Kurstin

Mine is in 15! Cant wait! !

Here's something weird that I look forward to - I want to be able to not take up an entire seat when I sit down. I want to look small in a seat, as opposed to the seat looking too small for me. :-)

Oh my that's really great it's funny because my birthday was Saturday 3 days later I got my birthday wish which is my surgery date lol

Your welcome everyone! I figured it would be great to see our "May" surgeries. This way here we can support each other! great group.
Surgery date: May 14, 2013

NO Brother....you're not crazy at all. I can honestly remember my wife saying...you better not loose your butt. For some odd reason she finds that area of me cute.
Women...easier satisfied than understood!!!

Yay! We're surgery date buddies! Congrats!

If you can take the six weeks, do it. It will not only give you time to heal but also much needed time to adjust to your lifestyle change.

It's amazing how animals know when you're not feeling well. I swear they're smarter than most humans LOL

The order of these posts made me laugh....right after how do I keep my toddler off me came 'we caged em'

I'm scheduled for May 6th!!! Yay!!! So excited.

I'm very proud for you. I agree we have to learn to live like normal healthy weight people. Everyone is different. I am like you. I don't want to live so strict that one day I totally blow and eat everything. So I will allow myself a treat now and then. If you're "treat" is something with less that 8g of sugar, you are most likely still making a better choice than before!!!
Some people need to live by rules and NEVER indulge and that's ok. I respect their way of doing it as well.
Every person is different and every doctor is different. I have learned not to be judgmental after spending so much time being judged for being fat.
You are doing awesome!!! I hope to be as successful as you.

Approooooooooooooooooved!!!!

I'm interested to hear what people have to say about this! I have a friend (non rny) that got something called FitBit and she really likes it!

Ugh mine tasted like orange ass Water. It was the most disgusting thing in the world and I only drank 1/2 of it. Surgeon was ok with that.

I just found out my surgery is May 14! Super excited! Yaaay

Anyone else has may surgery.....they called this morning and Surprise I was approved but then she said my surgery date was May 21 I was a little shocked Its a lil far out since it's March still. But I'm happy to be getting surgery so that's a blessing

I just found out today that my surgery is may 6!!!!

It's like it's all I ever think about!!! With keeping track of all the Dr's appts and supplements to take and all this is even before surgery!!! I wake up thinking about it, I go to sleep thinking about it. I dream about it. I sit here at work and think about it. I google and youtube everything gastric bypass! Please someone tell me I'm not alone?!?!?!?

I have short term disability and I am able to take the full 6 weeks and I wanted to just because I wanted to make sure I was able to focus. I just do medical billing and people aren't always the most friendly when dealing with their medical bills. I've just heard you get extremely emotional after the surgery too, which is not normal for me. Haha I just want to make sure I don't have a breakdown on the phone with a patient hahaha. Seems silly saying that now.

Thanks judith for being so nice and encouraging thats what im going to do take it easy i didnt gain this weight over night so i cant expect to lose it that way either.this is for the other person with the negative response and questioning my reasons i did this surgery due to health reasons and wanting be healthy for my children,now that im understanding my attachment to food and the source i can deal better nobody is perfect we all chose this surgery to better ourselves,and i came to this site for support and encouragement not to feel worse.I'm not questioning anyone reasons so please don't question mine.

Oh! During the exam, he wanted to see if I had realistic expectations about the surgery, what it entailed, and the changes I would need to make for it to work.