I'm Sceduled!

Hi there! I am a 44 year old full time college student, part time mammo/x-ray tech, mother (to grown children) and wife. I have been overweight, okay obese, since having my 2nd child and have lost and gained tons over the last 22 years. My most recent success was in 2006 but it took counting everything, eating alot of salads and exercising like made 2 hours a day 6 days a week. I went from 232 to 170 in 5 months and felt good but my life consisted of work, exercise, meticulous loggin of food and sleep. In early 2007 I partially ripped/detached my achilles tendon from the bone and chose to let it heal naturally instead of surgery. This took 2 years of hobbling around. Had a hysterectomy in 2008 that basically wrote the end game. Gained every pound plus some back and put weight on in places I had never ever had excess weight! In the past year I have developed diabetes, take cholesterol meds, and HBP meds. I have also noticed that though I have always been very active that I am slowing down and things are harder to do. This I place directly on my weight and believe that if it doesn't come off it will kill me. I want to be able to do all the things I enjoy scuba diving, jogging and hiking, kyaking, and in general just go!

My friend had this done in May and I told here I would wait and see how things went with her before deciding. She is doing well and highly recommended the procedure. So after a little research and talking with the honey (who isn't 100% on board but won't tell me I can't) I booked my flight today, have submitted my medical questionaire and gotten a go for surgery on 1/2/13. So now it is hurry up and wait time. LOL. I'll be to busy and it will fly by.