I an artist. I work with fabric doing art quilts. I love to read, travel, and cook. I'm recently divorced and will be looking again soon! I have been an obese child, an obese teenager, an obese adult and now an obese 48 year old. My highest was 255 pounds. At surgery time I was 231. My goal is 135. I'm ready to bust out of the self-made fat prison. I want to participate in life. I'm sick and tired of feeling like a bystander. I cashed out my meager 401K in order to do the surgery. I'm so glad I did.