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Welcome Lisa!! Glad to have you here!

Wishing you a very speedy recovery!! Keep walking walking walking to work out all that gas!

Carolyn, I'm sure this is difficult for you. It's hard when we are not getting the help and support we would like. Will is right - the only validation we need is from ourselves. Not that it is easy.... If you are making a choice to put your health and wellbeing first, then other opinions should not matter.

You don't have to do it alone! Do your research, stay here, ask questions. You will find that path that is right for you! Did something at the seminar bother you? Good luck!

I'm scheduled for 9/5!

My consultation with Dr. K was great - I got the green light for surgery on 9/5! I'm meeting with Paula on Thursday and I guess I better figure out when my 10 days of pre-op diet starts!

OK - it's official! My consultation with Dr. K went great and I love that he answers all questions, even my funny and really dumb ones! I have my flight and car all set up for my surgery day on 9/5! I'm feeling good about this and I feel like I am prepared. DH and I are flying in Sunday night to do some sight-seeing before the big day and then leaving Saturday morning. I think I've given myself plenty of time and I'm really looking forward to not being in hot, sticky Florida for a while!

Thanks Michelle! It is obvious that you all get along since you have the longest thread going! I'm looking forward to being on the other side. Don't want to be a gonnabe anymore LOL!

Hi Secret - welcome! I don't think you need to tell everyone you know - especially if you don't think they will be supportive. I am telling only a few people and maybe that will change in the long run. I don't need their approval - I'm doing this for me and my life. This is something I have had to learn and really it's not selfish to do something for your health!

Hi Lenny! Keep walking walking walking to work that gas out and some people find relief using a heating pad on their shoulders/back. Wishing you a speedy recovery!

Hi Tina! Mine is at noon at the Crown Pointe surgical center. I agree - 2pm is a long time to wait!! Hope you're feeling better ASAP!!

Wow - I admire you driving that far! My limit in the car is only 4 hours and therefore I can only make it to Tallahassee! However, I do think if that was the only way I could get to Dr. K, I'd deal with it!

Woofay - sorry to hear you have a leaky band! I hope you get some answers soon so you know one way or the other for sure. But dang, you've got a great mind set about it!

Taynuh.... I'm being banded on 9/5 too! I'm sure you are pretty let down by waiting, but it will be fine! Congratulations on your upcoming adoption! That must be so exciting for you especially because you have been able to visit your little one! DH and I are just coming out of a failed domestic adoption - the parents changed their minds over the weekend. So instead of waiting for my surgery in January, now it's just a few weeks away! I really think timelines have a way of working themselves out. I decided that I'm doing this now for me and the rest will work out as it should. I know if you end up traveling soon, you will be ready for it!

Hey Melissa! I hope you have a very speedy recovery! Lots of people loose weight in the first few months... the liquid diet probably helps with that a lot! Work with the band and you will have the success you've dreamed of!

Oh my gosh Mal... exactly! I have a million reasons to do it and very few not too and being scared shouldn't even show up on that list! I completely agree that harder work is sweeter in the end. We just had an adoption placement fail and we recognize that it just wasn't meant to be. It was hard on our hearts but when we have the baby that is meant to be ours, it will be a joy like we have never known. Same with this... I'm tired of feeling badly about myself that I can't seem to hold on to my weight loss successes. It always comes back plus a little more. Not the bonus I expected! I'm ready to do something for me because I've always put myself last. No more, this is my time. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why it wasn't the right time for our adoption. I will be a better parent for taking care of myself. Thanks for the encouraging words! I wish I could meet you all at the RR tonight....

I'm in Florida so I will be flying in... no driving for this chickie!! I need a bandster twin! I'm getting the jitters but I told DH to remind me why I'm doing this because I knew I would start having second thoughts.

Hi Lindsey! Love your sassy new do! Congrats on your hard work so far - it is paying off! Thanks for reminding me to take before shots - no matter how much I don't want to!

Congrats to you!!! Wishing you a very speedy recovery!

Hi Karin! Wow - 35 pounds is great! Congrats to you!! How is your new fill feeling??

I'm self-pay and not going to Mexico. If you are going that route, there is a doctor there that I recommend.

Hi! I guess I should figure out exactly how many days I have left until the big day too .... 26 days or so! I was thinking about getting an extra pair of pants to take with me for the surgery and I had a complete ah-ha moment - that I will never have to buy this size again! So I can totally relate with the "I am VERY tired of having this extra 'person' on my back." That person is getting evicted! Good luck and keep us posted!

Hi Wendy! Glad you could join us!

Definitely normal! They will go away in a few days but you will feel so much better once all that sugar is out of your system!

Welcome Nikole!!