Hi guys, I am new and excited to join a forum that has an android app I started my journey with the decision for surgery in January 2013. I have taken my time to get here. My surgeon required 3 months of not smoking prior to a consultation visit, but allowed me to get started on the rest of the insurance requirements. It has been a battle. My original weight starting out was 309, between quitting smoking and the "funeral" of foods, I gained 11 pounds. I will start my pre-surgery diet on 10/8/13. I had a list of foods I had to have prior to this diet, and have had tummy issues, and been unable to eat them. I like many others am scared for surgery. My fears are more along the lines of, what if I fail this too, rather than what if I die, or what if I hate my new body even more than the current one. I have a few supportive people in my life and others who have no clue. I am kinda too open for my own good, and have told everyone and their brother. Having been an open book forever, I am used to good and bad comments, so I brush off the ones that are negative. My two favorite are.....gonna take the easy way out huh? and Why don't you just follow the post surgical diet now, instead of having surgery?
