I'm so excited! I have a surgery date for NOv. 19th! I'm excited to be losers with you guys!

On november 5 I start a new chapter of my life... For some reason I am not nervous or scared just wanting that day to come....so I can finally be on the way to the new me

Hi everyone! Congrats to everyone on the November board. Today is my first day checking out the chat boards. My RNY is scheduled for November 28th. I am very excited, but I am also getting really nervous! I get really excited seeing all the before and after pictures and hearing great success stories, but on the other hand when I read all the complications and I read some not so good stories it makes we very nervous. I sometimes wonder if I am really doing the right thing! Does anyone else feel this way?

Hi all: My name is Pam and I live in Michigan. I'm 37 years old, single and am allowed to share my house with my cat. By day, I work as an administrative assistant (AKA glorified kindergarten teacher) and also have a home-based business as a custom scrapbook designer (making scrapbooks using other people's photos). I just found out yesterday that my surgery date is November 13th! It's been a LONG road to approval and I'm so happy the insurance fight is finally over and I can finally begin the real part of my journey. I'm looking forward to meeting ya'll and supporting you in your post-op journey. Pam

I've been trying out different protein powders for a while (I use the Wal-Mart one the most) .... but I hear so many people say that our tastes change so much after surgery that we might hate the kind of protein after surgery that we loved beforehand. So I'm trying to keep an open mind. I plan to make a trip to GNC and see if I can get some samples of different kinds (I've heard some stores offer samples, but not all). That way I can try out several different brands or flavors without buying a whole jar and end up a bunch of stuff I'll never use. There's also a great variety of flavors at the Vitalady website and a few other websites that I can't remember names of. I haven't been to my official nutrition class yet, but I'm sure I'll get a list of foods that I'll be able to eat in the early stages post-op. Lots of high-protein foods that can help get you to that 60g goal. Pam