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I have to be there for mine at 6 also. Your surgery at 730 too?

How far from your home is your surgery?

Sorry we were responding at the same time I guess. Glad the pain isn't too bad! My surgery is the 10th

Yeah I'm having the hernia removed also. They said the hernia is also gonna make me not want to eat much. I'm curious also Tamik, how's the pain level?

I went and got some extra strength Tylenol and that helps my headache. Hopefully today is better!!!

Today's a bad day for me. I have a pounding headache from lack of caffeine

One week Heather!!

Whoohoo!!!!!

Only 9 more days Heather! Stay strong!!!

I'm jealous Heather! I wish I lived in Texas!!

Thank you!! I'll say one for you too!! I'm in NJ. How about yourself?

Hey Heather I'm Jerry. I'm right there with you my surgery is scheduled for Feb 10th as well! We got this!!!

Welcome! It's exciting to learn you have your surgery date. I was sleeved July 22, 2013 and it was the best decision I ever made. I started my research on the sleeve back in 2004. On June 1, 2012 I went to my first information session and have not looked back since. I can tell you after the first three months my mixes said to me that she hadn't heard me complain about my knees or back. She would watch me almost run up the steps. My starting weight was 264 and my current weight is 189. I feel great. I want to lose 100 lbs and I believe by March I may be there. I don't rush through this because I didn't gain the weight overnight. All the best to you on this journey. Best advice I can give is talk with your doctor and follow their instructions. Karen. Thanks Karen! I am very excited to have my sleeve done. I can't wait to start the beginning of the rest of my life!

Hi all. I have been looking at the forums since June but this is my first time posting. WLS has been in the back of my mind for a few years now but it wasn't until this past May that I really started seeing it as my future. I have been battling with my wieght for the past 5 years or so but I think what really pushed me over the edge was my vacation in August of 2012. I was at an amusement park with my family and I went to ride the go-karts with my niece and the seatbelt wouldn't reach to clip in and I couldn't ride them with her. It was the most humiliating moment of my life. Having to climb back out of the kart with at least 3 dozen people watching while chuckling and smirking at me. I tried to play it off as if it didn't bother me but I was crushed. I had never had such a disgusted feeling with myself and it didn't stop there. The very next day at a water park I was riding a tube on a water slide and when it got to the bottom of the first hill it tipped over on me. I went to climb back on to it and it tipped over again as I sat on it. It caught me off guard so I started choking on the water and the lifeguard came running over to help me. He tried to give me the heimlich maneuver but he couldn't wrap his arms all the way around me. I finally coughed up the water and was ok but he said that he could not let me continue the ride because I was too big for the tube. I had to sit and watch my friends and family all have fun for the rest of the day from a bench. It was the worst feeling I could have ever imagined. I'm now 30 years old and I have severe back issues that will most likely require surgery if the weightloss doesn'y resolve it. I have felt like such a failure the past few years with all the diets and fads I have tried. It's time for me to do the right thing for me and make some serious life changes. I want to be able to run around play with my nieces and nephews let alone hopefully have kids of my own to do the same with one day. I feel like this is the way to go for mr and I am very excited to begin my life transformation! My surgery date is February 10, 2014 and it can't come soon enough! I look forward to being a part of this forum/family!