Jme82

I am scheduled for June 16. My grandpa just passed so I get a week of grievance to visit home but am waiting till August to go. Now that my surgery is 3- days away I just feel like a fat blob waiting to look good again. I just want to wait to do anything till I look good. Although today I did spend the day at the beach in my bathingsuit... Some things just can't be helped. But come on June!!!

This morning I typed in the my symptoms. I concluded the tightens in my throat might be a muscle spasim due to a combination of stress and reflux. I are some tums and diffused stress away. I feel SO much better!!!!!

Since February I have dropped almost 20 pounds. But I have eating better and going to the gym. On the other hand it has been us in a struggle now that I'm in my 30s I'm shocked the weight came off. I'm sweating a lot. I have hot flashes. But that could also be related to hypertension or women's problems. In the last day I feel like I have a "lump" or pressure in my throat. I imagine the glad to be swollen. Other than that I don't have symptoms.

I get my sleve in 31 days and suspect I have hyperthyroidism. I want to get it taken care of but don't want to postpone my sleve as I've already scheduled time off work and scheduled my time around daycare. If I bring this to their attention will they get me on meds and still let me have surgery?

Born in Toledo and raised I. Cincinnati. But now I live in upstate NY. Where in Ohio do you live?

I would love to make a FB page as long as friends can't see that I'm a member or my posts on the group. As everyone on this post is in a low bmi and not telling a majority of people. So as long as the group is hidden you can add me, Jamie 'Glasgow' Allmark.

Highonlife1970, my surgery is 6-16. Upstate NY

Shell! Glad you posted a picture too! Were going to have fun growing skinny together!

Thank you guys for saying I look good. But I feel the same as everyone else here. Would never put a photo like that on FB. I try to behind people and objects to make my body look smaller.

Anyone want to post pre op pictures With me, the pictures where were not hiding behind anyone to make us appear thinner. The kind of pictures we would never post on FB. In 35 days I will have my surgery and never look like this again. So here it goes.... My head looks way to small for my body. ;(

Anyone else afraid to tell their significant other, the one who sees them naked every day, the number on the scale? My husband knows I'm getting the surgery and has always supported me. He tells me I'm beautiful every day. We have been married for 10 years and are still very happy. When we met I was a size 8. 10 years and 2 kids later I'm a 16. How freaking embarrassing! I can tell you all I weigh 201 but I can't tell the one person who is there for me no matter what. I'm afraid he will look at me differently even though I know he never would. Does that even make sense?

Let's see your motivating picture!

What a great father!!! I know how you feel about wanting to be hot again. I went through my scrapbooks and pulled out a photo of myself from 12 years ago and am using that as my motivation. thats me in the hooters shirt. Now I have a BMI of 33 and am having to surgery hoping to be hot again!

For those of you, like me, who have decided to tell only 5 people what do you say? People are going to notice when I only have one glass of wine at the party. They are going to notice when I don't drink something with my meal. They are going to notice when I only eat a small portion and am not hunting though the kitchen later. What do you say to cover your tracks?

I've lost 20 lbs and one pants size PRE-OP so far and I feel amazing. I put on a bathingsuit yesterday and my husband and one friend who both know I'm having the surgery said "you don't need the surgery, I do". Lol! I'm still doing it though. My surgery is in 37 days!!! I never thought I would loose weight on my own I feel very motivated knowing I'm going to be helped and it's going to stay off for once!!