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Okay so I have two days left according to my counting system. See I don't count today or the day of so I only have two days left. I am so excited and I can't wait, I wish it was tomorrow. It's quite odd, I don't feel any type of anxiety of nervousness I just really want to get it over with and move into the next phase of this journey. I'm so full of anticipation. I check in at noon on Tuesday and am so excited.

So only nine days left. Wow this is going fast. I have one more pre-op appointment this Monday and then I am good to go the following Tuesday. I can't wait I am so excited. I really have to avoid gaining any weight. This last supper mentality is a B***h. I am six pounds below goal, just have to make sure I don't go over. I am going to be really strict this last week.

So my official countdown has begun. 13, count it 13 days to go and I will be a new member on the losers bench. I so can't wait to be a loser. It's so weird that I am finally here, it seems like forever that I have been in this process. It has been filled with so many ups and downs. Days that I was filled with rage from dealing with Kaiser to days of sheer excitement from getting one step closer. There were so many times when I'd come here and see people get a date after only completing pre-op appointments and nothing more. I'd wonder "Now why the hell does Kaiser put you through such as rigorous process?" Now I see, well I actually knew all along, I just didn't like it, it's to prepare you. I can honestly say that I feel 100% ready, no apprehension, just want to get this show on the road and start my new life. So while I've had my share of tears and fears about whether or not I'd make it to the surgery I am so happy that I stuck to it, the frustration of this process is so worth it. I have lost 40 pounds pre- op and am ready to get the last 120 off for good.

So after 6 long months I finally have a date and it's May 27th. It's so funny because that was my original case manager appointment. I am so excited. I have 4 more pre- op appointments that are jam packed into two days. I can't wait only 27 days to go.

So I have great news. I get to meet with the case manager April 30th insted of May 27th, almost a whole month sooner. I am so excited. That means insted of a June surgery I get surgery in May. I am so so happy. I've been praying that they would call me with a sooner appointment and today my prayers came true. I'm so excited I could be on the losers bench in the next 3 weeks. Wow this is so great.

Ok so I got my case manager appointment. It's May 27th. I'm so upset by that. That's almost two months away. For so reason it seems like I can't catch any breaks regarding appointments. I've made goal and I'll still have to wait two or three months before surgery. It's so frustrating because it feels like I've been at this so long. With any hope someone from Kaiser will call me with an earlier appointment. I just feel so disappointed. I really wanted to finish this chapter of my life and start the next. Guess I have a long 50 plus days to vent.

Ok so today 4/4/08 I met with Dr. Fisher and I must say he was great. He was really impressed with my weight loss thus far, 40 pounds according to my scale 36 according to theirs. So Dr. Fisher went over complications and the questions I had for him then he told me that I have lost plenty of weight and we could proceed. So I have to wait for Kaiser to call me next week, hopefully Monday to schedule my case manager appointment. From there it's smooth sailing. I'm really hoping for a May date, don't care what day in May just before my 23rd b- day in June. I am so so happy I really thought he would want me to lose more weight but luckily I've lost over 10%. So I'll just be waiting with anticipation over the weekend to hear from Kaiser. Hopefully all will go well and I'll be on the loser's bench in time for Summer.

So today I completed my orientation at Kaiser Richmond. I thought it would be boring but I actually enjoyed it. Dr. Im spoke, he was really funny. I wish I had chose him as my surgeon, but I have been given Dr. Fisher. I actually wanted Dr. Fisher but didn't really have a preference because I know that they are all qualified. Anyway to date I have lost 28 pounds, two pounds away from my 10% goal. Hopefully Dr Fisher will not want me to lose more that that. Anyway I meet with Dr Fisher on April 4th at 1:45pm. I hope that all goes well because if I'm at goal than I can be scheduled to meet the case manager and get a tentative date. I'm so excited, sometime next month I might find out my date even if it is sometime out. I must say today was a great day.

I am so happy. I called Kaiser yesterday because I had not heard from them. Wll they called me back today with my appointment for next week. I'm so excited. Once I complete that I get to meet with the surgeon and then on to the case manager and then surgery. Hopefully I'll be having surgery by April because I have a whole month off from school.

I am so happy. I just found out that I have been accepted into the Bariatric program at Kaiser. I am so glad things shold really get rolling now. See everyone on the losers bench real soon.