I put together a slide show of my bike after I have put it back together!!! If this does not work in this post take a look at my profile to see the finished bike!!!

I am so pumped up and even more so because everyone else is too! I am so glad we all decided to make this journey. I know that each and everyone of us has been through alot of simular unbearable times with our weight. Just think the time is here and we will all get to finally make our WLS life begin. I am truly blessed that God has lead me here and is guiding me through this surgery as with all of us! Keep strong, stay focused, and know this is worth fighting for. Good positive thinking will bring great results. Goodluck to All the May-bies and see ya on the losing side!!!! :dance: Julie

Hey Rick Thanks, I know- it is just that I hope it isn't something that comes on and takes awhile to get better. NOthing needs to stOp My Surgery Date! lol I will take your advice if it is worse in the morning. Julie

My surgery date is May 8th and started the all liquid diet on Saturday. The only thing I'm taking is Advant Edge Carb Control and Atkins Advantage (both from WalMart) every 2 hours (6 per day) and drinking as much water as possible of course. I started out only using Advant Edge but I went for a doctor's visit yesterday and they told me that was not enough calories for the day (each can only has 100). I need to either drink more cans or supplement some other food such as a banana, cucumbers, tomotoes or carrots. They told me about the Adkins Advantage then and discovered they have 170 calories so I am using that as well instead of eating solid foods. My doctor really wants his patients on an all liquid diet for the 2 weeks before surgery. Good luck to you and all of us set to go on to our new lives!! :-)

Kenny; The only issues we've ever run into with the Harley crowd about riding "Metrics" is when we lived in Detroit. Up there, the union crowd tends to get edgy about anyone not riding/driving an American-made anything. You should have seen my father-in-law the day I drove my VW Cabrio home from the dealership... Now that we live in TX, all that folks look at is that you ride. Even sport bikes and cruisers co-mingle. I know, next thing you know...dogs and cats will be living together in harmony! Blessings, Jennifer 253 / 178 / 137 '04 Yamaha VStar 650 Classic