I’ve always been heavy. Even as a kid I was the chubby kid, the funny class clown, the best friend. After high school I attempted different diets, all of which failed miserably. I was a Theater geek so it always hurt to not get cast into the characters I wanted to play. After various relationships and weight gain and loss I finally found the perfect person who I’m going to marry who is my partner in crime and hands down slightly funnier than I am. Slightly. When we started dating I knew our weight was a problem but it wasn’t until moving to Orlando that I really could tell that it had affected us. I was never a person to actually want to have kids but being with Holly has made me the happiest person in the world and I want nothing more than to start a family with her someday. So, I am excited to announce and pleased to share that we have a surgery date TOGETHER. That’s right we are doing this together and together we are both having the duodenal switch surgery. When I say that this went fast I am not exaggerating.

April 12th - Orientation

May - Various appointments (blood work, EKG, stress test etc)

May 21st - Final Appoinments (psych evaluation and nutrition class) & Insurance Approval

May 22nd - Call from surgeons office to schedule dates.

Holly’s Surgery - July 30th

My Surgery - August 2nd

IM. SO. EXCITED!

Congratulations!

What a beautiful story and wonderful plan. I will be watching your stories until the completion date. Both of you Keep us posted. .?Your new friend Frustr8

I'm so excited for you both! Your life will definitely change as you move into a different body. It will be easier to tie your shoes, pick up things off the ground, go up and down stairs, and your joints will thank you immensely. Also be prepared for a new wardrobe because everything in your close will be too big before you know it. It still floors me how much my older shirts drown me. Some of them look like a dress on me now. Lots of positive changes are in store for you both.

And I hate it that I had a typo in my post. It should have read, "...everything in your CLOSET will be too big.."

@Strivingforbetter that’s ok! I totally understood! I’m so excited and honestly what I’m most curious about is the 2 week liquid diet before surgery. I feel like I’ll be HANGRY.

That is awesome hon I'm happy for you and slightly jealous of your wife lol. Well ok soon to be wife but still. My hubs needs the surgery one day too but all he is interested in is the gastric balloon right now

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On 5/26/2018 at 6:15 AM, newmebithebypass said:

That is awesome hon I'm happy for you and slightly jealous of your wife lol. Well ok soon to be wife but still. My hubs needs the surgery one day too but all he is interested in is the gastric balloon right now

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Thank you! How’s everything going in your process? Has your husband changed his mind? I’m on day 4 of my 2 week pre op diet.