I met with my doc and had the info session last week. We scheduled my appointment with the surgeon for Feb 4th. I will finish my required 3 month diet and behavior modification program the end of January. After the appointment on the 4th they willsubmit for insurance and I hope to be under the knife on Feb. 20th. Can't wait

Hello all February 2014ers

I hope this message gets to all my February pals. I'm not fond of this new update yet and can't figure it all out but I wanted to check in and see how everyone is doing...I'm still slowly moving downward, now at 86lbs lost. It seems I loose 5 lbs and gain 2-3lbs back then loose 5 more and then go back and forth. It's like 5 steps forward and 2-3 steps backwards but it's still going down and I'm not complaining since yesterday I shopped in the 'normal' people side and fit a 14 in slacks and it wasn't 14 women's. It felt so good to get two new outfits from the other side. I hope all are well...

Take care,

Tammy

For all of you that had surgery the beginning of 2014 how are you doing now as we are close to the end of another year? I am still finishing my pre surgery checklist. I am hoping for a Jan 2015 date..thank you..bear

Hi Bear,

I really hope you get your date in January. I had my surgery on the 11th Feb and I am doing very well. The change in how we all look is amazing and our February group is a huge support. I even managed to meet one of them in person when she came to stay for a couple of days last week (all the way from New York State, via her family in Scotland, to me in England). It was great to see her. I hope that you develop a good January group because they are going through all the changes at the same time you are. Our group is amazing so I would try to be active on there and set up a group if it isn't there already. Do you have a January pre surgery group because our started then and then moved into a post surgery thread?

Any questions do just ask. I know I was full of them.

Take care

Claire

Hello All, I too think my RNY surgery will take place in Feb 2015, I'm hoping for January but being realistic it will probably be Feb. my 6 month pre op diet( which by the way not going so well) ends in December. I'm very happy to have found this thread of people in a similar stage as myself. My current weight is 390 pounds, sadly the same as when I went on the pre-op diet. I just turned 33 and I'm Single without children.

Hi Sky,

This was really intended as a thread for all of us who had surgery in Feb 2014 but we don't use it anymore because we have a post op thread. The last post from Bear is at a similar stage to you though.

I hope more people join you both here, or that you start a new thread yourselves. I have found our Feb 14 group invaluable for support, humour and shared experiences. They have been great.

I hope it all goes well for both of you.

Take care

Claire

Thank you ClaireC. I have been practicing my post op behaviors now so when it's real it will be second nature. I am quite ready to be thin and healthy again.

Next week I have a follow appointment with the NP and dietitian. Just by being mindful of my eating, according to my him scale I have lost 10# since my first appointment sept 23. I have many post op nsv's on my bucket list.

Thanks for the encouraging words. Hope to talk again

:-D Bear