FatGirlSlim

I finally had a moment to go through some of the YouTube channels. I was watching MsMook and in one of her videos she was getting an endoscopy. Ok so now I'm freaked out. Is this something that he does to all his patients or just ones that were there for a lap-band to sleeve revision? I know that he was given meds to numb her throat and medicine to relax her but I had a very bad experience when I was younger and now am just freaking out about the thought of having this done. Help me relax please Kisha

Congrats on your approval!!!!!

My reasons are I'm fat.... I have degenerative joint disease and I have no energy whatsoever. I have seven children and would love to be able to interact with them the way I used to be able to!!! I am so looking forward to this surgery!!! I want my old life back...

Hello all!!! Hoping I can join this thread!!! Im a 33 year old mother of seven who cant keep up with the kiddies anymore. I feel like I'm far to young for that. My BMi is 39 and other than joint pain I dont have any other issues, which is why my insurance has denied me twice. I have kaiser and they say that I have to have to comorbidities. Well I feel like the one I have is enough. So off to dr Garcia I go. My surgery is scheduled for 05/22/12 and I am so excited!!!! Kisha

I love that restaurant but hate going uptown or downtown..lol I always get them confused!!! But we went there for my sister's dinner and everything was included including liquor, we pigged out that night. Guess that is why I am the way I am now lol. But hey, famous daves is gonna get it on May 7th!!! SexySlim, I didnt realize you were so close to me (based off of your zip code). We are practically neighbors!!!!

I do apologize, my bad.. Thanks lady and gent!!!!

thanks ladies. I just found this http://www.healthchecksystems.com/heightweightchart.htm and figured that I would aim for 140!!! I can do that. Way back yonder, 15 years and six kids ago, I was able to do it...

I am inviting people to go out with me the day before I start my 2 week liquid diet... I think I am going to have my favorite finger food restaurant lol .. Famous daves....gonna pig out on their ribs and chicken...beans and rice and some Co'nbread... then I am going to have some cake or a brownie... That is the plan for now. It may or may not change between now and May 8th. We shall see I said that I was going to pig out in the weeks leading up to my surgery (or the pre op diet), but I have been doing just that... oh well...might as well leave this chapter with a bang right!!!!

Ok, so here are my stats.... right now I am 218 and 5'2 and a half (yes I count my half) and I am wondering what a realistic goal should be. I can tell myself that I want to be 120-130lbs all day long, but honestly, I am not sure that it is possible. I come from a "big boned" family (on my mother's side) and I have had seven children. Can I make that happen? Or should I shoot for something like 150? Even if I get to 150 I would love that too. At 150, nothing hurt...my knees were good and so were my feet and back... What do you think??? Kisha

You look great!!!!

Glad you are feeling better and that they are taking good care of you there!!!! Take it easy though and enjoy the losers bench!!!

Good luck on getting financed!!!!

There she is. So glad that everything went well and you were treated as VIP!!! Remember to take it easy!!! But enjoy the losers bench... I will be joining soon!!!

Congrats on your date and having so many people to support you through this process!!!

Call me clueless but what is OH?

great list!!!!! thanks

trying to stay busy and all that stuff...of course with 7 kids that shouldnt be hard right..plus a full time job.... I am going to make it through though. I figure once I hit that 2 weeks before surgery when I have to start that pre-op diet, things are going to become real for me... and I will be even more miserable thanks for the advice though

I just dont know how you guys did this waiting thing. I have a month and 1 week to go...to be exact I have 36 days, 19 hours, 48 minutes, and 36....35.....34 seconds before I have my surgery.... yes I have a ticker on my phone... that may be part of my problem right there.....having the dang ticker... but I promise I only check it every other day :DDD I wish that I could just go tomorrow... but this wait is killing me...so can someone tell me how you coped or how are you coping with the wait??? I am so ready for this life changing event to get started that I think of it constantly... help me

I am violent towards relatives because they seem to always know how to push my buttons... I think I would have dropped kicked her if my sister would have said some crazy mess like that. Terrible... But Andkel you are so right. Most of my friends are smaller than me (although not skinny) and I know that they will have issues.... but I know how to curse a ***** out and defriend (is that a word lol) real quick... NO PROBLEM

That is wonderful!!!! I am using Dr. Garcia as well and each time one of you ladies go I am so excited as if it were me!!!! Have you posted your story yet?

Yeah I was gonna suggest putting it in the blender as well!!!

If you see her tell her she is in our thoughts. How are you doing?

Noydb .... None of your da?m business. Lol really it isn't. But seriously I plan to tell people that I am comfortable with knowing. But for those Nosey ones I just plan to tell them to lower their food intake and up their Protein....but if they are really Nosey they are gonna snoop around to find out what they can.. Cause they have no life

Sorry to hear that you are in so much pain. I hope that as the hours and days go on you start to feel better. Congrats on joining the losers bench and I look forward to joining you very soon!!!!

Has anyone heard from ursiboo72 lately??? Hope that all went well and we get to hear from you soon