Weight Warrior

Dear IAMWORTHIT, Thanks for the positive response. I wish you well on your journey , it also sounds like your are bound and determined to succeed. This is a gift you are giving to yourself make it a big one :-) ill be thinking of you on June 12th. ill srnd good positive waves to you and your surgeon. best of luck and god bless you on this path. RJ

Hey now! Background: i have been heavy my whole life and since my 30's have been just plain old every day run of the mill fat! 450+ ( at some points heavier). i have treied every diet on earth. my story begins August 2012 in the diner in Media Pa. My best friend asked me to look into Gastric bypass surgery for 3 reasons 1: he is my brother and loves me 2: i was turning 50 in September 3: lets face i was not getting any thinner. After my research i determined that this was the tool i had been missing. i further checked on insurance and company policy on medical leave.all came back very positive. After narrowing down the possible hospitals in the Philadelphia area, i arrive at the doorsteps of Bryn Mawr hospital and the bariactric center headed by Dr. Richard Ing. It has been nine months of testing and pre screening and i am in the final pre-op stretch and on my liquid diet phase. i am scheduled and fully ready to move to the next phase of my life after surgey on june 12, 2013. I have dropped 35lbs so far and that was before the liquid diet started. i exercise on a daily basis and the results are amazing. i feel like a new man, ( why did i wait so long...doh!) i am at the best place i have been in years both physicaly and mentally. in one word my life is AWESOME! can only imagine were i will be a year from today. wish me luck, June 12th is just around the corner..catch ya later RJ