You have had a tremendous accomplishment that I applaud. I have a very good friend who was 575lbs. His doctor told him at the age of 37 or 38 he will not live past 40 if he kept it up. He also had type 2. Being a father of three, he wanted to watch his kids grow up. He went for the full by pass and dropped from 575 to 270. He is 6'3'. He did manage to gain 50 more lbs in the last year but then was able to lose it again by the usual watch what you eat and working out. You still have to watch your food intake. I watched as he had major complications and almost lost his life when his kidneys shut down because of the opperation but now it's been 5 years. He is active, is able to be there to watch his kids grow up and enjoy life again. He says its the best thing he could have done. You should be very proud and by you feeling better and the diabetes being gone, your life only got better. As for myself, I got up to 268lbs. Now down to 250 and still going just by changing my lifestyle. It's hard but when I see folks like you to encourage me, the goal can only get easier when you can see the results. Bravo my friend, Bravo!