Please allow me to introduce myself...

Hello everyone!!

My name is Kristen and I live in Sudbury. My RNY surgery is scheduled for Tuesday Feb 7, 2012 with Dr. Aarts at TEGH.

I am on my 23rd day of Opti and I have to say after the first week or so it is not too bad. I like not having to think about what I am going to eat and instead devote my extra time to preparing for surgery and beyond.

I have been a member of this site for a while but for the first bit I was on the general forums and I have to say the vibe did not lead to me wanting to put myself out there! I finally found the Ontario site and am so glad I did!

I have been perusing this site almost daily and am so thankful for the wealth of knowledge and experience provided by everyone here. You really are a welcoming group and this is why I have finally decided to post!

I prefer to view this site on my IPOD and I tried to post before but I couldn't figure out how to place text in the main text box! So, I pulled out my laptop to post today.

So again thank you to everyone who posts questions, responses,
and experiences as they have been so helpful to me and I am sure many others!

I will try to post- I am very new to forums (this is the first one I have ever participated in) and as you may have guessed a little shy.

Thank you and have a great day!!

Welcome Kristen.
I am pretty new here but I to love the things I have learned.
Good luck

Thank you! Good luck to you as well!

Donna- thank you for the friend request. You are my first friend on OH!!

Welcome and congrats on your upcoming surgery date! :)

Thank you Karen. I am looking forward to it. However, it seemed to take so long in the beginning and now it is coming so fast. I am starting to get nervous but I am sure everything will be fine.

Hi Kristen!  Welcome to the forum.  There is a great support system here. It took me a while to post also but I now feel more comfortable doing so.  Everyone here is warm, wonderful and to the point, always ready to help!

LuAnne

Thank you LuAnne. I hope to become more comfortable posting as you have. As we gain experience after surgery I see it almost as a duty to not just read the site for ourelves but try to help others as well when we can. I hope not to have too many questions after surgery!!

Hopefully the Sudbury Centre will have in person support groups.

Thanks again!

Kristen

Welcome Kristen and congrats on your coming surgery! I'm glad optifast isn't too bad for you... I actually really enjoyed the chocolate ones! 

Best of luck to you!

The chocolate ones are much better- but vanilla with SF coconut syrup and banana flavouring drops is actually pretty good! Vanilla on it's own made me gag!

Thank you for your reply Katie!