Aug 20 is the day!!!!!!!!

Mercedes Z.
on 7/13/04 11:48 am - Lawton, OK

First I'ld like to say hello. After reading some of your posts its nice to know I'm not the only one soaring between excitement and nervous wreck. I went from my first visit to my surgeon on May 22 to a surgery date July 7th. I too am wondering if I'll be able to resist the forbiden foods and stick to my diet, of which I won't know much about till pre op day the 19th. The only thing I've really done to prepare is give up soda and ate my uttermost favorite foods that is available to me. You see I grew up in a Cuban family married an "american" and live in Oklahoma where I don't have much acsess to the foods I love. But I console myself with the knowledge that I don't have to give them up forever just until I can have a smaaaallll serving and not two or three laaarrrrgggee ones. If going through this isn't stressful enough, my DH (darling hubby) and I are visiting with the folks for Thanksgiving. I'm a glutten for punishment. My hubby has already said he will strictly admonish those who taunt me because I did this as much for love of my family as for myself. My family loves and respects him so they will take his admonishment seriously. So till August 20th I will pray not just for myself but for all of you who will be joining me this month on this journey to thinnerdim (I just made up that word : ) ). So all us August babies keep writing to eachother and supporting one another Cause no one understands what we are going through better than us. So from Oklahoma ecstatic and scared, God Bless you all.