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The Last real Meal before surgery...drumroll pleas - Well, tonight's dinner will be my last real meal for awhile, so had lots of choices to make...do I totally go for the BAD stuff, like fried everything with full-fat Ranch dressing,...

Belated Happy Birthday! Congrats on such a great surgery...

Reflection - It came to my attention that, like so many overweight people, I really shy away from the camera.  When I was looking through our photos for pictures to use as my "before" or my ava...

Getting ready... - I have all my appointments lined up and have arranged for time off work, switched work shifts with co-workers and set reminders on my cell phone for the dates I have important pre-...

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I Have a Date... - I finally have a date for surgery...Monday, March 28, 2011.  I am really excited !

The End of my Tunnel is in Sight!!! - It has been a long wait, but I have HOPE! I received a call from the dr's office in mid-Dec that they had heard my ins company was finally approving the sleeve gastrectomy.  The we...

My Waiting Game Continues - I was scheduled 2 different times for the Lap Band, but something unforseen happened to run interference.  The most recent interference was when I went for my pre-op consultation w...

Sleeve Gastrectomy Personal Appeal Denial 12/15/09 - The insurance company continues to deny the sleeve gastrectomy on the grounds it is " E & I".  The one point where we all agree  is that I need surgery, we just don't yet agree on ...