I finally have my surgery date. January 8th. Which places my 2 week preop liquid diet start date...Dec 25th. I am so mixed up with feelings now. I feel excited. Anxious. Happy and scared all at the same time. Plus a lot of other emotions that I don't even know what you would call those. It seems more real now that I finally have a set date. It is like the date of a completely new me, a new beginning. Another chance at this thing called becoming healthy. What if I am making the biggest mistake of my life? What if i am not?

I am so thankful that my husband tries to be supportive, along with my own parents. I am thankful I can take 6 weeks off work through FMLA...but thinking maybe I wont need all that time. So much to be thankful for today!

Congrats.... you will do GREAT. Take a deep breath... this is the first steps to an amazing new life.....