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Lisa, thank you! You have been one of my best mentors on this forum! Now that I think about it, I should probably put together a Will! I don't want these to be taken by uncle sam I am so sorry to hear about your friend though. God has a weird way of talking to us sometimes. Thank you for your kind encouragement! I will make sure I update everyone as I see progress with my surgery! I have to think positve! I am going to watch the movie "The SECRET"

Let me clarify: The reason mine is $4300, is becuase I have a hernia: but I do have insurance so my insurance will pay for my hernia but not the weight loss surgery; so my portion to pay will be $4300 and my insurance will pick up the rest.

That is awesome! Congratulations; Mine is on the 16th; only a few days out, so I am so excited! And at the same time scared; i think i am over the panacky state, where I almost wanted to cancel. i think i am just dreading the recovery! Not really the change later. i am used to eating pretty good..it is just that sometimes I think I eat too late, and I think I might over eat or make some bad choices once in a while. I have been able to maintain my 207 weight for some time now..but overall; i have put on about 80 pounds that I cannot seem to get rid of by myself; this has been in the course of 17 years!

I have a hernia so my insurance will cover the hernia part and i will pay the difference.4300

Houston. 4300

How is the pain?

I am feeling so depressed! What is this feeling?

yeap! Really nervous over here also! But here we go...let's see how this turns out:

Ladies, I think that yall are very lucky! Remember, you don't want to loose weight too quickly because you don't want to loose muscle and hair: I think yall are really lucky that it is not coming off too quickly! It will make you look better in the long run! That is how I would like to loose it..not too quickly!

Having problems sleeping. I am wondering if i am making ghe right choice. I need to loose about 80 lbs...help!!! Feeling really own and sad and surgery is already this coming monday.

Thanks everyone for replying. That does help a lot! It almost made me cry. Especially becuase I do think about dying, and leaving my wonderful kids on the operating table. I worry about, "What if i get sick later? " What if i get cancer? and if I do get cancer, then how can i eat enough to treat the cancer? i know that does not really make sense: I have already done all my exams, and I was not required to do the pre-op diet; He only told me not to be eating as much, and to sometimes replace a meal with a Protein Shake. I guess it is due to the amount of weight that I have to loose. I have all of everyone's symptoms. I try and not visualize them cutting out my stomach. I worry about the staples and the healing of my stomach, and think how will it be possible to eat with my stomach just being cut? I also think about the juices in the stomach and if God put them there, then they must serve a purpose, so what now without them? The acid in there plays a role to absorb nutrients, so how will all of this effect everyone in the long term. I have not really heard from people that have had it for 10 years or so: the max that i have seen on here is about 3 years: Will I look older when i loose the weight? will I look all wrinkly? Will I look fabbly: and what if i loose too much weight and then can't gain weight later? Will I be healthy? Will I be anemic? Will I did of lukemia? I could go on and on, but these are all thoughts that go into my mind! It is crazy: I try not to think about it, but goodness! It is getting the best of me. I am very nervous, and try to remain calm, but these racing thoughts are just a little crazy for me right now. However, all of these replies do calm me down: Just the fact of hearing that some of you were feeling the same way, and that it all turned out okay: Well, that helps tremendously, so from the bottom of my heart! Thank you sooooo much!

Really great!!!

How did it go.?

Just wondering if you had cellulite before weight loss, and if the cellulite dissappered after the weight loss:

great job!!! that is really nice to hear! Congratulations; especially because you are already hitting the gym! wow! amazing story.

Hope you are well. Please let us know how you are doing.

Just wondering if there is someone out there with my stats and wanted to ask if u had saggy skin after that amount of weight loss.

Actually if your employer has a leave policy and makes everyone verify their leave of abscense them u do have to bring a doctors note. U have to be employed as a full time employee for a year before Fmla benefits apply to u. They dont hv to pay u but they cant fire u...if u pass six weeks of fmla in a yr..then they can fire u...so go thru the hr dept..and make sure u follow their policies.

36 and not sleeved yet...nervous...april 16 is the date

This is great feedback.

What an awesome story. Thanks for taking the time to post it. Best of luck to you. You look beautiful.

Pdxman..thank you. I felt better reading your post.