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I admit it--I used be be a diet coke addict. I work night shift, and caffiene was the only thing that got me through. Diet coke was the beverage of choice, but I would drink other caffinated beverages too.

I have been soda free and caffiene free for over a month now. I have totally kicked those habits. I had a sip of my DH's diet coke recently and thought it tasted nasty.

I need to focus on these kinds of victories--my surgeon is conservative and won't do a fill till the 6 week mark, so I haven't had my first fill yet.

What other victories have people had?

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Well, the swelling in my feet went down considerably a couple of months after surgery. I didn't even know how much pain I was in until the pain was alleviated. As such, I'm a lot more active. Now that I'm down 95 pounds, I way less self conscious and am more apt to do fun things... I can enjoy life again. I went on a roller coaster a month or so ago. I've been out to nightclubs. I wouldn't have done the former for fear that the bar would not have gone around me and I quit doing the latter after getting heckled on the street a couple of times by very unkind people. I'm in less pain and am way more active. Those are my little victories.

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