April 2010 I started this Journey, my road blocks were all health related, I found out I had tumors in my stomach, Barretts Esophagus and Pernicious Anemia. My first doctor seemed to be doctor Gloom and didnt give me a hopeful prognosis at all. I asked my primary care doctor to send me to a new specialist for a second Opinion .... needless to say I am so happy I didnt accept the first doctors diagnosis!!!!! Dr. Nadimpolli gave me hope and a path to get to this point. Now Here I am a year later , I cant do the Gastric Bypass because they will need to be able to perform the endoscopy exams to check for tumors , so I will be Sleeved on 6/27/11 the good thing about this is , it eliminates the creation of gastrin which was causing the tumors and the Barretts Esophagus should get better. Yeah!!!!!!! I so look forward to losing the co-morbidities that I have, I've seen so many of my loved ones suffer because of them. If I can change me first then I can be a blessing to someone through my experience!!!!!!!

Can someone tell me how to attach the ticker that shows your progress ? I want to have a way to track/measure progress as this journey begins.

Best wishes for everyone who has or has yet to start this journey to a healthier you !!!!!!!

Two fingers, ONe Love !!!!!

CAMMYD *:-)

Congrats on taking back your life )))) I have seen a few others on the board mention they are June 27 as well! Should have a nice peer group!

Ticker how to is here:

http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/13516-ticker-tutorial-for-vst-lbt-with-pictures/

Hi Cammy, wow it does sound like you have had a rough road!

I hope everything from here on out goes smooth as silk.

I can't wait to follow your progress, I'm pre-op too.

I have pernicious anemia as well, it's no biggie.

Good luck!

Tanya

Thank you MeMeMeee and winecountrygirl, I am so ready to get past my health issues !!! I am thankful for finding this site completely by accident , but it has been so affirming reading other peoples comments and advice.