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Down to day 7 just one week. First I thought the time was going slow but now it seems like it is going fast. Fast is good, I am a little afraid when I think of what is ahead of me but, I am ready. Trying my best to stay optimistic. This site has been the best thing, I am not sure my frame of mind would be in a good place like it is now. I have met online so many great people I am anxious to meet of them in person. I still have to purchase my vitamins and protein drinks, I made a shopping list for next week, revised my to do list for the hospital so that I do not forget anything. I also need to find out who is taking me to the hospital on Friday, my son Tom has taken off of work to take me. He is so wonderful, we both work at the same job just a different location he has become very successful at the ripe old age of 32, in the position at work he earns alot of paid leave time I on the other hand, don't get a chance to earn much time, and have been very ill off and on throughout the years, so I only have a few weeks of paid leave to take but not enough to cover me for the whole post op time. Tom my son is donating me whatever time I need. He just donated me two weeks leave and offered more if I need it. I thank god for his wonderful, kindness and compassion. I am so very proud of him he has accomplished so much in his young life and there is only more to come for him.
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I am ready to get it over with at this time. Today I have to go get a chest xray the last of my pre op physcal. Still need to get more organized for surgery. Prescription for the blood clot medication needs to be filled. The nurse Cathy said that the rx could cost 1,000 dollars I am so glad I have rx coverage. I feel for people that don't. I 
the OH site, especially the message boards, I have met so many kind and caring people.
The support and guidance you get from everyone is wonderful. Now that I have been utilizing it I don't know how I would have gotten through it. My family is not 
supportive because they really do not understand how big this really is. So thank god for all the OH people. 
. Something would always come up. I had my pre op appointment yesterday and it went well. I am going to get a chest xray today as part of the pre op. See Ya
class at Dr.A's office. Talk about reality! 
They leave nothing out!! I suppose it is good, but scarey. 
I started to get second thoughts but they passed. I am so glad I have another 11 days so I have time to digest what is going to happen more. Well, on my way to my pre-op physical. See you tomorrow! 
ha ha you thought I was going to tell you the year!) Well, it is just a number!! I am the 5th in a family of 6 children, two sisters and three brothers. I grew up in the small town of Blackwood, NJ and I was always a chubby oh hell! that is too kind, I was always a fat child. They always told me it was baby fat, well at 53 I don't think it is baby fat any longer. I married young at age sixteen and always wanted children. Unfortunately at the age of 18 I had a miscarriage followed by next pregnancy resulting in a stillborn little girl at birth, her name was Anne Marie I was then 19 years old and the weight piled on even more. I was pushing 220 in 1975 when that happened. In April 1976 I gave birth to my beautiful baby boy Tommy who I adored from day one to present. In 1982 after a difficult pregnancy I gave birth to my twins Richard and Samantha who are now 26. The twins were a handful, life was always a challenge, they were in fact double trouble, Richard more so than his sister. Both were beautiful and still are to this day. My daughter is lovely and thank god does not have a weight problem. Richard my son, is handsome and just overall big. After the twins birth, I continued to pile on the weight, oh I tried many weight reduction programs over the years but with no success. I even went to therapy and realized some of why I was so heavy but still only minimal success at that. I am now at my all time high weight of 320 lbs. So I decided it was time to finally do somthing about my weight once and for all, this is what drove me to pursue bariatric surgery. As you may be able to tell at this point I am excited and yet apprehensive about under going the surgery on May 23rd but am looking forward to the end result of feeling and looking better. Over the past several years I have been working on my mind and understanding how important it is to have a positive outlook on everything you do! Therefore, it is with an optimisic and realistic attitude that I embark on this very important life changing event