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Welcome rlocke! Congrats on getting your surgery scheduled! 1/26...thats like the week after next. I hope to have my surgery date within the next 2 weeks. Just have some bloodwork and an edoscopy to complete. Psych eval and nutritionist are this Wednesday. I look forward to witnessing your journey.

thanks to everyone for responding. you all have made me feel so much better just by sharing. it helps so much when you can compare notes!

i have high bp and on medication. when i question my surgeon about the lack of pre surgical testing (the stress test and heart ultra sound, spefically) he siad unless i have a history of chest pains and or heart attack (to which the answer is no), then he doesnt need me to have the tests done. after reading all the reponses i am reassured that not all surgeons require a baatery of pre surgical testing and that it also is based on the individual. that being said, i already hae the referral from my pcp for the upper gi series and will call to scedule today. i have the psych consult and nutrtionist nnext week. i could potentially be finishe with everythin in a couple of weeks. how awesome would that be?! i cant believe its getting closer.

Sounds very lovely. i hope that you have many more days like that. i cant wait to be where you are now.

thanks ladies, for the info. as soon as i get home i am going to compile all of the questins so that i am organized. My appointment is for 3pm tomorrow. i will be that much closer to getting sleeved. i am so excited!

Hi all! My first surgical consult is tomorrow. I am super excited! I am sitting here at work trying to come up with some questions to ask the doctor but i am drawing a blank. A lot of my questions have been answered simply from doing research and perusing the boards. Can you guys help me come up with question that I must ask tomorrow? Thanks bunches!

Hi everyone. I have been lurking on the boards for a couple weeks now. After watching my roomate go through lap band surgery, I decided that I wanted to have wls also. it was a big deal to me. almost as if i had admitted defeat. I always felt that wls were for those who were superly morbdily obese like my friend. I always told myself that i didnt need wls. that i can and have done it on my own. Well after almost 5 years of doing it on my own, I am up almost 100lbs, on BP medication (3 to be exact) and colesterol meds. I am a ticking time bomb! I have a 4 year old daughter who needs me. she needs me to be a better mother to her than I have been. I have let my weight hold me back from doing lots of things with her. she is the light of my life and I dont want to be a sickly, fat, lazy boring mom. she deserves the best of me. So, i decided that considering wls is NOT admitting defeat. its a new lease on life. I am so excited about my decision to get sleeved! Its all i can talk about. Hell, its all I think about! Today I am going to the mandatroy seminar for wls. I cant wait to get started with presugical testing and to finally have a surgery date. I am looking forward to connecting with you all!

Jillyr - i an so jealous! i only have my first surgical consult on January 6th. i cant wait hear about your expwriece. congratulations on God bless!

I have been overweight most of my life. this is all i know. Everyone has told me how pretty I am and how much prettier I'd be if i lost weight. What if I lose the weight and it turns out that I am really not that pretty? Being fat, I alway have my face to make me feel good about myself (I am not trying to be conceited in any way). How will I be? Will I have the same personality? will the people who like me today feel the same way about me 10 months down the road? I hope this doesnt sound silly but the prospect of such a drastic weight loss as a result of vsg really has my head spinning. I want to lose the weight more than anything in this world but what will i cost me once i do? Am i just being silly?

wow! you are gorgeous! you are an inspiration to me.

Gingin33, It's funny you say this. just this morning, my roommate (who recently had lapband surgery) told me that I am the type of person that would drop all the weight look fantastic and then forget where i came from. while i feel in my heart that I am not that type of person, just hearing someone think of me like that is disheartning.

deedee, you are right about having to go through the process. nothing is certain until i am actually in that situation. It doenst really make sense to me that one's weight loss would have that much of an effect on one's personaility but being skinny (or at a normal weight, rather) is something so far out there to me. When i think of my future self I am thinking from the outside in when it should really be the other way around. does that make sense?

tiffykins, i hate taking pictures! i am always the one behind the camera. I take pictures of everything and everyone! its truly a shame because while i will have memories of family and friends throughout the years, I will have none of myself. Here's to hoping that changes soon.

Oregondaisy, it has been so long since i have felt good about myself. so long since i have felt attractive. I know what you are saying but it just seems so unattainable at this point. but at the same time I know i am on the right path to acheive the seemingly unattainable. the more I am on the vsg forums and reading sucess stories, the more excited for myself i become. And eventhough alot of the reason why I am doing this is to be a much healthier mom, I am also doing it for selfish reasons. I want to be able to catch the latest sales and wear clothes that are sylish. Even though right now at 300+ lbs I dress very frumpy (and way too old for a 33 year old), I am a true fashionista at heart. this surgery cant happen fast enough for me....

Janep, I sure hope so! For my duaghter's sake as well as my own, I am praying to come out of this better than I am today. Thanks for the encouragement.

dange25 - it is so exciting! I am feeling things that i havent felt in a long time. things like hope and promise. I can visualize myself months and years from now and not be compeltely discouraged because i cant see anything different from how things are currently. Now I see new potential a new and more fulfilling life for me and my baby girl. I am hella excited!

VegasAngel - as soon as i made the decision, i felt a huge relief. Now I know that something WILL be done instead of constantly telling myself that something NEEDS to be done. First on my list of things to do with my daughter after a good amount of weight loss is to get us some swimming lessons. I am aiming for this coming spring/summer!

@deedee - the seminar went well. u didnt learn anything that i hadnt already known friom my obsessive-like research over the past few weeks. if it wasnt mandatory i wouldnt have gone. i did hoever have a chance to briefly speak with the doctor who i want to do my surgery he pout me at ease. so, first thing tomorrow morning i wll schedule my consult, psych eval and ntritionist. hopefully i cand do all three early next week or the week after. iam hping to get a surgery date for mid february. thanks for the welcome

@renebeau - thats hilarious-new years sleeve! what a way to bring in the new year! you are so lucky to have a date already. i am sitting at the seminar as we speak, waiting for it to begin. i know what you mean about finally getting some work done. all i do day in and day out is research! cant wait to see how you progress! @barb - thanks for the welcome. i am looking foward to becoming a big participant on the boards. @Chancie - thanks for the welcome. i am beginning to feel that this is going to be the best decision of my life as well.