ANGELIA YOU LOOK FANTASTIC. MY NAME IS MELINDA I ALSO HAD THE SURGERY MY HIGHEST WEIGHT WAS 450LBS. IT HAS BEEN 1 YEAR AND 2 1/2 MONTHS. JULY 24, 2006 WAS MY DATE. I AM NOW 258 I'VE LOST A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT IS 1 YEAR. I AM HAVING SOME DIFFICULTIES BUT MINOR. IT IS ROUGH FOR ME BUT I'M GETTING BETTER EACH DAY. I HAVE MY MOMENTS AND DAYS BUT GOD WILL SEE ME THROUGH. AGAIN YOU ARE DOING GREAT KEEP IT UP DON'T GO BACK GO FORWARD.