THE YEAR IN REVIEW! HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO ME! I began this quest as a miserable, obese woman who never truly understood or appreciated her body or soul. In the past year, through many, many, many ups and downs, I am finally beginning to love me. For anyone reading this profile and is considering WLS - I won't lie to you. It isn't easy. Physically speaking, my journey has been unremarkable. Psychologically, however, it's been a real rollercoaster. My marriage ended after I found that the one person who I always bragged cared about me no matter what size or shape was poking fun at me online by using a screen name "married2afat1". (Crushing blow, to say the least!) Many friends who were dear to me on 8/21/02 now won't call. Maybe it is because I no longer worry so much about pleasing everyone else. It was time to start pleasing myself. I know that I was a good person before. But now, I have the confidence to realize it. I've started over. 8/21/02 truly was my second birth. Sooooo....HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!