Surgery Aug 29th, 2005
HI Brenda Congrats on your date
its exciting isnt it!!
...next go to Jack Bobo's post on this same page he has a link there to read an old post form the main board I think you will like it..it makes a lot of sense Good luck
and remember you are not alone!!! Email me if you need to (Talk) Lori
6 day's and a wake up 
its exciting isnt it!!...next go to Jack Bobo's post on this same page he has a link there to read an old post form the main board I think you will like it..it makes a lot of sense Good luck and remember you are not alone!!! Email me if you need to (Talk) Lori
6 day's and a wake up Brenda,
I am having surgery next Monday.......I have run through all the emotions and now I am ready to have this done. My world has gotten smaller and smaller as I have gotten bigger and bigger and now I want to break out of this body so people can really know who Michelle is. This surgery is a god send and I am excited and ready. God Bless You on your journey and I will keep you in my prayers.
Michelle
Hello Brenda 
I am having surgery on August 29th too. Believe me I know how you feel. I have been making all kinds of notes.. Reading everything I can get my hands on.. I just want to make sure all is in order. I am not afraid in the least.. A little nervous yes. But afraid no.
Email me anytime, after all we are sharing a "re-birthday"
BIG HUGS
KIMBERLY
I am having surgery on August 29th too. Believe me I know how you feel. I have been making all kinds of notes.. Reading everything I can get my hands on.. I just want to make sure all is in order. I am not afraid in the least.. A little nervous yes. But afraid no.
Email me anytime, after all we are sharing a "re-birthday"
BIG HUGS
KIMBERLY Hi Brenda - My date is 8/17/05 and I am very excited. I am strangely calm about it. I would be lying if I said I wasn't scared a little, however, I think I am more scared not to. I don't want to die & have "morbid obesity" be listed as the cause on my death certificate. We can all be here for each other to offer lots of support! Write anytime!!
Lynne
Hey Brenda....
My surgery date is Aug 29th also. I am going in at 7:30 AM Cali time. I am sooooo nervous too. I am writing each and everyone of my loved ones a letter, just incase. My hubby is overseas so it makes it a little harder. I also have 2 girls , 6 and 3. but it will be ok. good luck to you and if you want you can email me anytime
melissa
Hi Brenda! My surgery is scheduled for 8/29 too!!! Yeah, another 29er!!!
I went through the whole "what if I die?" phase about a month or so ago, then I was in the "why can't the surgery be tomorrow?" phase. Today I went for my pre-admin testing, and boy, it's something about signing my surgical consent forms that really got me nervous all over again! 
They did an ABG (Arterial Blood Gas) test on me today, where they take a needle and find an artery in your arm to test if you have an oxygen/carbon dioxide imbalance in your system. They want to get a base, as they will be monitoring this during and after my surgery, and want to know how my body is with that now. Well, needless to say, after 2 of their lab people tried to do the test on me 3x, they finally gave up. It's an extremely painful procedure, as your arteries are very deep, and I swear, I cringed so much that my knees were up to my chest while they were in my arm poking around. I HATE NEEDLES!!! 
The rest of the tests (EKG, chest xray, urine test, blood test-the phlebotomist that drew 2 vials of blood from me was EXCELLENT! didn't feel a thing!) were fine, non-eventful. But that blood gas test got me so upset, on top of having to fast all day, not to mention that I just got my period today, so I ended up being an emotional wreck when I left there! I got to my car and cried, wondering what the hell am I doing? 
I called my friend when I got out of there, and he said that he just spoke to another friend of his who had the surgery a year ago, and he lost 130 lbs. That's all it took to give me the uplift I needed to forge on and say to myself "hey, get yourself together Wendy, there's a reason why you're going through all of this right now, just think of all the good things that are going to come out of this!". Of course, it's going to be a lot of work, but we're going to reap the rewards immediately! 
I think we all go through different phases at different times, we just have to deal with them as they come.
Best of luck to you, and God Bless, my fellow 29er!
Wendy 
I went through the whole "what if I die?" phase about a month or so ago, then I was in the "why can't the surgery be tomorrow?" phase. Today I went for my pre-admin testing, and boy, it's something about signing my surgical consent forms that really got me nervous all over again!
They did an ABG (Arterial Blood Gas) test on me today, where they take a needle and find an artery in your arm to test if you have an oxygen/carbon dioxide imbalance in your system. They want to get a base, as they will be monitoring this during and after my surgery, and want to know how my body is with that now. Well, needless to say, after 2 of their lab people tried to do the test on me 3x, they finally gave up. It's an extremely painful procedure, as your arteries are very deep, and I swear, I cringed so much that my knees were up to my chest while they were in my arm poking around. I HATE NEEDLES!!!
The rest of the tests (EKG, chest xray, urine test, blood test-the phlebotomist that drew 2 vials of blood from me was EXCELLENT! didn't feel a thing!) were fine, non-eventful. But that blood gas test got me so upset, on top of having to fast all day, not to mention that I just got my period today, so I ended up being an emotional wreck when I left there! I got to my car and cried, wondering what the hell am I doing?
I called my friend when I got out of there, and he said that he just spoke to another friend of his who had the surgery a year ago, and he lost 130 lbs. That's all it took to give me the uplift I needed to forge on and say to myself "hey, get yourself together Wendy, there's a reason why you're going through all of this right now, just think of all the good things that are going to come out of this!". Of course, it's going to be a lot of work, but we're going to reap the rewards immediately!
I think we all go through different phases at different times, we just have to deal with them as they come.
Best of luck to you, and God Bless, my fellow 29er!
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