Well here goes everything
Hi, my name is Debbi and i have been a semi-lurker for a long tome now. I met Susan Burrows at the nutrition class with Kelly awhile ago and have met the wonderful Michelle co. Here in Fountain. I have been closely involved with a lot of wls friends over the years. My best friends mom had it 22 years ago, when it was an intestinal by-pass and she was opened from stem to stern, lol. She is fine and healthy and still a normal weight now into her 60`s. I have gone thru this process 2 times with Pacificare, my HMO( they really dont suck all that bad but still suck on occasion)
I got my call from Susie last night and my surgery is on the 22nd of July (this year 
) So now the panic has set in ,i`m all aflutter, im crying, i think i`m going to throw up, and, by the way, i dont want to do something stupid like die....I cant figure out why i started this in the first place except i am a hairstylist and my knees hurt and my shoulder hurts and my feet hurt and i weigh 300 lbs (310 really, but dont tell anyone k 
)
So my mother is flying out to take care of me and my wonderfull hubby and snotty 13 year old son... added stress. But i love her for it. Thank you all for letting me eavesdrop on your worlds, and know that i am not alone in my thoughts at night, when all is quite and i cant turn off my brain. Thank you Leslie, Susan, Korrianne, MichelleCo, and all the rest for always being there....
Ok i`m done ,,,,,, counting down now to a new life starting now....
Debbi
) So now the panic has set in ,i`m all aflutter, im crying, i think i`m going to throw up, and, by the way, i dont want to do something stupid like die....I cant figure out why i started this in the first place except i am a hairstylist and my knees hurt and my shoulder hurts and my feet hurt and i weigh 300 lbs (310 really, but dont tell anyone k )
So my mother is flying out to take care of me and my wonderfull hubby and snotty 13 year old son... added stress. But i love her for it. Thank you all for letting me eavesdrop on your worlds, and know that i am not alone in my thoughts at night, when all is quite and i cant turn off my brain. Thank you Leslie, Susan, Korrianne, MichelleCo, and all the rest for always being there....
Ok i`m done ,,,,,, counting down now to a new life starting now....
Debbi I bet you are getting so excited you can barely sit!! 
I am still pre op also, but have really found this sight to be helpful.
Susan Burrows was the first one to contact me and talk me into going to the Aurora support group, is'nt she a sweetie!
I plan to attend more support groups now that my back is getting better. I look forward to meeting you.
Welcome! Its nice to have you on the board.
CYA
Michelle T.
I am still pre op also, but have really found this sight to be helpful.
Susan Burrows was the first one to contact me and talk me into going to the Aurora support group, is'nt she a sweetie! I plan to attend more support groups now that my back is getting better. I look forward to meeting you.
Welcome! Its nice to have you on the board.
CYA
Michelle T. 
Debbi,
Congratulations on your date - you must be so excited(nervous, scared, thrilled, etc.) Sounds like it's been a long time coming.
Best of luck through out your wait and of course afterwards. I can't imagine the waiting for the day to arrive.
Keep us posted on how things are going!! Keep smiling!! 
Debbie,
My fear did not set in until I was getting to go in to the surgery suite. I actually almost backed out. I am sooo glad that I did not, life is sweeter now than it has been in a long while. Fear of the unknown, or in a WLS person case the fear that you will be one of the minority that does not make it is normal. In fact if you were'nt having fears and even second thoughts I would tell you that you need to hold of on this surgery until you understand the full ramifications of having it. You will do fine.
My mother came out to help me to. It was so nice to have her here for a week, she was one of my biggest supporters for the surgery.
You are always welcome here, we are a big family and you are part of it.
Love ya sis,
Leslie
Debbi,
Well, I am SOOOOOO happy that you have a date 
It will get here really quickly! Less than 2 weeks now 
You are doing such a wonderful thing for yourself! I am anxious to read your posts over the next several months to see how great you WILL feel 
... and by the way, being a semi-lurker 
is fine, but we love to read new posts....so THANKS!
Keep us all posted! CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Susan 
It will get here really quickly! Less than 2 weeks now
You are doing such a wonderful thing for yourself! I am anxious to read your posts over the next several months to see how great you WILL feel
... and by the way, being a semi-lurker is fine, but we love to read new posts....so THANKS!
Keep us all posted! CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Susan 
Hey Debbi!!!!
I have been sooooo wanting to talk to you! But my internet has been down for a while and (of course) the only place I had your phone number was in an email I saved in my yahoo account. Aaaargh!
Anyway.... I FINALLY get my internet back and am NUTZ to tell everyone that I got my surgery date... but before I post I decide to catch up on some of the stuff here that I missed.... And lo and behold...
YOU AND I ARE HAVING SURGERY ON THE SAME DAY!!!!!!! Only I'll be having mine done at Fitzimmons (sp?). Dudette we are so 
!!!!!!
Michelle
!!!!!!
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