Ok so everyone in my house is sick. It is like a booger fest in here. Sneezing, coughing, runny noses! Kinda gross when you think about it. I am tempted to go buy a surgical mask so that I don't catch anything. I cannot be sick on the day of my surgery.:ohmy:

Surgery is a mere 8 days away!!!:frown: I have just realized that basically after dinner tonight, I probably will not eat a real meal until around Thanksgiving! That is crazy when you think about it & only goes to show how desperate I am not to be overweight anymore. Thank the baby Jesus that Thanksgiving is not one of my favorite holidays (as far as food that is). What the hell was I thinking? I have to go through Christmas Eve & Christmas Day newly banded:drool:. This will definitely be a test of my fortitude.

I just want to clarify one thing for the people who read my blog yesterday. I was getting cold feet because I read on here about sliming & slippage. But as far as the horror stories, those are from the people who I have told that I am having the Lap Band Surgery. Those people need to keep it to themselves:ohmy:. I have been told "oh i know someone who had it & she only lost 10pounds" or "this lady I know had it & they made a mistake & now they removed her colon" Thanks for sharing but no thanks!

All the people on here have been very supportive & a plethora of information. I love using big words...LOL! So I just wanted to clarify that & make sure that there wasn't any mix-up on who my annoyedness(is that even a word) was aimed at.

Tomorrow I am going to buy a scale & a heating pad to get ready for my surgery on the 18th. A lot of people on here say that the heating pad helps with the gas pains. I actually think that I have lost a few pounds from nerves...Go figure!

Cannot believe my surgery is a week from tomorrow!!!!!!!!! So many emotions! But yesterday as I was sitting with my beautiful soon to be 16 year old daughter, looking for a dress for her big party and caught a profile glimpse of my butt....I know that I have made the right choice. My daughter is exactly the same height as I am and wears between a 2 & a 4, and that is the moment that I thank God that she got her fathers genes and not mine. I would never want my daughter to struggle with her weight the way that I have my entire life.

So even though my tunnels feels a little dark right now (only out of fear) the thought that I could be 30 to 40 pounds thinner by her Sweet "16" in January....makes it very easy for me to see the light at the end!