looking for an angel

I am scheduled for surgery on January 5th. I could really use support, I am really nervous. Thanks! Debbie

Hi, Debbie!! I would be truly honored to be your angel! We are all here to support you as much as possible, hon!! Remember, it's OK to be scared and a little anxious..we ALL were! And that's what this site is all about...helping one another through our journeys. Here are a couple things you may want to do to help us. * Update your profile as often as you can about your journey. You are off to a great start by starting your profile and introducing yourself to us. Now...let us get to know you with your daily or weekly posts! If you don't know how to do this, pls just ask and we'll be glad to help! Feel free to share on your profile your concerns, new products you've tasted, how you're feeling, what you've accomplished, what you're afraid of, or just to say, "HI". You can get some great ideas of what others have done by simply lurking and reading profile after profile. * Tell us what your interests are! You can update this on your profile from the main page at: http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/newupdate.phtml Go to the 'Your Personal Interests' section where you can select from a large range of categories. These will then be added to the bottom of your profile. *Utilize the boards! (both the Delaware and the Main boards are very popular) but there are a TON of them out there on OBHelp, depending upon your interests (cooking, scrapbooking, camping, etc.). You'll meet some truly beautiful people out there, just like you! Go to any page on OBHelp and up top you'll see 'Member Interests' third link from the left. If you click on that, and then click on sub-categories, you'll find a whole slew of different boards! Have fun!! *Utilize the library! You'll find this on any OBHelp page, at the top, second link from the right. You can put in basically any term (i.e., 'vitamins', 'protein', 'encouragement, etc) and there are, once again, a TON of previous posts regarding the requested subject to help you out. *Join your surgeon's support forum! You're surgeon is the same as mine, Dr. Wynn. Both Dr. Wynn and Dr. Irgau (who work together as a team) have their own patient support forums. Why not give them a try? You can find Dr. Wynn's here: http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/forums/index.phtml?ID=TR-998700163 *Look and read the other profiles out there. See how creative some of them (and some are really, really creative!). You too, can have a jazzy looking profile. Just send an email to the folks at: [email protected] They can help you create your very own personalized profile from anything you want (beach, bears, flowers, dragon-flies, angels, etc.). They will send back an automated-response email, asking how you would like it to look. You can always say that you want your profile to look exactly like someone else's (if you really like the theme) but it will still be personalized to YOU! Your profile can always be a work in progress (obviously by mine, you can see I'm still working on adding my little pictures of butterflies (the red 'X's) that I thought everybody see. Oops! But one day soon they will be there! And it's still great fun!! And...last, but not least.... Check out the before and after pix!!! These are just truly amazing and they will get you all pumped up and excited about your own surgery. http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/bnfseries.phtml I hope you enjoy some of this links, Debbie. Again, we are here for each other so feel free to post ANY question about ANYTHING. There are no silly questions and we'll be glad to help. And if we can't, some of the long-timers on the main board can!! And I hope I can be a really wonderful angel to you!! (((hugs))) -Karen (aka Hope Forallofus)

Thanks Karen! I look forward to getting to know you.