[calluna]

Thank you, Eliana!!!! I really needed that. That is EXACTLY it.

This has been a heck of a long labor!

[LiliK]

Well, I think you did GREAT!!! And I get where you're coming from, but I'm thinking I'd probably still be doing the happy dance (and believe me, I'm going to when I hit my 100-pound mark!) no matter how it got there. You've worked SO HARD in such a consistent manner that I think you should celebrate like crazy--celebrate both the achievement and the mental and physical toughness you've developed over the time you've been working toward the achievement.

I'm feeling very humbled by the way our bodies stick in there, even when we mistreat them for years. I am really glad they do seem to be able to heal and forgive us once we begin eating right and exercising, and I'm seeing those changes in my own self-abused body right now.

Congratulations on your fantastic progress!!!!

[JayEll]

Coming in late--but let me give you yet another perspective.

Be glad you're alive. Be glad you live in a country where you have a chance of getting sterile surgery from a highly trained and experienced doctor. Be glad that medivac exists, and that you were able to get help when you needed it.

Sometimes we get so tangled up in our weight loss plans and stories that we forget there is more to life than what the scale reads.

Congratulations on your weight loss and your return to health.

Jay

[Beverlyjoy]

I am sorry you are feeling so disappointed.

I am so glad you are past the scary part and recovering well. We just can't change the past. Perhaps you could rejoice in getting through your illness and consider the weight loss as part of it. Set new goals. As was mentioned your body may or may not gain and lose alot as your body and GI system get's used to digesting your food without your gall bladder.

Hang in there and concentrate on all the positives in this, if you can.