Missed my post on my 3mnth as I have been feeling great. Never home and having lots of fun. I am down 72 lbs and go to see Dr. L for my blood work and check up on Aug 22nd. Wearing size 20 jeans and 1X shirts.

Julie called yesterday with my date for surgery. I was in shock. It was so fast. When I had my consult dr L. said mild to end of April but I some how had my self believing that it wouldn't be till May. So its about a month. I thought that I would kick into gear once I got my date and get prepared. Only problem is that I am so hyper that I don't know what I should do. Yippy. Looks like I will be walking the halls with Kim she is the next day.

Well I went for my consultation with Dr. L. and he was really nice. Informative and had lots of  time for questions. He went over the operation and explained how it worked. Asked me about what weight that I wanted to be. He also asked when I wanted the surgery. He wrote ASAP on my chart and said it would be the later part of April. He wants me to lose 15 lbs between now and then. Has me on hopefully the the last diet of my life. Its going to be rough. All the veggies and meat I want. No carbs. No crystal light. Up to 2 slices of either pumpernikle or whole grain bread per day. One potato plain or 1 cup plain white rice. Salad with vinigar or lemon juice. Up to 2 peices of fruit per day. 1 small coffee in morning with breakfast black only or tea. Only water to drink. No juice or crystal light. Oh boy. It will be rough. Oh ya I can have 1 glass of milk a day but I don't like milk or meat. So its veggies and fruit for me. I have 6-8 weeks to loose 15lbs. It is easier for him to do the surgery if I loose the weight. He gave me the persicptions for my DR to write for pain meds. Also gave me a list of tests to be done. EKG, bone density, fasting blood surgar, gulbladder ultra sound. Also gave me a list of products to avoid between now and surgery. Because I live so close I am going to my pre-op about 10 days before surgery. Then go down day before. Do bowel prep. When I am released I can go home I don't have to stay in michagan. I will just return for next appt. I said I could stay if he thought that I should and he said it wasn't necessary. He also stated that I could come to the support meetings because I am so close. He really recommends the support. So I will try and for sure try and get appts on days where I can stay and go to the meeting that night.

I was put on metformin. My sugar is not up but my hormones are out of wack and specialist I seen thinks that if I lower my insulin level my hormones will straighten up. So I just started taking it and so far so good.