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Well, had final Dr appt today for surgery on July 17th. I love my surgeon and his team...always willing to answer ANY question no matter how crazy it is. Being a nurse sometimes I go into nurse brain and come up some wild ones..haha

Anyway, I am all ready for the 17th @ 7:30am to be the day my life changes and I take control of who I want to be not who I have settled to be for the past 20 yrs. Someone that is strong, that my children can be proud of and learn to love and accept myself again. I think sometimes we fall into the idea of what others see us as and forget who we want to be.

So bring on my new life with all of the challenges that comes with because I am READY! Here is a cheer for all of us that are strong enough to take this leap!!!!

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Mine is the 16th at 8am, had pre testing too. How are you doing on your pre open diet.

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I wasn't required to do a pre-op diet. Just 24hrs of liquids day before. If you want to be surgery buddies..please send me a personal message. The more people in your support system the better ;-)

Are you getting nervous at all?

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I wasn't required to do a pre-op diet. Just 24hrs of liquids day before. If you want to be surgery buddies..please send me a personal message. The more people in your support system the better ;-)

Are you getting nervous at all?

Not as nervous as I thought as I thought I would be, you?

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