Hi everyone!!!! I just wanted to come by and introduce myself. I have been a lurker for quite sometime. I have been considering surgery for some years. Summer 2012 I finally started the process. I have completed all steps and my surgery is scheduled for April 8, 2013. My 42nd birthday is April 2. I am a mixed bags of emotions which I have read on here is very normal. It feels so overwhelming and I am trying to make sure I take care of everything before surgery. I will be hanging around reading here for encouragement and support. I will figure out how to add a tracker and before picture so I can come back and keep notes on my progress. I look forward to "meeting" everyone.

Welcome and congrats on your date and of course a healtier new year for you as your birthday approaches. Very Happy Birthday to you! It will fly by, learn as much as you can!

Welcome lady Morgan!

And congratulations on you date! I'm 46 so a bit older than you. Though it was scary going into it..I'm glad that I'm not wasting any more of the life that I have left being extremely unhealthy and not able to participate in a lot of life's activities

Welcome and congrats on your date and of course a healtier new year for you as your birthday approaches. Very Happy Birthday to you! It will fly by, learn as much as you can!

Thanks so much for the birthday wishes. I am reading as much as possible so I can be as prepared as possible.

Welcome! I'm not 46 like Laura.. Fact I'm a ho ho bunch of older than most, but be glad you're doing it now and not wasting good years yoyo'ing like I did for so many years. Yes.. Be sure o take a good before pic.. I didn't and I regret it.

Welcome! I'm not 46 like Laura.. Fact I'm a ho ho bunch of older than most, but be glad you're doing it now and not wasting good years yoyo'ing like I did for so many years. Yes.. Be sure o take a good before pic.. I didn't and I regret it.

I wish I had started the process back in 2005 when I first started researching but then they weren't doing the sleeve that much so maybe it was worth the wait because I really never wanted a bypass. I am playing around with getting my profile set up here. I have a pic on my phone I need to upload. Usually I hide from cameras but when I knew things were progressing I had my husband take a full body pic of me one day when I felt cute. I will probably take a few today since it is nice here in NC. I have watched so many video journeys on YouTube so I am thinking about doing some myself for my own therapy..lol.