that I had to make major changes in my life. I just eat less and dress better. Regrets? Only like so many others here, I only regret not doing it sooner. Good luck to all of you, I hope you're all as happy with your sleeves as I am!

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Awesome job Cam! I felt like I was reading my own soon to be description of my surgiversary next month :) I too was a 16/18 (more like 20 cuz my clothes were pretty stretched and I would not buy new ones) now I am a 6 dress and a 8 in pants...wow! I enjoy clothes shopping for the first time in DECADES. No more dressing room meltdowns :o No more pain in my feet and knees. Just loving the new me!!!!

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Thanks everyone for all your kind words! I just smiled as I read all the posts! This website helped me so much in the beginning and all the way through. The year has flown! I hope all of you have as good an experience as I did and even better!

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