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So I just woke up an hour and a half before my alarm is to go off and of course I cannot get back to sleep. In 4 hours from now Ill be sitting at McGees Womans Hospital in Pittsburgh getting prepped for surgery! This day has finally arrived and I cannot be more excited and grateful to start this journey!

I'm so blessed to have everyone on this forum to help and encourage me. I am also blessed to have such a great support system. During surgery my loving mother, father, and fiancé will be at the hospital waiting while I am getting sleeved. This afternoon my best friend who has been so loving and supportive is coming to the hospital after she finish a full day of clinical in nursing school at a near by hospital. I've also been blessed with dozens of people to pray for me and the surgeon this morning.

Fears: I am not afraid of surgery. Idk if it's the type of person I am but I am afraid of rejection. I have already been approved by insurance company but my biggest fear is getting to the hospital today and for some reason not having the surgery done because of my body temperature or another reason like that.

Surprisingly, I am not nervous at this point. I believe I'll definitely start getting nervous while they prep me but as of now I am more excited than ever! This is a new beginning for my young life and I plan on making the best of it. I've had multiple people ask if I'm going to work hard to keep the weight off and I just respond with "the rest of my life." I don't know if other people realize what I've done through every day the past 7 months or so tryin to get approved for this surgery or even what I've gone through most of my life as overweight and struggling with the constant health issues.

Okay so here's the stats:

On Sunday 5/6/12 I weighted 231 lbs before starting a 5 day clear liquid diet. I weighed 224 yesterday, 5/10/12. I'm sure I've lost more since then and probably would have lost weight more if mother nature didn't decide to step in on Tuesday.

Now that I've been typing forever and probably bored half of you to death, I am going to post this here and in tell your story. I'll update throughout the day when possible but hopefully at least 2 or 3 times! Good luck to anyone else going today and hope to hear your experiences as well!!

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You will do great! Don't you even worry about being rejected another moment. Just knock the negative thoughts right out of your head and slam the door on them. You have so many people pulling for you!! Be sure and keep us updated as you're able to :)

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So excited for you! You're going to be fine!

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You go girl!!! Best of luck - we are all with you

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waiting to talk to surgeon then surgery in an hour! lost 14 lbs on my 5 day clear liquid diet!! wahhhhhh this is so real so quick!

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Best of luck to you keep us posted :)

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waiting to talk to surgeon then surgery in an hour! lost 14 lbs on my 5 day clear liquid diet!! wahhhhhh this is so real so quick!

Good luck! See u on the other side!

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