My surgery tomorrow...March 5th

[Guest guest]

Well group,. I have been here reading posts for the last 3 months...My

surgery is tomorrow morning...I am so excited and nervous at the same time...I

seemed to have the easiest time through the whole process...I submitted my

paperwork in Feb last year, got called for first appointment in Sept.(but could

not go

until Dec 1, as i had started a new job) got all 4 of my appointments in in

the month of December: the nurse (which was a 4 hr appointment) and Head of

Bariatric, the Psych appointment , nutritionist and by the middle of January

had my date and the meeting with the surgeon...They wanted to give me an

appointment in Feb, but i am a trainer and was in the middle of a training

session

which was running for 8 weeks (I am a Operations Manager/Trainer of Coldwell

Banker Atlantic Realty). So my appointment was scheduled for March 5th...Dang

that is tomorrow...

Since last Friday, my whole family has been sick, oldest Daughter started it

darnit!!, then husband got strep ..and i have been pumping in the

antibiotics.....Percautionary...lololol

I met with my primary care physician last week for a quickie appointment,

just to make sure my chart was changed to reflect my surgery...for any upcoming

appointments ..Just in case...i wanted my chart to say...no controlled

release...etc... so she was more than willing to call in a perscription for

me...

Husband will be taking me to my appointment in the morning...He is a

wonderful guy...We have talked quite a bit the last month or so...He has never

known

me any other size..we just had or 8 yr anniversary yesterday....He is quite a

boob Man...I asked him....what are you going to do when the only thing left is

the Nip...He informed me that, that was his favorite part!!!...LOLOL He really

is wonderful..

My daughters keeps telling me...Dont get skinner than us...lololol ..i

explained that this is not a get skinny issue..it is a get healthy issue...I

have

had 8 surgeries to correct foot bone problems and still it makes it hard to walk

the mall..or to go places where you need to walk for any length of time..the

last 2 operations became very infected and i had to have IV therapy at the

hospital for 4 weeks...and i have been informed that i cannot have anymore

surgery...so the weight needs to come off........as walking any length of time

has

become an issue. My mother is diabetic, has high blood pressure..and recently

had a stroke...and of course i have grown up to be my mom..lolol...No diabeties

or high blood pressure yet...but if i dont do something now...wow....watch

out....I have all my mothers other traits....lolololo (Isnt it true, we grow

up to be our parents...)

I am 6ft tall and have weighted around 280-300 since i had my children 17

years ago...even in my teens i weight over 200 lbs... 302 has been my highest

weight...

My mother has bypass surgery along with one of my best friends 16 yrs

ago..They both lost 50-60 lbs in the beginning and then they both put all of

their

weight back on...

Then there was not support: nutritionist, psyc appointments , on going

support with groups like this one...It has really be wonderful to be able to

read

other peoples stories about how things went for them...I signed up for 4 or 5

groups right after i fininshed my last appointment so i feel like i have been

exposed to an enormous amount of information which has been so helpful...I guess

i just wanted to post to let you all know how wonderful it is to have a place

like this to come and learn and be able to ask questions if you need

to...sometimes it is difficult to ask questions to someone face to face and this

is an

excellent forum for that...

Well, wish me luck...sorry to ramble on...grin

Dawn

6ft, 289 preop

Cape Cod , MA

dawn6ft@...

[Guest guest]

Well group,. I have been here reading posts for the last 3 months...My

surgery is tomorrow morning...I am so excited and nervous at the same time...I

seemed to have the easiest time through the whole process...I submitted my

paperwork in Feb last year, got called for first appointment in Sept.(but could

not go

until Dec 1, as i had started a new job) got all 4 of my appointments in in

the month of December: the nurse (which was a 4 hr appointment) and Head of

Bariatric, the Psych appointment , nutritionist and by the middle of January

had my date and the meeting with the surgeon...They wanted to give me an

appointment in Feb, but i am a trainer and was in the middle of a training

session

which was running for 8 weeks (I am a Operations Manager/Trainer of Coldwell

Banker Atlantic Realty). So my appointment was scheduled for March 5th...Dang

that is tomorrow...

Since last Friday, my whole family has been sick, oldest Daughter started it

darnit!!, then husband got strep ..and i have been pumping in the

antibiotics.....Percautionary...lololol

I met with my primary care physician last week for a quickie appointment,

just to make sure my chart was changed to reflect my surgery...for any upcoming

appointments ..Just in case...i wanted my chart to say...no controlled

release...etc... so she was more than willing to call in a perscription for

me...

Husband will be taking me to my appointment in the morning...He is a

wonderful guy...We have talked quite a bit the last month or so...He has never

known

me any other size..we just had or 8 yr anniversary yesterday....He is quite a

boob Man...I asked him....what are you going to do when the only thing left is

the Nip...He informed me that, that was his favorite part!!!...LOLOL He really

is wonderful..

My daughters keeps telling me...Dont get skinner than us...lololol ..i

explained that this is not a get skinny issue..it is a get healthy issue...I

have

had 8 surgeries to correct foot bone problems and still it makes it hard to walk

the mall..or to go places where you need to walk for any length of time..the

last 2 operations became very infected and i had to have IV therapy at the

hospital for 4 weeks...and i have been informed that i cannot have anymore

surgery...so the weight needs to come off........as walking any length of time

has

become an issue. My mother is diabetic, has high blood pressure..and recently

had a stroke...and of course i have grown up to be my mom..lolol...No diabeties

or high blood pressure yet...but if i dont do something now...wow....watch

out....I have all my mothers other traits....lolololo (Isnt it true, we grow

up to be our parents...)

I am 6ft tall and have weighted around 280-300 since i had my children 17

years ago...even in my teens i weight over 200 lbs... 302 has been my highest

weight...

My mother has bypass surgery along with one of my best friends 16 yrs

ago..They both lost 50-60 lbs in the beginning and then they both put all of

their

weight back on...

Then there was not support: nutritionist, psyc appointments , on going

support with groups like this one...It has really be wonderful to be able to

read

other peoples stories about how things went for them...I signed up for 4 or 5

groups right after i fininshed my last appointment so i feel like i have been

exposed to an enormous amount of information which has been so helpful...I guess

i just wanted to post to let you all know how wonderful it is to have a place

like this to come and learn and be able to ask questions if you need

to...sometimes it is difficult to ask questions to someone face to face and this

is an

excellent forum for that...

Well, wish me luck...sorry to ramble on...grin

Dawn

6ft, 289 preop

Cape Cod , MA

dawn6ft@...