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I will Autumn, it has been hell the last week. Today I was good in that I didn't touch a single treat, was very tempted though. Can't wait until Christmas and I can send it all away with the college students that are coming for dinner. Come Thursday it's completely back to good eating and exercising. I haven't had time lately, I 've come home from work and immediately started working on Christmas stuff then went to bed. Today was my first day of not doing that stuff, but instead I spent it cleaning and moving furniture.

I had been a diet soda fanatic. Several a day. I decided to quit right after I started this journey in October. My first week was the worst because I was having caffeine withdrawals. Since then I've had maybe six sodas. I have one when I really need caffeine. I can't drink coffee because I need flavored creamer or sugar and I'm really trying not to add extra sugar to my life. (Not going so well right now, tons of baking going on at our house.) I switched from soda to water with slices of lemon. Just keep trying. You can do it.

Autumn, you may even get a January date, unless your surgeon is too busy. I don't even meet my surgeon until Feb. 4th, but I've met everyone else in the process, done all of the pre exam stuff, found out I have sleep apnea and now have a cpap. So I have a huge number of co-morbidities. I am hoping for a Feb. 20th surgery date. They will submit to insurance on 2/4 or 2/5. I am having mine done at the Mayo Clinic. Can't wait. But the holiday foods are getting me. My husband and I have been baking goodies for customers for the past two weeks and it has been horrible. I keep sampling "can't give customers something, we haven't tried" I can't wait until that stuff makes me sick and I don't want it any more.

My new rule is if I am watching tv, I can have water and I must be either walking on the treadmill, knitting or doing something productive. Or I can watch tv after I crawl in to bed. But absolutely no eating while watching tv. In fact I won't turn it on with food in the room.

I offhandedly told my mother in law last night and I heard the silence and the questioning in her head for just a second before she moved on and didn't say anything.. I hadn't planned on telling her yet but we were discussing Thanksgiving dinner and she asked me if I wanted anything special for it. I told her no that I was dieting and that we would be coming from the Mayo clinic after more tests and doctors appointments and I didn't want her to think that I was sick or worry about me. Other than that I have told only a few good friends and a couple coworkers that have had it already. I will keep it that way probably forever, never telling anyone in my immediate family. My mom passed away in May and I have had very strained relationships with them ever since. My husband is supportive 1000% as are my good friends and that is all I need.

Tizzielish, I think that is great "I love myself too much to eat that." If you don't mind I may use that too. I feel terrible for the woman that left part way through the meeting. I work at a college and have many students that can barely read or write and I get so angry at their schools for letting them get to college so ill prepared. I can't imagine being around 40 and illiterate. I love reading. Maybe too much, if I loved it less perhaps I'd be more active and not where I am today. Fighting to take off 130 pounds.

I had my first appointments at the mayo clinic. During my exam my endocrinologist found that my thyroid seems to be enlarged. I don't think it will delay a surgery since I have to do a 12 week behavior modification program that is supervised by a psychologist or medical professional as a requirement for the mayo, but my insurance requires a three month doctor supervised weight loss plan as well. I would project based on my visits last b week that my surgery will be early February at the earliest. I am looking forward to the behavior modification program. I have already learned to tell myself I choose not to have... rather than saying I can't have. I got my husband to move the treadmill in to the house from the garage tonight. I got only 10 minutes in tonight. This is going to be a long trek to get up to thirty minutes a day. I'll do ten more minutes early tomorrow morning before work. I wish everyone new good luck and a positive attitude.

I am starting my journey too. Got my referral from my pcp on Wednesday and my appointments at the Mayo clinic with the endocrinologist, nutritionist and psych on the 30th and 31st. Completely changing my eating on Monday to 2 shakes and one meal a day. I believe I only have to do a 3 month diet supervised by doc. Welcome everyone. I have learned a lot from reading this forum. Thank you all for your support.

I also hope to have my surgery the end of January. I am going to start my 3 month diet on the 30th officially but actually going to start it on Monday. Going to do two Atkins protein shakes a day and one meal. I am a type 2 diabetic that is going through a huge amount of stress which has caused my glucose levels to be through the roof. I can't control them and the increased levels of insulin have caused me to gain 10 pounds in the last month. On top of that I am constantly hungry. I have decided that I am going to do the diet and to relieve my hunger I am just going to have to get over it by drinking water. I hate feeling the way I have been feeling lately. My first appointments with the endocrinologist, nutritionist and psych are in a week and a half; Wednesday and Thursday (30th & 31st) so I have plenty of time to get used to my diet before I go. Now, watch, the nutritionist will put me on something completely different. I will be giving up soda as soon as I have drunken the last of my case of diet Dr. Pepper. I am going to the Mayo Clinic which is five hours from home, but I promised my husband if he supported me in this journey that I would go to the best place possible to get it done. He is terrified that something might happen to me and he would lose me. Sorry to go on and on but thought I would just put it all out there now best way to get to know our fellow journey members.

I am just now starting the process of WLS, I have an appointment with my PCP on Wednesday, going to get my referral even though I already have my appointments with the Mayo Clinic the last two days of the month. I'm full of questions as to what the process is and how fast I can get the surgery. I'd love to have it during winter break but having seen everyone saying they had a 3 month or 6 month process frightens me. My busiest time at work is the summer so I can't miss six weeks or even three weeks. What is the shortest time you've heard of in scheduling surgery from the starting point? I'm a person that wants everything done and over with as soon as possible once I decide that this is what I want to do. My final decision that sold me is that it is most likely going to take away my need for insulin and diabetes meds. Please tell me everything to expect from beginning to end. I've read everything on the Mayo's website but it doesn't tell me the process and what to expect. I know I'll get that eventually, but not until the day before Thanksgiving. I can't wait that long.

I have had four surgeries and never had a complication from any one of them. I look at this one as the one that is going to save my life. I can't wait to go under this knife.

I get severe leg cramps, in fact having them now when I am dehydrated. Make sure you are still drinking enough water. I also get them after standing for more than a coiple hours on my hard ceramic tile floor in mm y kitchen which I did today. This is just another reason why I can't wait to have surgery.

I got my referral today, I am hoping because I am having issues with my glucose levels and am gaining weight due to the increased insulin needs that my insurance will allow for a shorter time frame. I am so sick and tired of being sick and tired I can't stand it.

I am covered by insurance

Things I will not miss Having to rock forwards and back to gain momentum to get off the couch/chair/out of the car Getting out of breath just having a conversation Dreading a walk down the hall to visit with students Coming home in pain and wanting to go right to bed Looking out the window thinking how I would love to get out and weed but I can't cause I can't kneel, bend over, or stand to be out in the heat Being the biggest one in the office by a long shot Checking my blood sugars 5x a day Injecting Insulin Feeling fat and ugly and like nothing looks good on me Wondering what in my closet I can put on today that will look good Incontinence/praying I can make it to the bathroom without wetting my pants

I live in Fergus Falls, just curious, if you live in Rochester why would you go to Abbot Northwestern instead of the Mayo? I'm going to go down to Rochester to have the surgery. Although it is a 5 hour drive I know the Mayo Clinic is ranked so highly that I can trust that I'll be in good hands there no matter who my surgeon might be.