I finally have a surgery date!  July 7, 2008.  I finally finished my 6 months weight management classes and my nutrition evaluation, exercise consult, and Psych evaluation.  They turned in all my stuff to my insurance company on May 23 and I found out I was approved for surgery on May 28.  Wow, that was really quick.  My doctor is going on vacation for a few weeks so I can't have surgery till July 7, but that's ok, I get to eat on 4th of July!!  My last real meal!!  I can not wait, I am sooooo excited, my dreams are about to come true!! Yeah!!  Well, guess I better get back to work, I will write more later and let ya'll know how I'm doing!!

8-25-07----  Today I  have been reading the book "Weight Loss Surgery - Finding The Thin Person Hiding Inside You!"  by Barbara Thompson.  It's a very good book by someone who has been through WLS.  The book is very informative and I learned a lot from it.  I am beginning to think that my first appointment will never get here.  I haven't even really started yet and I have a long way to go.  I can already tell this next 6 months are going to pass by soooooo sloooooww.  I am really not nervous about the surgery, I had my gallbladder out this time last year and they couldn't do laparascopy so it was an open procedure.  I got a hernia from that surgery and just had a hernia repair in June of this year.  I have had 3 c-sections my belly is so scarred up that a few more scars won't hurt!  Just as long as I look good in my clothes when I lose weight, I'm not gonna be wearing bikinis or anything.  Gonna keep reading all I can and am looking forward to seeing the doctor to see if he thinks I need the surgery.  I think he will definitely think I should have it done.   Misty