I am scheduled for December 20th. I am nervous yet excited. Any advice is warmly accepted and appreciated.

I am scheduled for December 20th. I am nervous yet excited. Any advice is warmly accepted and appreciated.

Congrats! My biggest advice is your journey is your own. When you stall..and you will..just remember this too shall pass. Don't compare yourself and your losses to anyone else because everyone is different and that was often frustrating at 1st. You can do this and never doubt it! You have a whole board of cheerleaders here for you whenever you need it. Good luck!

Welcome, welcome losing2win - I love your screen name and you're gonna love the new you!! It probably won't seem like it the first few weeks post-op but this is going to be the best Christmas present you can imagine!

Well, I guess I would be a newbie too so you are not alone in that boat. I just finised with Endo and Chest Xray. I hope that they submitt to the insurance by end of next week and get a sugery date. Congratulations.

I agree with ajustice! Don't compare yourself to others and their journeys. Everyone has their own. Just stick with the plan the doctor gives you and take care of yourself along the way. Those stalls will be tough, but know you will get past them. Best of luck to you

I am scheduled for December 20th. I am nervous yet excited. Any advice is warmly accepted and appreciated.

I'm with you - my date is December 19! Would love a partner in crime! I'm nervous, excited, scared, hopeful...

I feel bad it cancels our Christmas vacation, but if I waited til January, it would cancel pretty much all vacation time for 2014, so I guess the sooner the better.

All of a sudden, though, it has become a reality. I'm hoping my new reality will be a much healthier and happy one! (still scared though, mostly about the surgery going well).