Awwwww new baby, Grandbabies Rock..... we know how that goes, well at least I could only imagine......congratulations on the upcoming arrival of your granddaughter and your surgery june 24th...Promise to keep me posted...take care Jannette

06/06/08 and I will be a year out. Where has it gone? Well 99 pounds of it have left me and they call me a slow loser. I have gained though so much knowledge and much better health. Am I glad I did this? Yes. Was I scared? Yes but I turned it over to the Lord. Did I get mixed reviews from family and friends on my decission in the beginning? Yep. Did I cheat on the 2 week pre diet? Yea one day 2 days before, I had steak and a yeast roll. They want your orgins to shrink to be able to limit possible damage to the liver which sits on your stomach or the spleen since they are all right there together. Under drastic dieting aparently this organs do shrink faster which innables them to lift them up and out of the way. Was I hungery after surgury yea I guess so. Things smell so good but the nerves having something to do with taste is severed so things taste different for about 6 months untill they heal. Yes taste and hunger do come back as these real nerves heal so you have 6 months to lose alot and get it under control. Expect your taste buds to taste chemicals in water and foods. Expect it to all taste like candy if you go fresh and organic. Honestly. I still have issues with some tap waters and processed salads. I promise most of you will be able to eat your favorites again but not as much and why would you? BUt you will just have to learn to be the soldier of disipline. You will have days way out when you will be sure you have ate to much and ruined your pouch but most likely you haven't. Like I said much later on you will find some of your old enemies like chips will still go down with out filling you up, hence the possiblility of gaining. Slider foods and drinking with meals will push them through your pouch easier the farther you get out. There is areason they send us to the nutrionist and the pschologist. It is to get us mentally aware of our food issues and to help us through our old habits. I suggest you are always honest with your Doctor's....they won't go back and take your surgery away but they need to know the truth in case there are real issues. You won't be the first to cheat, stray or get scared and you won't be the last. Remember there are more of us out there who have succeeded than failed that you won't hear about. Lastly make great friends here, don't be afraid to ask questions and vent. It will be a great physical andemotional journey. Oh one more thing...about 3 weeks out almost everyone stalls. Your body is catching up. It will happen again about 3 months later and a few other times. Don't worry it isn't over you will still keep losing that first year! Good Luck everyone and visit last Junes and Mays board to see where folks are at but remember we are all different, we lose different, have different diets and so on so love yourself, don't be hard on yourself!

I am so excited for you too!! We have the same date, will keep in touch.

Thanks Tina, I had my pre-op and nutrition class today. My brain is now on overload. There was a lot of material covered and in great detail I'm getting just a little nervous now, but still excited. Next Friday is my day of pre-op testing. It is beginning to feel real now...I think it is really going to happen. Can't wait to be on the other side of the weight loss journey. I'll keep you posted.

I'm right there with you .. my surgery is scheduled for the 24th of June. Was going to be the 10th of June and I was saying yes yes yes.. until I realized I have a new granddaughter coming the 5th! Not going to miss that no matter how much I want my surgery! It works out in the long run though.. new baby.. other granddaughter will be out of school and birthday parties over.. then me time! So.. no matter how it had to be pushed back a little..it will be all worth it in the long run! Cant wait to see your progress!