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Well its day 5 and I am still here.  I am so sick of vanilla and chocolate right now, ugh. But I can do this, I have to do this right?

Wow, i am looking at the date from my last post, it was almost a year ago!!! Well a lot has happened in the last year.  I have survived all of my pre-op appointments and my surgery is booked for Sept 26th, which means its almost time for optifast.  I start my new diet on Thursday, oh how I am dreading you optifast.

Hello all,

I have my refferal appointment on Monday, I am super excited and a little bit nervous. My Dr had to register to the bariactric network and i had to wait for my referal package to come in the mail... and its here, yay!  Let the fun begin!

Well, I think I have just hit a low point.  A good friend of mine had an old treadmill she wasn't using anymore, so she offered it to me.  She knows that I struggle with exercise, I work long hours and I really don't have the time or the money to justify a gym membership. Feeling energetic so I brought the treadmill into our apartment (not an easy task itself) assembled it and stood back proud of my acomplishment.  So... time to take it for a test walk, or so I thought.  I weight too freakin much :( How sad is that, the poor tread wont even budge.  THERE IS TOO MUCH WEIGHT!!! Oh well, off to the good will tomorrow. At least I worked up a good sweat lugging the damn thing all the way into our apartment... and back out, grrrr!

Hello all, this is my first post so be gentle ;)  I have been sitting on the sidelines, congratulations to all that have had WLS.  I am 33 years old and among a few other ailments I found out that I have sleep apnea.  In November 2011, my sleep specialist strongly recommended that I look into gastric bypass surgery.  Not only do I meet the current health criteria for the procedure in this province, he also stated that it would be the end of my sleep apnea.  Off to the family Dr I go... Only to be told that he doesn't feel that I need WLS, "I'm just not trying hard enough".  Feeling deflated and frustrated, I carried on, thinking that I was the crazy one and beating myself up for not trying harder.  Well damn it, I have tried and Its time to stand up for myself.  I have been well over 200 lbs since I was 12, I have been on every diet, potion, pill or gimmick I could get my hands on.  I had medically supervised weight loss, bone density and muscle mass tests, the craziness we put ourselves through.  I have come to accept myself as a big girl and learned to live with it.  I am generally healthy, I get around, but time is ticking away.  I am not looking forward to a healthy future if I don't do something soon. My health is gradually going down hill, the push is on.  I contacted the receptionist at my Dr's office and explained to her what I was looking for.  She called me back today to tell me that she registered with the Ontario Bariactric Network.  Just need my referral package to come and pay the Dr for the referral and fingers crossed.  Its only taken 9 months and I had to bypass my Dr and go through the receptionist, but hey, its still a small victory for me :)