*Misty*Raine*

Dee, not sure if u seen this pic I posted... But here's my kiddos.... ] Click each attatchment to see the pics! All but one of my kiddos is posted.... She's 15 and wasn't having it! Lol I have em from 3-20!

Hi Dee! So glad to have ya here!! You will have tons of info to put into those of us getting ready to go thru or just went thru this surgery. You will be a great asset on our journeys or sure!!! Welcome!

I'm still pre-op, but listening to all this makes me think of Larry the cable guy! Lol.... Puts a whole new meaning to the walkin farts! Lmao!!! All I can say to my family is "Aren't payback a B!"

I am so sorry for both of u. I also lost my brother, tho a whle ago still very fresh! You never recover from it. I wish I could take ur pain away! :-( Praying for u both! On a good note.... I'm very proud of ya for staying with the safe shakes!!! It's so easy to lose this diet when tradgidy strikes!

Big or small .... Every pound counts! Do U really realize how much that is?!? Go to the market and look at 35 lbs of hamburger! That's a lot of weight!!

Welcome aboard! Great to have ya! You will meet amazing people full of great info to share!

I with the Artic bald that came thru central Ohio, my kids have had 2 snow days this week (after a 16 day winter break!) and I'm going crazy! They're 3, & 5 (girls) in preschool, 6 yr old girl and 10 yr old boy in elementary school, and 16 and 10 yr old hs girls! They're fighting, arguing, and nonstop bickering has been off the hook!! Then just when I think I can't take anymore... I have 1 Water line broken in 3 places! That means the landlord, his helper, and my (eye roll) husband have all been standing in my kitchen tracking muddy snow all thru it! Seriously!?! I am ready for a nervous break down! Oh and did I mention that I am also logging my every meal and trying to lose weight on my own before seeing the surgeon again!? Yeah I'm a tad past cranky!! I can't take much more!!! Ty for allowing me a safe spot to vent without going smack ass goofy on this "fantastic" husband (eye roll again!) of mine! Tho if I had maybe he would go find setting productive to do besides hold the couch down!!! Then again prob not just makin me more annoyed!

As bad of a mother as I am going to sound like, when this was going on.... I threatened to "give u to the gypsies if u don't straighten up" so many times while dealing with that mess. No I wouldn't really, relax! But it sure as he'll felt good to threaten em with it. They didn't stop! They're always lil bitty hell cats!!! My youngest one has made me (after very trying days with her) call my own mother and apologize for being a bratty lil kid. I said "mom I'm so sorry for ever being an ass and I take back every mean thing I ever said. Please forgive me for being born" and I was sobbing. She lost it laughing. #confused! Hahahaha

Anxious to hear from you! Are u doing ok? Getting eager!? I miss hearing from u!!

So today I have been doing a lot of thinking and researching. After finding conflicting info, I decided to call my own dr and just see what his "way of doing it" is. So his assistant tells me that I will have to do 3 dietician appts, 6 weigh in appts with him, and a psych eval, and then submit paper work. I have initial visit Monday with him and then they will sched the first dietician appt. she said since it's all getting started in January, that with my insurance, I will be ready for surgery late sept! Happy birthday to me! that's when my bday is! So, I started asking some of the things that I really wanted to know. Turns out he does do ALL the different gastric surgeries. He will do open if I have a lot of scar tissue (and I do). And no he doesn't test for nicotine! Thank god! Can't quit soda, cig and sweets all at the same time! And I also found out that he wants me to STOP losing weight. I guess that I'm on the boarder line of my insurance not covering me if I continue to lose. She said "can't tell u TO gain, but if u do, it will help ur insurance cover u" soooooo, that being said.... I'm going to continue to log all food and drinks, but not try to lose anymore weight! She said my Protein shakes (Breakfast and lunch) are a great start! And his pre-op diet is Clear liquids and fruit, glucerna shakes, and Adkins bars. So yay not total liquids when it's time! Hehehe! That made me really happy! So all of this said... I think I'm going to do just fine! Really happy with the way my dr does things! He really knows how to make this as pain free as possible....

Wel I'm an avid poster so it won't be hard.... Hahaha! I totally love this site! So many great ppl and great info!

Oh and I told him he was on this site and he was VERY shocked to learn that! Fily expect them to come on and see what's being said.... Hahahaa

So happy for u!!! Welcome to the losers bench! I can't wait to get there myself!!!

Hi guys! I'm new to this thread, and totally still pre-op. But I'll give this a go. HW:228 Today223 Goal 125 Praying for a sept surgery!

Oh I'm so glad I'm not the only one obsessing! I called my dr today and I'm getting ready to post about that, but it was a good call. Finally begin my journey with my 1st appt Monday...and then I get my first nutrition appt! I'm super excited!!! Can't wait to get this journey underway!

Ok let me start off by saying, I do not have my surgery date. We are still in the weigh-ins stage. But I am curious... When u were in the weighing in monthly phase, did u find urself more food aware? Example, tonite when my daughter made dinner, I measured out 1cup of food and felt full. She thinks I'm losing my mind. Or did any of u start replacing like breakfast or lunch with a protein shake just to get used to doing em? I'm thinking I need to start doing a breakfast protein shake for a while and maybe then doing breakfast and lunch meal replacements. Anyone else ever done this? Or is she right... I'm just food obsessed? Help I don't wanna make mistakes if they can be prevented!

So as I'm preparing for my journey, I'd like to know what 3 things do you wish someone had told you about the process/surgery? I wanna know all I possibly can. Thanks. Misty

Ok so I have been stalking the boards for a few weeks now. I tend to comment seldom unless it's something that really touches me or if it's something I can learn from. One thing that's becoming obviously annoying to me.... A lot (not all) of people that use te boards pre-op, go thru surgeries and we never ear from em again! I have followed a lot of stories, and tons of em dead end at tomorrow's my surgery date! Uuuuuugh! Why do people do this!? Very annoying! If you are going to be part of a board pre-op..... Finish ur story post op!!

Congrats!!! I knew u would do it!!

So glad to hear that!!! Congrats! You are almost there!!

Keep us posted! We are all here to support u in ur journey. you will find a lot of useful info here, I certainly did and made some good friends too!

Wow great job! Screw the mean people!!! We love ya, and we all always have something to add it this would be a boring board! hope to hear more from ya!!!

I think I'm going to start messaging people and asking... Did u stop posting cause ur dead or just forget where u started!? Lol

Holy crap! Way to go!!!

Please keep us posted!!!