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*tear* THANK YOU GUYS! I will keep you posted!!!

well wishes....and a speedy recovery!

Day 13 and 19lbs down too! YAY we are doing GREAT! and you are so right about this being so much more than just loosing weight...I know more about myself know than I did 13 days ago. SO PROUD OF YOU!!! WOOT WOOT!!!:bananajump:

My surgery is a go for this Friday at 12:30pm. I was able to come up with enough with the help of a very wonderful friend and spoke with the hospital this morning and they said they would take what I have and I can make payments on the rest...... I am so overwhelmed with gratitude and emotion......this is a good day! I want to thank everyone who prayed and sent best wishes to me. We have all experienced negativity plenty in our lives and to find a place where I have been met with nothing but support and understanding is amazing. Talking with many of you has been such a wonderful part of my beginning steps toward my journey and I am looking forward to really getting to know you guys. I want to say a special thanks to Diane, Kab, Dee, Diva, Wearyourpassion, Roe, and Glenda. You guys helped me get through these last several days with the encouraging words and messages sent. Diane you are truly and angel. God has blessed me with meeting you wonderful woman on here and I can't thank him or you enough. DID I MENTION.....MY SURGERY IS A GO! GOD IS GOOD....thank you for helping me help myself :Banane44:

Good luck to you. and CONGRATS!!!! Take a picture....it is great motivation during the pre op diet! I am day 12 and I have lost 17lbs so far...... YAY...that is motivation too.... Wishing you the best!

Really enjoyed your post. Appreciate the detail. I have been curious about what we really go through right after surgery and the days that follow. Thank you. And it is wonderful to hear that you are doing so well.

thank you Dee!

Very well said....and you will get there because you are not willing to give up no matter the obsticles.

day 3 and 4 was the hardest for me. I am on day 12 and I'm not allowed to have anything other than shakes, popsicles, jello (all sugar free of course) and broth. After day 4 it did get a little easier until this weekend. I have never been so happy to be back to work until today! But you can do this! I took Diane advice and used pictures to motivate me. I look at pictures of myself everytime I feel myself get weak and it really motivates me....along with all the support you will find here! GOOD LUCK AND KEEP US POSTED!

Thank you so much Diane!

I haven't given up yet and I am finding a little hope. I will be calling the hospital back Monday.

We are day 10 today! ) I figured I started this diet so no matter what I will finish it! YOU ARE DOING GREAT! I AM SUPER PROUD OF YOU!

Lovethenewme....you just made me cry. lol. It is very frustrating. I spoke with the hospital again yesterday and I said I want you to hear where I am coming from. Not that it will make a difference but at this point I feel like I deserve to be atleast heard. So I told her....from start to finish that I asked what I needed. I wouldn't have started it unless I had all my ducks lined up and had just what I needed. So after being told about putting a payment down and not hearing anything otherwise depsite the fact that I have asked several times.....to then find this out half way through my 2 weeks of hell....that I had to come up with 1500 more than what I have. UGH. She finally said to call her on Tuesday and let her know how much I have and she will go to her boss and ask...she said they don't want me to cancel the surgery based on the fact that I was not given the correct information. But again I am still not sure if I can get the surgery so it is becoming much harder to push through this diet....even though I have lost 16lbs. I just want a straight answer but I can't get one. And then I heard from an old friend from high school who had the surgery 3 weeks ago AT THE SAME HOSPITAL with the SAME DOCTOR....they asked her for $500 down and are billing the rest. *SIGHS* I am ready to give up.

Sarah that is WONDERFUL news! Congrats!!!!! :D :D

This hospital has just changed it's policy....and lucky me....it starts with me! I had $600 to give them and they no longer accept partial payments. Everything....FULL BALANCE must be paid 1 week prior to surgery. They so kindly extended that for me and will let me pay up to the 29th...the day before my surgery. I'm so frustrated but keeping my head up. I don't have credit cards because they scare me.....carecredit wont approve me simply because (which I do understand) I have medical bills from when I lost insurance and within the same week I was admitted in the hospital in ICU with the H1N1 virus and almost died. That is all being worked out with another insurance company that was back dated....but in the mean time it still on my credit and you can't give reasons obviously...... anyway....I could have come up with it if they would have just told me when I asked....still working on it and not giving up just yet. I have about $1000 so I'm halfway there. haha Day 9 and 15lbs down! THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT. I will keep you posted

