I am overly excited after this long journey I finaaly got my date 2/9/12. I have been looking forward to this ever since I started. Looking back at all the things I had to do to get her I don't regert anything. I am so happy with the team at Montifore for helping me reach this point. I am proud of myself it has been two weeks that I have been on the pre-op diet given to me to start when I get my date. I really like it I am not hungry. It is a "High Protein Preoperative Diet" I added it below

I am sad at the same time that I can not share my news with my family and friends because the first time I did tell them it was such a negitive experience.

You know what It does not take away from me having a date. Yes Yes I have a date!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats! Your pre-op diet isn't bad at all. Good luck!

Hi, sorry to hear about your families disapproval of this. I am actually a widow of 9 years now with two beautiful girls. After a double fusion and another bulging disk, I decided that I had no choice but to have the surgery. I have a very small family, and my mother died in May at age 65 and at around 350lbs. My grandmother was 67 and in same condition. Both were under 5' tall.

My girls were scared, but they knew that I would not do anything unless I felt like it was safe enough. I however was still scared.

What bothered me the most of all was the principal at the school that I worked and a few of the teachers were continually voicing their negative opinions about it. My principal had a niece who had it done and told a different horror story every time I saw her. I took off a week and the next monday and I will return on Tuesday. Hopefully I will just stay in my own room for a couple of weeks to avoid negative energy which is not needed.

I wish you the best, and remember that you are doing this for YOU!

Thanks for all the kind words. But I do have the support of my mother and husband. They know that I am having this for my health. I just don't share with anyone else such as my sister who had it done and she has gain all the weight back. She said bad things and I was having one problem after another