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Im headed down to San Diego Monday morning, surgery tuesday morning with Dr Garcia. Yesterday I hit the panic button. Im going through so many emotions its nuts! I havent done great on my pre op diet, today was my best day so far, 3 days left.. jeez its coming quick! Im as ready as im gonna be, so lets get this show in the road! I still havent told most people and my family, my hubby is the only one who knows. I told most people that im taking a class in San D. My mom was asking me about the hotel, etc lol I was having a really hard time lying to her but I didnt crack. I would never hear the end of it!

Im headed to San Diego Monday, surgery tuesday with Garcia, glad to hear that theres no cath.. never had one and its not on my bucket list lol

@ made2beme.. Who is melissa? lol I went through Alma at ready4achange and she is the only contact so far that I have. I have heard about Melissa and Rosie.. Who did you go through? what Co?

My date is July 17, I started going to a new naturopath last week. She did blood work and gave me a vitamin B12 shot. Today I went back for a vitamin cocktail IV drip, she says it will help prep my body for surgery. I will be getting another IV cocktail next week and B12 shots twice a week before I leave and back to her a week after surgery for more.. She says its going to help my body heal faster and make me feel less drained, etc. I truly feel that it is working, I feel better already. My body was waaay low on vitamins! I really hope that the prep work will make a difference and I will heal faster!!

July 17th with Dr Garcia.. aaaahhhhh less than 2 weeks!! Good luck to everyone!!

My date is july 17! Im getting to the freak out stage for sure!! I was supposed to pay my deposit yesterday and for some reason I made every excuse in the book for not doing so. I've bought my plane ticket, my friend has bought her's- my support person.. I feel your pain!!! But im ready to step out of this body and into my new one!

I am just so ready to do this! July 17th seems like forever away and I just wish it would come sooner!!! Summer is officially here, not that the flippen weather in Washington is wonderful or anything, but its Summer! I feel HUGE and I want to wear shorts and tanks, I refuse to go out and buy new clothes. People must wonder why I always wear the same thing lol I refuse to buy one more size X anything! So im stuck wearing the same thing over and over lol in less then 4 weeks I will be in shrink mode and it will no longer matter at least I will be smaller towards the later half of Summer.. find something postive..

Good luck and congrats! Mine is July 17 and im going stir crazy!!!

So I have been having my food funeral for a few days. to be honest, at first I was excited, I was gonna eat whatever and not feel guilty. Im not really feeling guilty, but I have been eating healthy for so long that I feel like crap. Im tried, unmotivated and just want to take a nap. Which, in my life does not work! I have 5 kids ranging from 6 to 17. I am taxiing tham daily and I need my energy! So it was fun for a few days but im over it ..lol I know that im not going to go back to salads and all the perfectly wonderful healthy things for the next 3 weeks but im definatly going to chill out a bit.. its amazing how what you put in your body effects how you feel on the outside..

I just took this class, it taught me ... what you focus on expands! Find some alternatives now, think about how YOU CAN do this and not how you cant. I am not overly fond of my office kitchen at work and it is shared by alot of people and I seem to be able to tolerate it. Dont set yourself up for failure. Set yourself up for success!! If theres a will , theres a way ! Good luck

DOing both is best. I have a personal trainer and she insists that I do cardio 3-4x per week and weights 2-3x per week, depending on how many days a week I want to work out. You dont want to just do cardio, you will loose all of your muscle and then be left with just skin.. weights make your metabolisum faster too. Anything is better than nothing though..

