Oh, how I wish there was a Saturday morning support group closer to me!  Welcome to Iowa and our lovely winter weather.  Just wait, it will be spring soon and the weather will be much warmer than it is today.

Sounds good!!! It will give me something to look forward too!! Where are you from?? I live about an hour give or take away also! So i definately know what you mean about driving...or rather, not driving if the weather is bad! I hope it holds out for me to have a great surgery! Its pretty nasty out there right now, im hoping that school is cancelled or delayed tomorrow...(i work in a preschool) maybe i can spend some time on the treadmill if it is!!!

I belong to Curves and go there three times a week.  Three other days I walk inside after work at the school I work at.  I still need to work on doing something the seventh day.  Guess I'm "resting" that day or something.  Anyway, I have to really force myself to do it somedays because I can talk myself out of it in a flash.  I also have a Gazelle that I can use now that I'm under 250 pounds on days I don't get to do any other exercise.  It is a challenge to do it but I really want success when I have the surgery so I am committed!  Tell yourself you're worth it Jenn, because you are!!!

I agree that the UIHC team is THE best!!! Of course Im somewhat partial to it lol! Sunny, you could look at it this way...we dont want to push and do something that is not in GODs plan for us, so if they tell you that you need to take a few more steps to get to the OR then take your time and do it right and it will all fall into place like its supposed too!

On that note, carol, how much exercise and how often do you do it are you getting in a day? I just wonder because I struggle with that one and I just wonder about it. I know they say to get in 30 minutes a day...i work in a preschool so im not on my butt all day long in an office job (not knocking office jobs at all) but when i get home I am drained and just want to relax...and by relax i mean, take care of my own 3 kids, get the supper and ready for bed, and by that time its ME time. Anyways, just wondering how everyone else does with this?? I do fine with the diet, that is not an issue for the most part, ive got to get that mindset to get my butt on that treadmill everyday...I should go do it right now!!!

Jenn

I'm sorry you got news you really weren't hoping to hear.  Be glad that they won't do surgery if they don't feel you'll be successful right now.  I don't know what you have to do in terms of therapy and getting things sqared away in your life.  I have been shot down so many times for this surgery due to my insurance not covering it that I can't count them all.  I know how disappointed you must feel but just keep your focus on what your goal is (surgery) and work towards that, resolving every issue along the way.  Keep posting so we know how things are going for you, Sunny.