it may have been just that.....a dream. I am 8 days with no food only liquid for what was supposed to be my pre op diet. I had my appointment scheduled for tomorrow morning for all my test at the hospital for surgery for next Friday. Then I received a phone call from Robin this morning at the hospital. (well let me take a step back) I was told a few weeks ago that I needed to pay 20% of the cost per my insurance. I asked, "okay, so do I need the full amount by the time of surgery?" (which I figured to be about $2000.00) I was told your surgeon is covered 100% and the hospital will bill you. Well..I still figured I would need to have something so just in case I had about $600. THIS IS NOT THE CASE....which takes us back to the current problem. Robin called to tell me this morning that I need to have $2189.63 BY TOMORROW. :eek: :angry_smile: HOW CAN THIS BE? I can't even begin to tell you where my frame of mind is right now. I am on the biggest emotional roller coaster I have ever been on. One second I have fighting tears, the next I am fine, then I am so mad I want to punch someone, then it's full on tears...How could I be so close to my life long dream and have it in my hands and then snatched away so quickly. If they had told me this when I asked maybe I would have been able to do something....but telling me the day before leaves me with no options....leaves me with nothing and heartbroken. My mind is spinning with trying to figure something out.........after not eating for 8 days I have the urge to go and splurge but I am fighting it PLEASE GOD.....HELP me figure something out. :crying:

I continue to be blown away by the support I find here. @lovethenewme....I cannot thank you enough and again your advice is so appreciated. :heart: @violetacoqui.....that was what I was thinking with the pound gained. I didn't own a scale but my mother in law picked one up for me cause she wanted to help. It is harder to NOT get on the scale than it is not to eat...LOL @Diva...I am stoked we are at the same stage!!!! @Boshie....I am finding myself doing more housework when I am home to keep my mind off food....My hubby loves that. hehe THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT ADVICE!

Agree with both Boshie and Diva.... I am on day 7 of my pre op diet and I am having surgery the 30th. It's not easy but it feels good at the end of the day to say ...I AM DOING IT. Holler if you need to chat or scream! KEEP US POSTED!!!

I'm doing good and haven't cheated. Not going to lie though some of my motivation was coming from seeing the scale show a decrease in numbers. Nothing for 2 days though....well I can't exactly say nothing either. I gainded a pound back yesterday. Anyway, I know this isn't the big picture so I'm not stressing if I don't loose much more...but its nice seeing those smaller numbers for a change. I am curious to know though...what you did as far as weighing yourself. Did you weigh yourself each day or did you wait? If you did wait how often? I tried walking the night before with my family but found that I was really tired soon after starting and then yesterday was a little rough. I love to go for walks but I'm thinking while I'm only consuming 500 - 600 calories a day maybe I should just hold off. What are your thoughts? Just curious?

You will do it Boshie! You got off a lot more the first time! Keep the good attitude!! You are a big inspirtation for me!!!

Today is day 7 for me as well and I am down 11 lbs! Great job and great attitude! WE CAN DO THIS! )

You should be very proud of yourself for signing up for a bootcamp fitness program!!! Keep sharing....Hoping one of these days I can do something like that too!

onto day 6 tomorrow! 10 days of my liquid diet left and 10 days to surgery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Felt much better today than I have any other day since I went on liquid diets. And I'm 10 LBS DOWN! Feels good. After work I came home and my hubby had already had dinner and the kids feed so I said.....Let's do it! Let's go for a walk! I'm so ready. So we loaded up the kids in the double stroller and walked through the community. IT FEELS SO GOOD to WANT to go for a walk. It hurt and I am tired....but darn it....I wanna do it again tomorrow.

Love reading your blog! Great inspiration....please keep sharing!!!

I love advice like this. I have always been a fan of learning from others and now is no different. I am STOKED to have found such a wonderful group of people. I have learned more here from you guys than I ever would have thought. The support is amazing. It is nice to know that someone like me is out there and you have been so successful! And really happy to hear you are back on track!!! I read your blog when you posted it a little while back. I'm taking in every experience and can't thank you enough for your advice and sharing your experience with me!