Hi Everyone -

My name is John and I'm 51 yrs old. Have struggled with my weight for years.....Have been over 300 lbs for the last 10 yrs. Reached my highest weight this past January of 337 lbs. HAVE HAD ENOUGH..........Currently I'm 312 lbs with a BMI of 42. I'm tired of the yo-yo diets........

A resent untrasound shows I have alot of Gallstones so I will probably will have my Gallbladder removed at the same time.

Currently seeing all of the Doctors/Nutritionist required by Aetna as I'm involed in their 3 month pre-surgical program. It requires monthly visits to my Primary Doctor, Nutritionist, a Personal Trainer and the Psychologist.

I am seeing Dr. Fielding @ NYU . I see Dr. Fielding on 3/25/09 and hopefully will get a surgery date which should be early May.

Can't wait to get past the surgery...............

Hi Folks,

Just got back from the doctors and after a few hours of forms, rapid fire questions, poking, prodding and credit card charges we are moving forward. I weighted it at 373 lbs. with a 56.8 BMI and lean body mass of 206 lbs. This gives me a target weight of 240 based on a 20 BMI. So next steps are:

1. Read the patients manual

2. EKG and blood work the week of March 30, 2009

3. Lose 20 Lbs before the surgery date

4. Pre-op meetings and registration on April 21st

5. Surgery Date May 6th

I look forward to sharing this journey with you...

Shaun

Good Luck Shaun........

Sorry John. I haven't figured that ticker thing out yet.

Just figured out this ticker ......very excited.( the little things)....

Open up your "CP" tab to view your personal settings. Open up "your signature". Leave this open for a minute.

Now open up another internet connection for tickerfactory.com and create your ticker. Once finished and you are viewing your final product, you'll see "bb codes". Highlight the entire box of bb codes and right click your mouse and hit copy.

Now - go back to your signature box that's open and paste the entire bb code into the box abd hit save......that should do it.

good luck john.....lol mariah

I think I will be in May but I dont know for sure yet. I had heard if you were self pay it goes really fast so I was dreaming of getting it in April but who knows. I have been fighting the battle and losing it for twenty years and I finally admit I cant do it without some kind of intervention. I want to lose about 70 or 80 pounds and my BMI is 36 so that's why I have to self pay. I didnt have any comorbid conditions so insurance said no way! So I could gain myself up to a BMI of 40 (way too psychologically damaging for me) in order to qualify but I'm lucky I can afford to self pay. I think it will be worth it. When I get a date I'll let you all know. Cali

I am trying to see if I pasted the ticker correctly. Cali

I am scheduled for May 21'st. It can't come soon enough! I am trying to get down to 280 by surgery. Gonna do the best I can.

Are we going to create a spiffy name for our group?

OK some potential names for the May 09 crew:

• May Marauders

• Mini Mays

• May Day Comrades

• May Day Trippers

• May Memorials

• May Miniatures

• The Mayans

• May Maia’s (May was named after the greek goddess Maia) May - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• The Cinco de Mayo’s (I think this was used)

• May Raceways (The Indianapolis 500 is in May) Indianapolis 500 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• May Speedway

• The Belatines (May 1st is the Irish start of summer) Beltane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Here is list to start the debate 

Lol I like the first two though the Belatines is cool as well.

LOL, Mini Mays. Too funny. I like that one.

I think I like the Mini Mays too!

How about " Los Banditos de Mayo " ( The BANDits of May).......

Clever, How bout just Mayo Banditos? (probably not proper Spanish) I should know for sure having lived in So Cal for 53 years, anyway it's shorter.

But I do think Minni Mays is hilarious.

hi guys good luck on your future surgery,i like minni mays.......LOL