HatheryOnHerWay

How does losing 10 inches make you a failure?!?

Hummus=amazing! You're going to love it

I'm 5/22!

OMG!! Girl you work fast! you remind me of me!

When I want something, I do everything in my power to get it. hehe

Well, pre-op test is done. The funds are in my bank account. Now I just have to have my surgeon look everything over and make sure there isn't anything weird on my tests (God forbid!) and I'll be having a phone call with him next week Wednesday to go over all the final details. Assuming everything is a go, my surgery will be 5/22. Wow. I am so looking forward to my new life. I've been sick and sad for too long, and I"m ready to be happy again!

The nice thing is that Goodwill usually has WAY more small clothes than big clothes. People are way more likely to donate clothes they grew out of than clothes they shrunk out of

I had my PCP's nurse schedule all the pre-op stuff and she did my EKG, so she knows exactly what's going on. She was really sweet and supportive, and told me how she wishes she could do it too since she has had a lifelong weight problem. I suppose that's why she was so amazingly accomodating when I told her why I needed all these tests

Skinny Minny!

I'm getting all my pre-op testing (chest x-ray, EKG, blood tests, etc.) done this afternoon. I'm *tentatively* scheduled for surgery on 5/22 (assuming I can get all my tests cleared before then). I am over the mooooooon!

Thanks for the sweet compliment, and great advice

Yeah, Texas seems to be the hot-spot for bariatric surgery!

I love string cheese, but I am so picky about it! Some kinds are almost waxy, and that grosses me out.

Yay! Where did you decide to have your surgery?

Right now I'm thinking Dr. Borland in Louisiana. Since I'm self-pay, he has a really good price and he has lots of happy customers.

What I wouldn't give to be able to wear BKE's! Congrats, you look amazing

He's on board, and even helping me find hotels ! We just gotta figure out how we're going to pay for the plane tickets and hotel. (this is all assuming I'm a candidate for the surgery, of course!)

I think a lot of us with weight problems have addictive personalities. If it's not food we go to for comfort, it's something else. Sometimes it can be healthy like drugs or alcohol, and sometimes people are able to transfer to a healthy addiction like exercise. I definitely think you should speak with an addiction therapist that can help you figure things out. I think we can all relate to how you're feeling.

Great news this morning--MY financing WAS APPROVED!!!

Reminds me of a clinic I went to once where I had bloodwork done, and the "lab" was just a tiny room full of storage and cardboard boxes. I couldn't believe it. It gave me the creeps so bad, I never went back there again. I think you gotta go with your gut, and if the place gave you the willies you need to find a place you're comfortable with

75-80% of relationships fail? Where did you get this statistic?

I was wondering that, too! That is startling!

That's the biggest thing I "fear" when I get down to goal eventually, is the transition to "normal" life afterwards. Seems like a bizarre thing to fear, but not for us with food addictions!

@elinor How do you know if you have a hernia?

@Cerenatee THANK YOU for that post! That was tremendously helpful.

I know, it's like I have a roadblock at every turn! I'm determined to make this work, though!

What about borrowing from your 401K? I've seen many people on this site mention that they were able to borrow for medical purposes.

I don't have a 401k. I'm a government employee, so all my retirement is through the state retirement program.

At this point, I think the biggest thing is going to be getting financing. That's really the wildcard!

I'd say it would be like placing a NEWLY recovering sex addict in the middle of the Nevada Bunny Ranch with free passes.

This literally made me LOL