Amberl77

Hi, I am also having surgery on the 11th....nervous! I just keep praying for my sanity!

I am also having surgery on the 11th. Praying everything goes great!

I have my pre op on Feb 7th and surgery on Feb 11th. I am nervous but ready to change my life!

Hey there I can't believe we actually started this journey at the same time in August of 2012 and I am also scheduled for surgery on Feb 11th at 5 am. I am so nervous...I just keep praying this is the right decision! I just want everything to go great! I hope everything goes great for you!

Hi My name is Amber, I am 35 years old and a mom to two great boys who are 14 and 11. I am down to getting the authorization for surgery from my insurance and I am scared to death. I have battled weight all of my life and have never kept my weight off. I know I need this and I know it is what could save my life but what if it also the one thing that could take it? Any advice or motivation would be great! Thank you!

Thank you for your response! Sorry to hear you are going through a tough time! Wow....triplets! You must stay very busy! I hope to see you on the losers bench also! Thanks again! I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers! Take care!

Thank you for your thoughts! Your daughter is beautiful! You like like a proud mama! I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers that your surgery and recovery go great! Thanks again!

Ohhh,,,,,,thank you so much! It is nice to hear such positive advice on here! I know I need to stick with this and go through with it! That is amazing you have lost that much in such a short amount of time! You should be proud of yourself! Thank you again!

I am glad you are doing so good! I hope I can be there soon! Now if I can just get brave!

Thanks for your positive thoughts!

I'm glad you are doing good!! I hope someday I can be where you are and put this behind me and start a healthier life!

You are right kids do deserve a healthy mom, I guess thats why it makes it so hard because I want to be healthy for my kids but I also want to be around for them! I just wish this could be easy and I could be brave!

Thank you for your response! I am sure you have got to be so nervous with it being so close! I can't imagine! I hope I can get to that point and be brave like you and go through with it! Thank you again and I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers!

Thank you, it's nice to hear from someone who knows what it is like to go through all of this!

Thank you for the response it is nice to hear from people who either have already gone through the process or are still going through it! I keep praying I can get brave and do this!

Thank you for the response it is nice to hear from people who either have already gone through the process or are still going through it! I keep praying I can get brave and do this! Thanks, Amber

Thank you everyone for your advice and encouragement! That means a lot to me! I would love for this to be an easy choice to make but it isn't! I know I need the help but the hard part for me is I keep questioning it because I am scared and I don't have a lot of health issues except for sleep apnea. I also know though that if I don't do something soon I will have more issues than this! I hope that by meeting people on hear and talking with people that are going through this same process I will start to feel more at ease and confident with my decision.

Thank you so much for your response, I think I just need to hear things like this to help me know the choices I have made have been the right one. It's hard not having anybody to talk to that knows what it is like to go through such a process.