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Hi Erin and welcome to the best board going Everyone here is so supportive so feel free to ask any questions you may have. Good luck with your surgery I'm sure everything will be just fine. Let us know how it goes for you. Take care, Anita

Hi Erin Welcome to the family. You have found a really great place for love and support. Take Care, Kay

Anxious and emotional? Yuppers, that sums it up!!! Welcome to our little family! Good luck on your surgery Thursday, we will be here rooting for you!!! Post as soon as you can when you get home so we can give you a big (((((((((((((((hug)))))))))))))))))!!! Carol V

Erin, Congratulations on your surgery date! I read your profile and I can totally relate! I always felt like the biggest person around, and often still do, but the other day I was at Wal-Mart, and I just felt normal. It was really nice. My skinny friend at work now makes a point of pointing out to me everyone I am now smaller than (hey, you are smaller than Mary and Marlyne now - two chick *****ally annoy me and were very negative about the surgery). It has been 4 1/2 months for me now, and I have lost 97 pounds and gone from a 32 (or whatever the biggest size in the store was) to a 22 Tommy Hilfiger jeans. I feel like I look the same, but my cheekbones, collarbone, knees and shins are all clearly visible now, I don't have to dig for them! I was worried I would be wrinkly underneath, but so far I am not. I started with a BMI of 53.9, and now I am a 38, which means that, since I have no health problems at all, I would probably not even qualify for surgery if I went to the doctor now. I am so glad I did this, and, truthfully, I don't miss food at all. I can eat whatever I want, in small amounts. I ate Thanksgiving dinner, mostly stuffing, which has always been my favorite, and I didn't feel denied. I even had a chocolate chip cookie a month ago. This truly was the best thing I ever did, I just wish I could've done it when I was younger, then I may have realized my dream of marrying Snoop Dogg. Carrie