Ashley D.

I GOT MY SURGERY DATE FOR MAY 12TH!!! I am so excited! My two week pre-op diet doesn't start until April 28th but I have already made the decision to start a mild diet and eat smaller portions. I'm hoping that if I start eating smaller portions now then I wont be as hungry during the pre-op diet. I purchased a food scale to measure the amount of food that I eat and I also purchased smaller plates and cups. I'm going to begin hitting the gym at least three days a week and stop munching in front of the tv. I'm also going to start chewing each bite 20-25 times and not drinking 30mins before or after a meal. My book 'The Emotional First Aid Kit: Life after bariatric surgery' has a million great suggestions for before, during, and after surgery. I recommend this book to everyone that is thinking about or preparing for a gastric surgery.

The small amount of people I told are the ones I thought would support me however I only have this group and just a few people I've told, the rest I've told aren't happy I'm doing this, I guess they don't understand, oh well I'm happy for me and I have all of my bariatric family here which is plenty and enough for me! XOXO I have told just about everybody about my surgery. I am completely shameless and I think you should be too! I've also had people tell me "You're not that big." or "You don't need surgery." The truth is they don't realize how difficult life is when you're obese. I am 22 years old and I weight 250lbs. Being my size is a horrible way to live, but people that have not battled their weight throughout their entire life will never understand. I am so glad that I found this forum. All of you get what I'm going through and we can all talk freely here. It is such a wonderful feeling to have complete strangers support you.

Hello, I had my EGD Monday April 7th. It went well and they found a hiatal hernia so now my insurance is going to pay for a majority of my sleeve surgery. I am impatiently waiting for my surgery date. Fingers crossed for early May : )