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JeweI, thanks for your words of encouragement. I too have been out of my family's lives. I haven't seen my sister for 9 years now (at my mother's funeral). I refuse to have any pics taken of me, and I haven't met my husband's family, except for mom and dad, since we have been married, 10 years. All I want to do is hide inside my home. It is pretty sad how we stop living life because of being fat. Thanks again!

My surgery was approved only 1 week after my consult. I didn't have time to prepare for my upcoming surgery, on Jan. 11. Now I am second guessing if I should have it.

Wow... and here I am stressing over if I can stick with the darn liquid diet for 2 weeks pre-op and 2 weeks post-op. My surgery is scheduled for Jan 11.

I am scheduled for January 11, 2010. My insurance approval and surgery date was taken care of in just one week. I was actually told I could have it done on the 4th of January but that would have meant that I couldn't have Christmas dinner with my family. I opted to move it back one week. I am stressing out about being able to stick with the liquid diet two week prior to surgery, and then, two more weeks post-op. I also wonder how I am going to be able to stick with such a strict diet for the rest of my life. I am starting to second guess if this is the right direction to take.