Ladyshai, You already look fabulous.  Are you sure you need this surgery? 
Best wishes.

Prayin for ya Marisol.  Have a great day! 

No one would ever believe from this photo that you were ever overweight.  Fantastic pic!  I sure hope my arms/collar bones look like that after my surgery!  Great job.

God bless you Ro Ro.  I'm very excited for you and will pray for a speedy recovery.

Love that verse......I'm gonna keep that one in my head when I have surgery.  Thanks for the encouragement.

Yea!  Happy for you.  Take care Paula!!

Sometimes the scoop is WAY deep in the powder.  Use a utensil and search for it.

Best wishes!

Im praying for you!  All the best for a smooth recovery! 

You are an incredible inspiration and absolutely beautiful.  I thank God every day for this opportunity coming up.  My surgery is scheduled for January 11.  Best of everything to you.  WOW.
Take care,

Hi Wantmylife,

We have our surgeries planned on the same day.

I have had upper GI recently.  It truly is a piece of cake.  They often give you Versed, a medicine that makes you totally relaxed and causes you not to remember a thing, so either way--you will be well. 

Hope all goes well. 

Worry more about:

Cellulitis and foot, leg, skin ulcers from diabetes,
blindness from retinal errosion
Stroke or heart attack
heart enlargement from long-term sleep apnea, arrhythmias
Being unable to play on the floor with a child, walk a dog, walk on a beach during a family vacation
Ride a bike, fit in an airplane,.....
shall I go on? 

You are doing this to save your life.  Don't allow the negative's to outweigh the positives.  Only allow yourself a few minutes a day to think about the risks, then use the rest of the time to think about all of the things you will do-- that you can't do now.

As for the future dieting.........you have never dieted yet with a "tool" like this one, so don't set yourself up for failure.  Think of healthy happy--full of life---YOU. 

PS.  Don't chicken out on me, I'm pretty sure we have the same surgery date, Jan 11th.....

Take care.....

Bee-u-t-ful!  We weigh the same pre-op.  I haven't seen your current weight since college.  I am truly inspired.  You go girl!

I am truly blessed.  My surgeon's office advocate called to inform me that CIGNA has approved my surgery after all!  It turns out a "peer to peer" review was needed, but all that it took was a phone call by my surgeon's office "my advocate" and the insurance company changed their mind and approved me for surgery.  I will have surgery on January 11th.  Thanks to so many of you who have encouraged me when I was denied on Nov 15th.  I never hoped to have an answer this soon.  I wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving.  And for those of you who will miss loved ones this season, I will keep you in my special thoughts and prayers...
Truly Thankful.