May 17th ..... it's my DATE!

Hello my fellow journeyers! Today I finished all of my pre-op tests.....and yes it was all very stressful! Three weeks ago this evening I attended a informational session at Celebration Hospital in Florida.....and here I am all done with cardio-pulm clearances! Primary and labs and gallbladder and and and and and........! You get my point. I've been double booked all over town. And I didn't get off easy, my cardiologist did the works! Including the chemical stress test with nuclear imaging.....and yes I am happy it is all over. I would rather face surgery than the pre-ops! LOL! Top all that with the last 3 weeks were the end of spring semester for me! I am in grad school to change careers from nursing to special education teaching. BUT all that aside, I am very lucky and blessed to have finally found this solution. I feel like one in a million! And I am looking forward to my date, May 17th, 2005! Congrats to all my fellow May people! God Bless.

HEY CONGRATS... THIS IS TRUELY A GREAT TIME... GOOD LUCK WITH SCHOOL

Dear Tamara, Thanks for your kindness! Hey I see you are from Kingston.....my sister Pam lives in Highland, near New Paltz....small world. My mom is down in Dutchess County ..... and I moved to Florida from there. Here's to the journey! Sally

Congratulations... it sounds like they really put you through the wringer on those pre-op tests! All I had to do for cardiovascular was an echocardiogram. Stress tests sound terrible. But look what you got for all your trouble... a new start! It sounds like we're similar BMI, too, so we've got a long way to go... but with the help and support of friends I know we can do it. I'll be going in on the 13th (I'm the only 5/13 I see on these boards so far...?) so will think of you as I'm hopefully walking out the door towards my new life and attitude. Congrats and best of luck.

Dear Kate, Thanks for your words! My doc had to change my date....bumped it back a week to the 24th.....so by the time I go in you'll be feeling so much better! Good luck.....and yes it will be a long and beautiful journey! They want me to lose 177 lbs!! WOW! Where did that all come from! LOL! I've pulled out my skinny pictures from 10 years ago and put them up around my desk......"She's" making her comeback! Only this time with a bit of insurance!! They've got me on a pretty strick pre-op diet.....and I'm sticking to it....I lost 10 lbs already.....only 166 to go! By surgery date I'll bet I'm down another 10 or 15.....can only pray! Best of luck Kate! God Bless! Sally Sellers