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Good luck and I wish you a dafe and speedy recovery.

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My surgery is Tuesday so I feel your anxiety but its all for best and releases my anxiety.

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Thank you all for being so positive I really appreciate. I’m in the final count down.

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Thank you all for being so positive I really appreciate. I’m in the final count down.

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Thank you all for being so positive I really appreciate. I’m in the final count down.

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Relax Teresa and Brookie every little thing gonna be all right, don't fret and worry. You are strong, you are capable and you have it all within reach! Take ahold in confidence, we all have you in a virtual hug![emoji57][emoji40][emoji57]

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19 hours ago, frust8 said:

When my day comes, and I pray it is soon, I hope I share your sense of humor. Mind you. I will be planning to check for excess fingerprints on my sweet bod, 5-7 tiny slits ,that will be ok. But no handprint and I may dust my lady parts for fingerprints also. Scrubbed to the knees, hmnn, I hope the surgical soap comes in gallon jugs, because I do cover fairly large acre-age. Maybe they had better use a bar- b -que brush or better yet a paint roller. If they charge my insurance by the square inch,the bill just went up. And they had better have sufficent anesthesia, I don't like being cold and being nekkid as a newly hatched jaybird could just wake me back up! My son could tell them "she gets cranky,when she's cold!" I will probably never forget that day and before they are through with me they may not either. If you feel the earth moving and shaking about that time, it is not the New Madrid Mo. Fault shifting, it's just ME.And alas 6 other people will know whether I'm a redhead all over or not!

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I nearly spewed my coffee across the computer screen when I read your post! You should be a comedienne!

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Better a shocked stare or glare than derisive laughter. I might have come into this world clothing optional but I will be ding -dong -danged I leave that way. And the more weight I lose, the colder[emoji301][emoji300] I get![emoji12][emoji106][emoji12]

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4 hours ago, Miss_Tee said:

My surgery is Tuesday so I feel your anxiety but its all for best and releases my anxiety.

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I am so jealous of you- mine is the Tuesday after and I wish it were so close!

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On 3/29/2018 at 11:27 AM, sherlocked7437 said:


I’m 28 years old. Nice to find people our age here and going through it as well

I am 30 which feels terribly old but it is nice to see others my age :)

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Hello everyone. I just stumbled across this website as I was doing my normal “bariatric Surgery” google search that I seem to keep doing. And thought to myself, what a great place to be! Talking to other people that are going through the same thing that I’m going through! I’m having Bariatric Surgery April 11th!

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Hello, Thank You! It’s gonna be a great day. As it will be for everyone that has their day.

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