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Colleen's WLS Journey
I HOPE AND PRAY:
Maybe for once in my life I can live the life I always wanted...one that doesn't diet every Monday and that eats to live, not lives to eat!!

Oh to be
NORMAL!!! If I can DREAM it, I can BE it!!

Oh to never have to worry about.....

*  Fitting in the seat on an airplane or squeezing into a middle seat, or having to sit next to someone in a 3 seat row...
*ugh* or heaven forbid, the overwhelming FEAR and PANIC of NOT being able to buckle the seat belt, and always hoping and praying to get an ELITE upgrade to be able to sit in first class, because the seats are bigger! 

*  Going to a family function, and dreading it!!!  Never know what to wear (of course, always having to buy something new, because nothing I have in the closet FITS and always feeling like I look like a whale, and basically making every excuse not to go,
                                                                           
*  Roaming the racks at any department store, looking for just ANYTHING that will fit my body (regardless of price!!), 
                                         
*  Restaurant Dining - basically picking a restaurant based on the type of tables they have for fear of NOT being able to fit comfortably in the booth, and always feeling that someone is watching me EAT!!
 
*  Just the act of going to the mall, walking around, window shopping and knowing that none of the clothes in the stores fit me, except for the chubby girl store (Lane Bryant or Women's Dept.) Ugh!!  So sad
:'(

*  Summer Time - Wearing shorts, tank top, or any summer clothing (OMG, how do I dare wear these outdoors, look how fat my legs and arms are!!??).  Also, feeling the heat so bad in the summer that sweat pours off my face even in 70 degree weather...how embarrassing is that??  Also, going to the beach??  ----- enough said!!!!
                                       
*  Pedicures - Hopping up on the big chair (which is one of my favorite things to do), but always looking down at my HUGE legs and wondering, this girl must think I have the BIGGEST legs in the world....Oh well...add it to the list of embarrassing situations..  
                       
The Thin Years..
through pictures
Pre-Op Photo
Some Interesting Stuff About Me :)?? (that's debatable)
Pre-Op Journal
Sept-Dec, 2001

Surgery Journal
12/11/01 - 1/08/02

Post-Op Pictures
**12 Month Picture**

Latest Update
Dec. 11, 2003

Post-Op Journal
Let the Journey Begin
Start -  1/09/02

Journals
Post-Op
Comparison
Pics
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Great News:
100 POUND MILESTONE REACHED 7/10/02
Full Body Photo
12 Months
Post-Op -125 lbs