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So exciting! Prayers for your safe and uneventful surgery and recovery! You are on the way! 😺

Hang in there! I go on Wednesday so I'm getting a bit of nerves as well. Though right now my excitement level is way overwhelming the fear factor. I won't have any family support for my hospital stay, but that just means I'll work extra hard to get out as fast as I can. You're going to to just fine! Use a positive mantra or something tomorrow while you wait. We'll all be here for you when you wake up; come out to the forums when you feel up to it. Good healing!!

That is such awesome news! Wishing you all the best in your surgery next Thursday; I'll be a day before you, so we'll basically be convalescing together. Great to meet you, surgery buddy!! ((HUGS))

Just getting to the last stages of preparing for my surgery next week, though I've really been preparing for the last 6 months. It has been a process, no kidding. All of the bad habits I've had to break, and now that surgery is just around the corner I feel like it is way harder to NOT give in to temptation. BUT, I wouldn't change anything so far; I'm down 60 pounds and am ready for this additional tool in my arsenal to get me the rest of the way! Do peruse this site, particularly the thread about getting in the headgame. The quicker you get that process going the easier it is going to be as you progress. Do know that there will be great days and there will be horrid days. It's the way of life and this isn't going to change that, unfortunately. Do realise this is a tool and not the be-all end-all fix for a lifetime of bad food choices. Like any tool, you have to use it in order for it to become more effective. Do take pictures and measurements! Measurements are great for when the scales don't seem to be moving! Do realise that you are not alone in this journey! There are lots of us going through the same things. Come out and read and engage; it is a huge motivation! Don't give up! You started this journey for a reason; write it down somewhere that you can pull it out when you are having a bad moment, or questioning why you chose this. Welcome to the journey and welcome to the site! Both will change your life for the better!

That is awesome news! Congratulations on your new date!!

That's great news @danielleleigh90! I know it is another wait, but it sounds like you are more comfortable at a familiar institution. Keep us posted on how you are doing! ((HUGS))

Was 4/13, now 5/13. Excited and a teeny bit nervous.

I'm so sorry to hear that, Clorose5! That is for sure a disappointment. Try not to get too down though. It will happen for you. Stay strong, you can do this! <<HUGS>>

My April 13 date was postponed (obviously). I now have a new date of May 13. *happy dance* I hope everyone else receives the same kind of great news very very soon! Stay strong, it's our time and it will happen! ❤️❤️

Virginia has reinstated electives, so I'm wondering do I call my surgeon's office or do I wait for them to call me? I don't want to be delayed due to lack of activity on my part. But I don't want to pester them either. Hard to know which way to go. At least it is progress! Stay strong and healthy, friends.

Congratulations, Mikey! I'm so pleased for you feeling and looking so great! Thanks for continuing to share with all of us who are still struggling to take off pounds, and now waiting on postponed surgeries to be rescheduled.

Congratulations, @ChubRub! I'll bet you did your own little happy dance after announcing it! ((HUGS))

That is fantastic news, @momof3_angels! Way to go! It is inspiring to hear your story and I hope to follow your success whenever my surgery gets rescheduled for. CONGRATULATIONS!

My surgeon called me yesterday to let me know that my 4/13 date is postponed. He assured me that I will be given a new surgery date as soon as he's able to reschedule them. He thought we were probably looking at summer. I thought it was super sweet of him to call me himself. I feel for these surgeons whose paycheck is based off the number of procedures they do. I'm disappointed, he has to be that and more. I'm grateful my surgeon is based out of a University hospital, so I know he'll get his base salary; and he's also a General Surgeon so he can take on other types of surgeries. Hang in there everyone! Don't give up when you've come so far! Take it one day at a time, control those things you can, and then let the others go. I turn them over to God, but that is me and not everyone else. Take a few minutes and find your happy place; this isn't a rejection, it's simply a delayed gratification. Wishing all the best to all of us! xoxoxo

Do you know what your trigger food is? I've been dealing with acid reflux for 30-some years and it took me most of them to figure out that too many CARBS triggers my reflux! Now that I'm aware of that, I eat way fewer carbs and definitely not within a couple of hours before bedtime. If I slip a little and feel the reflux starting, I take an Omeprezole, otherwise, I leave it in its bottle, and I'm down to a TUMS every once in a while instead of several times per day. Maybe if you try cutting back on certain things to see how it goes, you might be able to determine what your trigger is, too. I hope your reflux gets reduced/resolved soon.