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UPDATED...please feel free to add (don't know if there is a February 2012 thread, but I figured I'd try to get everyone lumped together) Sleeve Buddies: circa - 1/27 Tif 2.0 - 1/27 VSG Ready - 1/30 barnbrats - 2/1 101driver - 2/6 Bedhead - 2/6 BluebonnetMagonlia - 2/6 Dooter - 2/13

Sleeve Buddies: circa - 1/27 Tif 2.0 - 1/27 barnbrats - 2/1 101driver - 2/7 Dooter - 2/13

Hi Circa - I'm a little after you (2/6) and would love to keep in touch and be support for each other. I'd like to lose 180 pounds (ack! that seems like soooo much). I grew up spending summers in Telluride (my brother lives in the family cabin year round now).

WOO HOO - just got my date yesterday. 2/6/12 with Dr. Neff at Kennedy Stradford. So many thoughts and emotions are in me now that it's really really real. I'm doing a happy dance. PS - that's the first time I looked at the emoticons. Some of those dancing bananas are kinda nasty!! LOL

I'm pre-op and have started exercising. Though it's hard to heft around these extra pounds, I still enjoy it. What works best for me is exercising in the water. Nothing hurts too badly and I have a great time bouncing around. I've found water aerobics and other water fitness classes to be the best. I'm hoping that pre-weight loss toning will help as I loose the pounds. I know I certainly feel stronger in terms of breathing and overall health going in to surgery. I'm really excited to gain stamina, agility, and strength as I loose the weight because -- shockingly -- I'm enjoying the gym!

I recently experienced terrible dizziness and I think it was something viral. I was slightly feverish and terribly dizzy for over a week. It's going away, slowly but surely. Maybe you have a bug that's affecting your inner ear?

Inspiring!!

HAPPY DANCE!