I am not sure if you had your surgery yet or not, so good luck if you have not. My biggest advice, is you have to do this for your self. I am getting ready for a revision, turns out my first did not heal correctly. I still say it changed my life all for the best, even with gainin most of it back. I learned to love to exercise, and miss it when i can't. learned how to eat better, and love, love the taste of vegetables that I never tried before, and not needing to have meat and potatoes all the time, like i was raised on. I had sme family support, and some not. My own mother tried to support me, but she is also overweight, and it seemed like she was happy when i was failing, because i was not doing better then her. I learned how to tune that out, and only take the positive. I was able to do things with my daughter who was 6, that I could not do before, and my health improved. no more cpap machine and other things.  My rny, was my first surgery ever, and they took my gallbladder at the same time. You will do great :) You will need at least one person around to help you after, you do have to learn to let that person, help alot at first. For me it was my husband. You cannot push too hard too fast, and let your body heal. And its nice to walk with someone. Good luck and if you ever need to chat, look me up :)
AJ

 Hi :) I live in Indiana, and am getting ready to find out my surgery date for a revision. My first surgery in 2003 did not heal right, and took this long for them to figure it out. I have always wanted a pal on here, or just friends, to be able to chat with. I also just recently started a group on facebook for bariatric patients, along with the admin of the support group i go affiliated with the Hospital I am having my surgery at. So if that would interest you, feel free to ask me about it.
I have a lot of knowledge to share, and always love to learn new things. I have a 14 year old daughter, who was 6 when I had my surgery the first time.
I hope to chat with you soon. I will send you a friendship add as well :)

I am new to this website and looking for an email buddy too.  I have my gastric bypass on 1/30/12 and would enjoy sharing my story. I am getting better everyday.  Have you had surgery?    

I'm scheduled for a duodenal switch on May 17th and could use some friends who are going through or have gone through weight loss surgery.

hey there my name is Cindy and im still in the pre-op part for gastric bypass with Dr. Friedman in pensacola. im looking for someone i can talk with when things feel stressful waiting and waiting lol