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Hi everyone! A listmate on another list told me about this one and I

rushed right over to join! =o)

My name is Susie and I am having surgery on Oct 30th (EEK only 4 days

away!) with Dr. Thayer in Newton. I am so excited and nervous, and

anxious, and nervous lol I am mostly excited! Let's see...I am 29

years old and have not always had a weight problem. I weighed 105

when I graduated high school, but babies, bedrest, a husband in the

CG who is always gone, and all that genetic stuff saw me put on

weight over the years and I go into surgery at 256...I am 5'1 " tall.

Yup a shorty lol I have a great, wonderful, and 100% supportive dh

named Rob, and three wonderful blessings who are 7, 3, and 1.

I will have to spend some time reading the archives I know, but how

wonderful to find a list of all the New Englanders. I actually live

in Connecticut but after doing alot of research and talking to people

I really wanted Dr. Thayer as my surgeon. Even though it's quite a

drive, it's worth it, as the moment I met him I was immediatly

impressed by him and felt totally comfortable. =o) I'm so

exciiiiiiited!! (did I say that already??) hehe

Anyways, I hate that I only just found this list lol I will be gone

next week. If you are inclined to lift a prayer up for me I would

really appreciate it, as would my family!!

Oh and I do have a ? for any of you who were patients of Dr.

Thayers. They gave me a copy of the diet for after surgery and I

read it and it appears to be a blended diet starting from day one?

Am I reading this wrong maybe? I have heard from so many other

patients of different surgeons that they were on a full clear liquid

diet for a while before starting blends so I thought maybe I was

missing something. Curious if anyone has had any problems or if this

is the norm?

Thanks in advance!

God bless!

Susie