Thanks gals im so looking forward to the new and improved ME! I do have goals, lots of them. Things I never thought I could or would want to do. I just wish I hadnt waited so long to start my journey.. cant change the past though, can only make the future better

Well, I have never bloged before, this is a first! 4 weeks from today I will be in Tijuana MX waiting for surgury. I wish it was sooner! I thought I should wait and make sure that I had made the right decision and I now know that I did, I just wish I hadnt waited so long to schedule for my sleeve. Im having a food funeral for the next 3 weeks.. im not gorging myself, just eating whatever. its may sound like Im doing the opposite of what I should be doing but i feel that its my way of saying good by. I just posted about my ways of saying good by and how I quit smoking.. I had a funeral. doing it again with food!! I havent cheated on smoking once! Quit oct 5, 2011! Now its my food funeral. Dont get me wrong, once in a while, espc when im having a few cocktails, I sometimes have the urge.. but I have never done it. So I figure that with food, I will think about cheating, but wont do it because I know that I need to stay on track!

Im not gorging myself, just eating what I want. I've been dieting for 5 months and just want to eat what I want before surgury. My mind set cant be changed overnight, thats a process in its self.. been working on it for years. I just got done doing an 8 week class about mind set and it really helped the way I think about things. I know that I can still eat things I enjoy after surgury, just in smaller forms. To me, this is a life altering event and the start of a new life, kind of a re birth. My birthday(surgury date) is July 17 and I cant wait. Im ready to so a tri athlon, 10k and all the things I have been working up to. I did my first 5k a month ago and it felt great. I did the same thing when I quit smoking back on October, had a little funeral, get rid of all my lighters in the house, ashtrays, detailed the cars. I have not cheated once since the day I quit...Oct 5, 2011. So I guess its my way of throwing out the old and in with the new!

THis is why I am getting the surgury too.. falling off the wagon sucks!!! After 50 times of falling off its just time to get a sleeve lol im a portion control person.. I cant wait till I know how much I can eat.. which wont be much.. I know I have to fix my head as well as my body but I think with the help of the sleeve it will all work out

Im getting sleeved 4 weeks from tomorrow. My friend who did this in january said that she wished she had had a food funeral! So I thought, ya know, not a bad idea. I had a fathers day BBQ yesterday, ended up with lots of extras. I think that as long as I dont gain before my surgury date its ok?? My DR said I only have to do a 7 day pre op diet, so it appears that I can eat whatever for 3 weeks prior. Am I setting myself up for a failure? It seems like most people pre op are loosing alot. I feel like I want to enjoy my last few weeks of meals because once I have the surgury I wont, one, be able to eat for 6 weeks, two, will be eating small portions and three, will no longer be able to eat anything I want. I eat very healthy, for the most part, and have been dieting since the beginning of the year. I also excersize regularly, so correct me if im wrong, but im eating and enjoying my funeral for the next 3 weeks

Im getting the sleeve, it seem sless invasive and your intestines arent messed with. I have a friend who did bypass and she has to take so many pills, vits, she also just had a baby 2 weeks ago and she was only 5.6 lbs which is pretty small.. dr said it was because of the bypass. I say sleeve, good luck in your decison

Hang in there, keep your chin up and all will be better soon!!

Im going July 17 to Dr Garcia too. I have only told a handful of people, the ones I know who would wither be supportive or just not have an opinion. Its really hard..I really want to tell my mom, who is skinny as a rail and always has been, but she will have a fit! I am telling everyone that im going to a class the week im gone. Sucks but its better than hearing everyones crap and opinions. You know where your support group is.. and this site is also great!! Your biggest fan should be YOU!! You can do it and it will be OK!! I'd love to hear about your experience when you get back!!!

ME too july 17!!!

Thanks for your response It doesnt matter but im really curious what her name is .. does it start with an L?

lol who knows we all just chat, try to stay on the topics I guess but if you dont who cares lol to answer your question.. I would find a thread that talks about what to bring.. we are all pre op and probably have the same question too

up in the right corner, click on your name/ pic and go to settings.. its will walk you through.. I just joined last week and im so glad I did!!!

welcome to the best and most supportive site ever!!!

go to travel.state.gov and look into the passport expidited process.. you can also check online to see where it is in the process. Im going to Seattle to the actual office, I can get it possibly same day or it may take up to 5 business days. You can look on the website for local offices in your area.. you may want to consider that.. its costs more but your garunteed to be let back in the states! Do not go without.. you may never get back!!