I am so excited because I get my date for my surgery today! I can't believe this is really happening. It will be the week of June 15 which is only a few weeks away and will go by fast. I keep having dreams about my surgery...will it hurt? will I cry? will I regret it? I am trying not to give into my anxieties, but my OCD is driving me crazy. How did you all cope with anxiety? What was your experience like? I could use some encouraging words!

Everyone is so different, some have a lot of pain, some have no pain or very little, some get

sick at their stomach and some do not. They put a nausea patch behind my ear before surgery but I still was so sick at my stomach They gave me morphine and really strong nausea shots. I was in six

days the first time but most people are only in the hospital for two days. It is very rare to have

have major complications, I was just one of the unlucky ones but I am so happy with my weight loss

and the way I look now. I have lost 91 lbs. in five months and it is just amazing. I can't be still and I am walking all of the time. I put on my comfortable shoes, out the door and I don't go

back until my legs are killing me. You still have to work at your diet, especially after five or

six months out. You start to want things again that you shouldn't have. The goal is to take all of

your food in moderation. This is a lifetime commitment. Don't eat too much or you will pay for it

with terrible gas or nausea. Trust me, it is worth it all.