Hi Colorado - I am Dave from West Virginia. I am very verbose. I will try to keep future notes to a minimum of 4-6 lines. I just started my journey in May. Met my Dr. ( Dr. Rossi and his staff. ) They put me on an 1800 calorie diet. I was really good but fell off the wagon this past week-end. I do water aerobics 3 days a week for 2 hours. I have had 6 spinal operations. After every operation the higher joint gets weak. I also developed Addison disease 3 years ago. I was medically retired from DuPont after 34 years. They were afraid I wouldn't reach a gate in time, if there a crisis. I will have my 59th birthday in a few months. My wife has a chronic illness (Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction ) for more than 25 years. We rarely go out in the evening because her stomach swells due to food intake not digesting. She had her large intestines removed 2 years ago. She spent 21 days in John Hopkins Hospital because she died twice. But beyond those 2 scares she looks beautiful and normal, but she is in so much pain that she has an internal pain pump, which is filled every 45 days. She has had pumps for 17 years. They need new batteries every 5 years, so they just install the latest pump model. Our daughter was diagnosed with Diabetes II when she was about 9 years old. She is now in her 30's and just now showing signs of diabetic internal organs. She is ok but again we see signs of diabetic damage. But, we have a great outlook on life, due to our strong belief in God and feel certain this fits into his plan for us, so we rarely complain. Glad to have found this site. Congrats on your weight loss journey and I am sure I will have questions later. Take care.
My experience so far has been wonderful and complication free. I'm open to answer questions. Just hit me up! 