thank you all! <3
every time i start to have second thoughts or doubts about getting my surgery in a few days.. i come on here an you all remind me how much better my life can be after i have it done... everyone on this board is such an inspiration!!! i dont say much but trust me im reading an learning alot.. thanks to each an every one who posts on here.. you all bring out my strength an courage i never knew i had.. 
Congratulations!
It's so exciting! Almost there after all that work. I remember how that felt.
Be sure to post and let us know how you're doing whenever yo feel up to it.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery and continued success.
It's so exciting! Almost there after all that work. I remember how that felt.
Be sure to post and let us know how you're doing whenever yo feel up to it.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery and continued success.
Start: 487 lbs (8/07) Lost 81 lbs pre op on South Beach. 406 lbs at surgery (6/08). 179 post op, by 2011. I lost 308 lbs. Gained 98 while pregnant (2012-13) lost all but 25. My goal is to be 179 again!
Two years after that....
I could not be happier.
Positive thoughts and prayers to you for a speedy recovery. I remember the morning of my surgery I had been scared out of my mind for over 2 months (and was really second guessing myself and my decision). I got to the hospital and they took me back to get me prepped for surgery and I was no longer scared and actually at peace with my decision. Maybe it was the hot anesthiologist LOL!!! But do what they tell you to do - get up and walk, it will help get rid of the gas and when you are able, sip your liquids. GOOD LUCK!!!
Wow, Peggy, you're just one day ahead of me. I get mine done 2/24. It's kind of a freaky feeling today with everyone calling and giving me their last "good luck"s before we have to drive 2hrs to stay the night near the hospital tomorrow. You're right, everyone on here is such an inspiration. I want to visit my best friend in the world this next holiday season and to think if I'm halfway successful, I could be down well over a hundred more lbs???!!!!! That's just unfathomable to me right now. I'm sure I'll be a bag of hanging skin for sure by then but who the heck cares?! I bet she won't even recognize me. Last time she saw me, I could barely make it up her front steps. She always worried about me so much and always kept it to herself, God bless her. I think I not only do this for me, but for everyone who although I obviously had health issues, treated me like I was a valuable person just the way I was, who I always was made to feel comfortable with, who let me come to this decision in my own time. Like, hey, worry for me no more and let's go have some real fun now.
I look forward to us both waking up on the other side of the most courageous thing we've ever done. Hold the door open, I'm just a step behind ya.
I look forward to us both waking up on the other side of the most courageous thing we've ever done. Hold the door open, I'm just a step behind ya.
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