well Gina good luck to the both of us then. but I have faith we will be just fine.

I have also had a mixed bag of responses. All those I have told at work, however, have been very supported and excited for me. Ofcourse, I have not shared the news with everyone. I have asked my mom to keep it to herself and let me share with other family memebers when I feel the time is right. My husband has been supportive from the beginning, but unfortunately some of his relatives made some comments that put doubt and concern is his mind. I told him that I did not take the decision to have the surgery lightly and would not have put myself through all the months of hard work for precertification if I wasn't ready to make the necessary changes.. I have educated myself and feel that I will be in a worse place without the surgery. He is nervous but is still supportive of my surgery. Good luck and share the news with whom you feel comfortable with.

My date is the 23rd, best of luck

My surgery is also scheduled for January 23. I can not wait!!!

I haven't told many people, except a few that I'm close with. I'm not a very public person as it is, and it never crossed my mind to share to the details with a lot of people, the same way I wouldn't tell everyone if I was going in for a different kind of surgery. Everyone is different, though. My hospital has a great team, and a few of them have mentioned how relationships change when weight loss occurs. I've thought of this, and how it might impact certain relationships...I think that people get so used to others being a certain weight and the difference might be too much to take.