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Thank you thank you for posting as a 2 year veteran! It means a lot to us newbies to have the long term success stories check in! Congratulations on your success. I appreciate too your straightforward advice about SO's. It is important to realize that 'S' stands for significant, and they should always feel that way in our lives.

I can't imagine getting to a point where I need to put ON some weight, but I sure look forward to the possibility! Sounds like you have managed your weight very well, and I applaud you for it!

princesstia, my prayers go with you on your big day.

I am so sorry you had to lose your grandma like that. She sounds like a wonderful woman. I have faith that she will be right there with you tomorrow and will keep you safe and strong.

best wishes! Keep us posted!

Thank you SO much for the detailed report -- I try to find & read as many Surgery Day Stories as I can. You are so right to say that knowledge is power -- I agree. I get a little scared sometimes thinking about going under the knife and being under anesthesia. Reading your story was very reassuring. I wish you the best on this new adventure and much success! Keep us posted!

thanks for sharing the stats on movie theater popcorn - yikes! I will be sharing those lil tidbits of info with my mom, who cannot resist the alluring scent of popcorn that they pump through the lobby of the movie theater! Not so alluring when yoou think of how bad it is for you....

Seems like it was a major learning experience for you --- you're back on track already, and I applaud you for it. Onward!

I'll chime in and say I would also go for the second opinion -- this surgeon sounds totally insensitive and not to mention perhaps unsure of her surgical skills? I dunno....maybe she's just trying to limit your complications, but wow the bedside manner seems to be seriously lacking. And for her to turn the conversation around to herself and talk about how she should be the one crying? Wow :/ Not even sure what to say about that remark, because it's disturbing on a lot of different levels.

But I gotta say that it really stuck out for me that you said "This isn't gonna stop me from the diet/exercise plan I've been doing" Good for you! THAT is a winning attitude!

Congrats on one week That's so exciting! Please do post back on what your surgeon has to say. I am really looking forward to someday soon being able to say "Well today is one week" , so thanks for sharing your story.

btw your hair in your profile pic is gorgous, and your profile name cracked me up -- isn't that an error message having to do with network or internal communication? lol! good one!

thanks so much Vicki! hehe, I wrote so much in that blog that I was sure no one would read it all the way through, but I felt I needed to blog to organize my thoughts

so thank you for reading & commenting and supporting. What a wonderful thing this website is!

Thank you for your suggestion. He has agreed to attend the seminar with me & I hope that helps him understand better.

I'm so sorry about your band experience, but I'm SO glad you didn't have long term damage. A friend of mine went through some scary things with hers. And honestly, from what I've learned about grehlin, I think that banding but leaving my tummy in tact to produce hunger hormones...well i think that just sounds like torture! The sleeve seems smart in so many ways. . . .

Let's give a round of applause to all the supportive spouses! They rock!

12/12/12 at 12 -- you KNOW that's gotta be a lucky!

congratulations!