tracynicole5181

Hello Everyone!! I am new to bariatricpal.com, I joined a few months ago, but really wasn't sure what I was doing.  I went to get my pre-op blood work done this morning and the phlebotomist that was drawing my blood told me great things about this site, as she had the band done several years prior.  I am glad that I am getting the chance to sit back and go through all of this.  I am going to start with telling everyone a little about myself.  My name is Tracy, I am 33 years old, I am married to the love of my life Marc.  He has a daughter (Olivia) from a previous marriage that was adopted from China, so I became an instant step-mom, she can be a handful at times but I love her.  I currently work at a technical center in Florida as a secretary, I have been working at this school for almost 15 years (September).  Currently I live in two locations during the week.  Monday - Thursday I live with my father to help take care of him, cook his meds, take him to Dr. Appointments when needed, and anything else I can do. Friday - Sunday I live with my husband.  Yeah its not fun, but it works for us.  
 
So now a little bit about how my story has gotten started.  I have always been over weight, always been the biggest out of all my friends, and usually every where I would go.  Back in October of 2014, we got an email from the school board I work for that if we wanted to get the chance to have one of the surgeries, we could enter in to a pool to, in which would be selected by our insurance to participate in a pilot weight loss program.  The day after my birthday November 18, 2014, is when they selected the names.  However, my name was not chosen and I got a letter in the mail a few weeks later stating that and telling me I could sign up to participate in weight watchers.  Which I have already tried with no luck.  So I let it go, however at the end of January beginning of February, I got another letter from Blue Cross saying "Congratulations, I had been chosen to participate in the pilot program. I was so extremely happy.  I immediately called who it told me to on the paper, a amazing lady from Blue Cross named Joyce, she gave me a lot of the details and soon after I got started.
 
I attended the seminar at Celebration Health, where I got more awesome news, and the following week I got started making my appointments and and getting my clearances done.   Wednesday May 27th, I got a call from my advocate to confirm my surgery date and set up all pre-op appointments.  June 29th I will get going in to receive the RNY Gastric Bypass and I can not wait.  I am nervous and scared and all over the place.  I am sure their are others out there like me as well.  
 
June 8th I start my 3 week pre-op liquid/protein diet.  Does anyone have any advice on the best proteins out there, also looking for a good multi vitamin as well.
 
I am hoping to meet others who are in my same boat or that have already gone through the surgery or are thinking about going through the surgery.  I would really like to meet new friends to have a support group because I know the road ahead of me is going to be a hard one.