I like to take note of the benchmarks along the way . . . no more swelling ankles, looser seatbelt, etc. Here's one that snuck up on me. I had laundered and folded all of my summer tops and crop pants and put them away, when it occurred to me, I'LL PROBABLY NEVER WEAR THESE THINGS AGAIN!

My surgery is in one week. So excited. Best wishes to all.

That was weird. I just dreamed about this thread!

I woke up at 6 this morning and stayed up until nine. So of course, I had to go back to bed and take a nap! =)

Anyway, while I was sleeping I dreamed that I gave away all of my spring and summer clothes and my Mom (who in real life is super supportive of me) kept saying, "Gibson, you'd better think twice about that. What if you can't have the surgery for some reason?" lol I was so exhilarated in my dream!

Speaking of dreams, my daughter told me she dreamed that I had the surgery and was instantly slim! But she said her initial reaction was, "Oh, I didn't think your surgery was until next week!" :D

Well I have a NSV, when I used to go to the library at school most of the chairs have the side arm rests which were way too tight for my big thighs so I would have to look for one of the very few that had no side arm rests. Well the other day I was with a group of friends and we sat down at a large table. I hadn't even noticed that I was sitting in one of those tight chairs pretty comfortably for hours. That was a happy day for me.