Has been reading around the site for a few days and finally registered so here I am......ok my story ....well I have always been overweight as a young child , as a teenager , as an adult and here I am now...super morbidly obese .....how did I get here?

Was bullied all through school so ended up turning to food , got married He ended up being a highly abusive alcoholic , had no where to turn so turned once again to food.....marriage ended after 5 years ....happy to be divorced but now I am raising 3 special needs kids on my own , very stressful so ate once again to make myself happy and here I am beginning the Journey of WLS .....waiting for my patient orientation and support group on March 1st , already has a meeting with the sleep study Dr scheduled....I know it is going to be a long journey but at the end it will be so worth it !!!!!!

Looks forward to giving support and receiving support as well

Welcome I too am beginning this journey. I have six hours of appointments on Monday. Surgeon, dietitian, ect. So best of luck.

Thank you and you as well

You've come to the right place. The support on this site is fantastic! I have learned so much and am so much more at ease with what to expect. My surgery is next Tuesday and I am not nervous at all. I feel I am so much more prepared by reading the posts on this site. You have been through so much already. May God bless you and your family as you embark on this wonderful journey!

Hi There Glad to meet u ???? Thank u for sharing your story !

Ok just tried to put a smiley face :-) it came out with all that weird letters

I think this forum is amazing I'm 5years out come 1st July

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Good Luck this is Your Time :-) !

Thank you everyone for such a warm welcome

You've come to the right place. The support on this site is fantastic! I have learned so much and am so much more at ease with what to expect. My surgery is next Tuesday and I am not nervous at all. I feel I am so much more prepared by reading the posts on this site. You have been through so much already. May God bless you and your family as you embark on this wonderful journey!

Hi. My surgery is 2/19 also. Yay. I'm new too. So excited for you.

Phyliss. Good luck. You will do great! I know it's a fat process. I went in 1/3/13 for consult and 2/19 I'm having surgery. I'm on my 2wks of liquids now. The first 3 days were hard. Not because I was hungry but because I was detoxing from surger withdrawals. No fruit no soda. No fun. LOL