hope24's Bloghttp://www.obesityhelp.com/member/hope24/blog/hope24's BlogConfusedhttp://www.obesityhelp.com/member/hope24/blog/2010/06/20/confused/Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:34:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/hope24/blog/2010/06/20/confused/It is 2 weeks out from surgery.  I felt pretty good for the first 2 or 3 days after surgery, then started feeling badly.  A couple of days later, I began feeling really bad and I had a knot under the far left incision from the laproscopic surgery.  I felt so bad!  ... Thanks for the kind thoughts and Prayershttp://www.obesityhelp.com/member/hope24/blog/2010/06/02/thanks-for-the-kind-thoughts-and-prayers/Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:59:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/hope24/blog/2010/06/02/thanks-for-the-kind-thoughts-and-prayers/I spoke with Star3844 today.  Her surgery was yesterday, and she is doing well.  I am still hanging in on the pre op liquid diet.<br /> My surgery is Friday morning, and wish everyone else with recent, or future surgeriesthe very best of wishes.Proper Mindsethttp://www.obesityhelp.com/member/hope24/blog/2010/05/27/proper-mindset/Thu, 27 May 2010 20:48:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/hope24/blog/2010/05/27/proper-mindset/ Ok, it is now a week before my surgery and I am pretty nervous, and feeling like all the reasearching that I did previously is not enough.  I am worried that I will fail at this.  How in the world do you get in the proteins in when you first ... Less than 2 weeks till surgeryhttp://www.obesityhelp.com/member/hope24/blog/2010/05/23/less-than-2-weeks-till-surgery/Sun, 23 May 2010 16:22:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/hope24/blog/2010/05/23/less-than-2-weeks-till-surgery/Well, it is just under two weeks before my surgery date.  I am currently alternating between understanding what it is I am understanding and being happy about it, and being terrified.  I don't know maybe the negative feelings are happening more when it is later in the day and the ... New Memberhttp://www.obesityhelp.com/member/hope24/blog/2010/04/28/new-member/Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:58:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/hope24/blog/2010/04/28/new-member/I thought I would introduce myself.  I am a 51 year old mother of 8 plus 2 step children, mostly grown now.  My babies are 14 and 16. I love to sew and do machine embroidery. I remarried last October to a very sweet man who treats me like I am ...