chunkypudding

I felt that way at first, but now it's been almost 5 years since I've smoked and other people's smoke bothers me more than ever. I can't believe I used to smell line that all the time and never noticed.

Good luck! Sounds like you've already put in alot of time and effort. I can offer no advice since I'm new also and awaiting my surgery. It is nice to see so many people who share similar experiences. I hope you are feeling great and have much success!

That will be here before you know it! Good work and good luck!

Good for you! I bet you're happy to be home.

I'm sept. 18th. I want it over with, but I'm having trouble controlling my eating right now. I guess that's why I'm doing this, but I get depressed when i realize how much, how fast I gained weight. This can't come fast enough and, yet, I'm still scared. No one said it would be easy. It will all be worth it when my husband and my baby and I are hiking, camping, fishing and swimming.

How are you doing? I hope all is great!

What are bat wings?

Mine already point south, so I can't imagine how much worse they can get. My husband doesn't seem to mind so I'm not sure if I'll invest in a lift later or not.

Does he lift you up or try to put you down? Do you want your child to think he is a good role model? Get a good support network! Find friends who want the best for you and get away from him if he can't stay sober long enough to actually journey through life with you move on without him.

Howdy! My date is Sept. 18th. I'm excited, scared. Up, down. I've told everybody and anybody, but I could never keep a secret. I also have wondered to myself if I'm trying to convince people that I know I'm fat and won 't always be. Good luck to everyone. Just getting through the next few weeks of doctors appointments seems a daunting task.

I just got mine today. Pretty quickly after insurance approved me. Of course I did have three months of different appts to get approval, but time has flown by so far!

Thanks! It has already started to blur together- sleep study, weight checks, psych visits, etc... Will be nice to get to go a few weeks with no doctors at all. After all, life keeps going on around me. Isn't that why I'm doing this? If all goes well, I should lose most of my weight by spring next year. I can't wait for swimming, fishing, hiking, and camping again!

Of, course I still have a huge list of tests and checks to get done before then. My EGD is Friday. I'm sure missing alot of work, not just for Dr. Appts, but also for my 7month old son. I just hope I don't get fired before insurance works out. FMLA don't fail me now. Too bad you can't limit your stressors to one at a time. I hope everyone else is doing fine!

I'm still getting all the tests and waiting for insurance approval. I'm also finding it very hard to control my binging. Each trip to McDonalds may be my last, or so I'm behaving. I hope I'm less than a month away. My heart gets tight with worry when I think too much about actual surgery and the first week after.