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tommorow is the big day-good luck i will hold you in my thoughts-think postive i will be there soon- twenty two days for me!!!!!whoopi im so want to be there now!robin leo all of you im so glad i found this board you all are awesome and have eased my fears.im ready and now feel i can do this------i do love this site and will take some pictures day of surgery and track my progress i have already lost 42 lbs so this will help me overcome my hunger.thank you guys!

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Thanks for thinking of me! It's actually not until Wednesday, but you can bet my nerves are starting to flutter. This afternoon I go to the hospital for blood tests, and I'm sure at that point I'll get super nervous. My DH is being a dream, already planning to cook up great Soups for my liquid phase (he's a professional cook--yes, I know I'm one of the lucky ones :) ).

I'll check in again before the big day. Thanks again for the good vibes--they're very welcome!!

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alexandra-you have a few good last suppers-hehe and relax because your almost there.i tell you on september 8 im going to red lobster and september 9 to outback and eat my last suppers hehe-i have lost 42 lbs and will be a good girl up till than-maybe even eat a nice dessert.i will not eat heavy the 10 th and be ready for my new life-your lucky your hubby is a chef-mine cant boil water.my family will be in for a rude awakening in september-they will need to visit the frozen food section hehe-cause this woman will not cook for quite awhile!im a excellent cook-i too work in a large historical hotel where food is at my lesiure so that also will be hard to do but i will over come this love affair im having with food-it will not rule my life any longer.my thoughts will be with you

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Alexandra,

You're almost there!!

Just a hint on the Soup. My DH, Wayne, could eat fat

anything and enjoy it before his surgery. Since then he says it turns his stomach. We ordered some clear Soup at an Italian Rest. for him and he couldn't eat it , it just had a little fat on top. Of course a real chef (you lucky dog) would know how to make soup taste good anyway!!

We will be remembering you on Wedsnesday!

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Thanks for the encouragement! I really need it--my nerves are almost getting the better of me today. I try not to think about it but this morning on the drive to work it struck me that the next time I make that drive will be post-surgery!

I'm not an experienced patient--the last time I had surgery was over 20 years ago and that was just a tiny thing on my neck. It's just the idea of surgery more than anything else that has my stomach tied up in knots. I'm feeling a little punky this morning and praying I don't come down with anything serious.

I still don't know precisely what I have to do tomorrow. Evidently someone is going to call me after 1:00 p.m. today with the details of time and so forth. So right now it's all vague in my head, which isn't making the situation any easier.

I think my fingernails will be bearing the brunt of this stress today. :nervous

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hello everybody- this is victoria from last fall.i was ready date set etc when my dr told me i could not do the surgery till my heart was better-whooooo hoooooooo it is now a go.i will be having my surgery within the next month.i have to do all my pre op stuff again and now all those emotions are starting again.im so ready to do this.alexandra how are you and everyone else.im on incillin and feeling so bad.but i will be so much better getting this done i do know that.i will still have my surgery in chattanooga with Dr. Ponce.< img src="https://s.bariatricpal.com/uploads/emoticons/default_biggrin.png" alt=":D" srcset="https://s.bariatricpal.com/uploads/emoticons/biggrin@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" />

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I'm so jazzed for you:D

So good to see you again

-whooooo hoooooooo

it is now a go

Conratulations

The wait is worth it!;)

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