Hey yall!

I am new to this board. I am so glad I found this place! I have been on my journey to get WLS for a while now. I started discussing it with my doctor over a year ago, and was about 90% through the pre-op prep, like classes, sleep study, blood work, psych eval, ect....and then I moved! I had to start all over again! Oy! I have started once again with my new doctor, and he seems great. I have to go through a mandatory 6 months of nutrition classes with weigh in. Tuesday is my first mandatory nutrition appointment. This would have been number 3, but I missed the first 2! Oh well. I'm not in a rush, I just want to make a life style change. I plan to get the roux en y surgery. My surgeon and I have already discussed it. He offers a few different options, but I am going with the roux en y due to GERD and I REALLY don't want it to get worse!

As I prepare for my upcoming surgery, I have a few things I have to work through. First, only 2 people outside of my doctors are aware of my surgery. That would be my husband and my mom. I have no want or need to tell anyone else. I know my family well enough that they would be very judgmental. I don't know if that is the right thing, but that is what I am sticking to for now.

I have been browsing the various forums and learning a lot of new information. It has given me a few ideas of things that might make my transition a bit easier. I have been filling up my amazon wish list with all sorts of new things.

Looks like I am going to have to rake in a little extra comp time so I can take 2 weeks off of work. Good to know. Well, thank you all for your wonderful stories.

Good luck on your surgery and let us know if we can be of any help. This is my experience with RNY gastric bypass surgery. I am 3 years post-op. http://www.breadandbutterscience.com/Surgery.pdf