Papillon

HAhah I feel your pain!! I was very embarrassed at the Upper GI ho-down haha. Luckily I was able to wear scrubs but they had this very small step thing that i had to stand on and I was thinking.. "Seriously, have you seen what I am packing in my caboose area?" ROFL... the worst part was drinking that stuff. After fasting all morning I ended up telling the guy.. "If you want to do this test we better do it now... if you make me drink anymore it will end up in that trash can" hahah Luckily the process went along smoothly, I brought a book so I was able to read while waiting for things to move along haha.

I decided to chuck the BMI out the window and only use it as a remote guide. I am a very tall woman (6 feet) and not small build. If I went down to 155 I would look like I was ill. I have seen people get into the weight loss craze to the point of making themselves sick... I definitely do not want to be in that boat. I want to be healty! So I am going to try 185 and see how I feel, once i get there.

Glad to hear you are feeling better each day!! Sorry to hear you have had some discomfort in your throat... sending you hugs!

Awesome!! Sounds like a great husband to me! Glad that you were able to talk things through and he is supportive.

Last night I bought some vegetable beef soup and just strained everything out of it. It was nice to have something besides protein drinks. I am getting pretty burnt on them. I am on the 3rd day of the 2 week pre-op diet. Glad to hear you are feeling better. :001_smile:

Heck yea I will join you.. : ) Make room on the bench! :001_smile:

I am really getting excited now! 3 days on the liquid diet and today I actually felt more like my old self hehe laughing and silly. :001_smile: On a side note peppermint tea is a godsend. My stomach was rumbling like a mad thing until I had some. Just thought I would pass that on. September 13th is the date for my husband and I!! We are doing this together and I am so glad to have his support and vice versa. lol :eek:

Definitely troll the boards here.. you will see you are not alone. Everyone feels worried about their choice and thinks about it twice or twelve hundred times before doing the surgery hehe. All I can say is RESEARCH and more research. The more I read about the procedure and followed people on their individual journies, the more I realized this is the step I want to take. Am I scared? Damn right, but I am not willing to continue in the same patterns that have made up my life until now. Day 3 of the liquid diet and I was close to tears when a coworker brought in a chili dog but I refuse to give in. Raaar!:001_smile:

I was having thoughts about not doing the surgery then I realized that I had been here before... I have done the jenny craig diet, the atkins diet.. you name it I have tried it. Everything works well for awhile.. but, then I fall back into my old habbits and I gain everything back and then some. So for me this is the extra kick in the ass that I need to get my life straigthened out. I want to live longer, happier, and healthier. I want to go on a hike with my husband. I am missing out on a lot of life and I am willing to do this surgery and completely change my life to have one again. The hard times do not last forever... i can and will do this!

That must feel great!! I am going to keep reminding myself why I am doing this... and I really appreciate your posts! They give me courage! I have been focusing on the wrong things heheh there is a benefit to the surgery too.. haha Yes pics are a must! : D

Well day 3 and I felling better today!! I am actually in good spirits! Thank you for all of the kind words and support! You guys made my morning. I am really happy that my boss asked everyone to keep food out of the office... for lunch he asked everyone to eat elsewhere. I really appreciate it ... I am fine until I smell food then my body rebels and wants me to tackle the person with it and run off.. hahah now that would make an interesting story on the news tonight ahah. "Crazed woman tackles customer at taco bell and runs off with burrito screaming "my precious" Hahhahaha :thumbup1:

sending you a hug *squish* hang in there!! If all of these wonderful people on the board can do this, you can too!! I am cheering for you! :001_tongue:

Congrats!! We are sleeve sisters! My date is the 13th too. :001_tongue:

my husband made a really nice chicken broth for us last night in the croc pot. He added a few mushrooms and celery and carrots to give it more flavor. Some nice spices and put it on low all day. It was a nice change when we got home to have something warm. :001_tongue:

no pudding... has to be all clears.. ugh.. I am hanging in. Today I just feel really awful. on a happy note today is more than half over... :001_tongue:

my husband was the one who first started researching WLS... I was not sure about it. I went to an information session with him and the rest is history.

Hahaha love it!!

Congrats on getting back in the saddle! hehe

Take your husband with you to an information session on WLS. He will have a chance to ask the surgeon questions.

Congratulations!! Thank you for posting your stats, you are inspiring me. I am on my two week liquid diet and your story is encouraging me to keep fighting the good fight!

Congraulations!! Woohoo!! I am cheering you on from the soon to be sleeved group!~ :")