dandydeb

That is great news and information. I am thrilled with this site and having surgery in 19 days. I cant wait.

It is very normal to feel that way. My surgery date is the 19th, I am both excited and nervous. I hate hearing we don't wake up skinny. That has been my dream all my life. but now I am finally doing something about it. I know it will take a while but I am up for it. I am hoping my ticker shows, took me forever to figure this out.

Boy I missed a lot of people here is the more complete list MERRY LOSERS Dec 3 - CarolK1 parrot0927 Dec 4 - TXbandit (tentative) kris102003 candy8360 Dec 5 - mejr62 Chienne and her dad Dec 6 - Sghatl Dec 7 - Newblew jen hollers Dec 8 Dec 9 Dec 10 - HeatherA (tentative) Dec 11 - ::Tracy:: Dec 12 - Caramel Dec 13 - jmschnapf Anyalee Mommathang Dec 14 Dec 15 Dec 16 Dec 17 - 100lbsforsale MissSac Dec 18 - Mendypoo Livingthe Dream Dec 19 - Cerrin (tentative) Dec 19 - Dandydeb Dec 20 Dec 21 Dec 22 Dec 23 DEC 24 Dec 25 - MERRY CHRISTMAS Dec 26 - Miss Polly Dec 27 - jasmona1214 Dec 28 - The Fox imsamiam

I finally got mine scheduled and am thrilled. Will be 715 am on the 19th YEAH!!! Dec 3 - CarolK1 Dec 4 - TXbandit (tentative) Dec 6 - Sghatl Dec 7 - Newblew jen hollers Dec 10 - HeatherA (tentative) Dec 11 - ::Tracy:: Dec 13 - Caramel Dec 17 - 100lbsforsale MissSac Dec 18 - Mendypoo December 19 Dandydeb Dec 26 - Miss Polly Dec 27 - jasmona1214 Dec 28 - The Fox

Wendall, thankyou for the excellent summary of fills. I am going to schedule my surgery in 30 minutes and appreciate the info.

In Washington only the licensed professional Registered nurse or licensed practical (vocational) nurse can call themselves a nurse. Unfortunately many people think anyone in a dr. office or hospital is a "nurse". Not true, in fact, it is illegal to call yourself a nurse if you are not one. I have been an educator at a Medical Assistant program (I am a RN with a Masters) and their education is about 7 months with a test they can or cannot take at the end of the training to become certified. They do not have the critical thinking skills of nurses. There are so many differences. The reason we see so many MA's instead of nurses. They are a lot less expensive to hire. I have seen excellent MA's. They are the ones that are proud of what they do and not the "wanna be nurses". Can you tell this is a hot topic for me. Just ask the person in the office of hospital what kind of nurse they are, they will usually have to admit they are an MA and that will help to deflate them a little.

Hi, I have my appt with Dr. T on Monday and then will schedule for sure I am certainly ready to get there. How was your pain? That is my huge concern after surgery. Did you have any problem? deb

I know what you mean about being on a roller coaster. I go from very excited to just being in limbo waiting for things to get moving.

interesting about the J&J lap band, i will have to see what my Dr. has to say. I am having Dr. Trotter, anyone else out there seeing him

I have my appt with my Dr. after Turkey day then planning on a date of the 19th, since I will have 2 weeks off. I am so excited have done all I need to do so far. I am also self pay, but that is ok.

Hi All, I am also a quilter and scheduling my surgety for the 19th of December. I have a home hobby machine quilter, and embroidery maching. I love to design my own quilts. Have been in a few craft shows, but without much luck. It is what I do to relax and have fun. Wouldn't it be fun to get together and share all of our stash? I have completed all of my steps except final meeting with Dr, and to schedule surgery. I am excited to get going. and feel like I am limbo right now. Look forward to hearing from more of you. deb

Hi All, I am new to this type of sites and having a devil of a time trying to figure out where and how to post. but i made it this far. i will be having my surgery on december 19, am so excited to be on this new start to my life. A little nervous, but I look forward to hearing your experiences the first weeks after surgery. Looking forward to this new journey and support from all of youl dandy deb