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Hello Everyone!!

I'm new to the site and I'm not exactly sure how this works but I'm here to introduce myself! :)

My name is Morgan McKenna from Hamilton, New Jersey and I'm 18 years old.

I started thinking about Weight-Loss Surgery about 3 years ago but didn't actually do anything about it until about 2 years ago. My mother found a surgeon in Livingston, New Jersey, Dr. Valeriu Andrei, and that's who I have been seeing since. For the past 2 years I've been trying everything I could to try to lose weight without actually getting surgery. I tried different diets, exercising anything I could think of but nothing seemed to work for me. So, I decided that surgery would give my weight-loss the kick start that it needed. I finally got my surgery this past Monday, May 13th, 2013. I was in the hospital for 4 days and just got home last night. I've been moving around well since then and even went for a 2.5 hour walk with my aunt this afternoon. She's the one who introduced me to this site.

Well I'm can't wait to actually get started with all that this site has to offer, and start talking to some great people.

-Morgan McKenna :lol:

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Congrats on the surgery! Hope you have a quick recovery.....

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Hello Morgan welcome to the group. Congrats on your decision to have WLS & your recovering well so far which is great.

I'm Maybelin. 34 years old married(ugh) wanna choke him sometimes lmbo I have 3 kids. I started at 211 pounds had WLS May 30, 2012 and from size 18 to a size 2 from XL 1x to small. Shoe size from 8.5 to 7 I'm extremely happy. Oh forgot I'm 113 pounds yeah tiny short woman 5 foot

Your in the right site.

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Hello Morgan. Congrats on your new journey and hope your feeling better soon! My surgery is scheduled for June 18th, 2013. I am also in NJ. Are you in Hamilton, Mercer County? I was born and raised in Ewing. I have been living in South Jersey with my boyfriend for the past several years, but the rest of my family is still in Ewing. I work in Hamilton. I am having my surgery at Cooper Hospital in Camden. Nice meeting you, and wishing you much success!!

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Hi

I'm new to the site too.I had my surgery on 4/29 and I'm doing well. I'm really happy I found this site...there's lots of support and great ideas! I'm down 33 lbs ....from 297 to 264. My goal weight is 170. I'm. 5'10 and at that weight I'm a size 8/10.

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