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Thank you!!

Thank you ladies so much. The support really means a lot to me! I'm really thankful that my sis and I found this site.

Thank you so much!

Yes, I've done a lot of window shopping. Haha. Good luck! Im sure you'll get into them!!

My surgery is the 25th of this month. I've been really tempted to buy some new clothes, but I'm too nervous. haha.

Being overweight is a shared trait in my family. I've struggled... we've all struggled our whole lives... My sisters and I were trying to talk my father into getting weightloss surgery. He was too ashamed and embarrassed to ask his doctor about it. He thought that he should've been able to do it himself, and that asking for help would make him weak. This past May he passed away in his sleep. He was only 58. There is no doubt in my mind that this surgery would have saved his life. My dad should still be here. In the midst of this heartbreaking time in my life, I've discovered I was just like him. I love my dad (he will forever be my Superman), and I never in a million years would have thought that being like him was a bad thing... I never had considered getting weightloss surgery for myself because like my father, I thought I should be able to do it myself. I've tried... and failed... and tried... and failed so much that I kind of lost faith in myself. I've realized that asking for help is the most courageous thing I can do. It can save my life like it should have saved my father's. My sister and I are scheduled to get gastric bypass surgery in Mexico on September 25th. I'm very excited about starting a new life with a new lifestyle, and I know that my Dad will be watching. I'm determined to make him proud.

Mine is scheduled for the 25th! I'm so excited/nervous. Good luck to you!

I'm scheduled for Sept 25th!!