Darn ice storm.

I was suppose to go down to Norman, Oklahoma today to do my preop testing and see the dietician but of course mother nature had other plans. Oh well I was lucky enough to have all the appointments rescheduled to January 30th so I guess I should not complain. This waiting is really hard and God knows I am trying to be patient but my surgery date cannot get here fast enough for me. I also hope and pray that there will be no more weather related problems. Please Spring come soon. Steph

Hey, i know how you feel. I too am waiting the waiting game. It sucks, but im seriously being patient as possible. I think the main thing keeping me patient is knowing that other people have waited years to do this, and if they can wait...so can i. As far as im concerned my psych eval finally got submitted so hopefully everything got submitted to my insurance company if not friday then today. I really truly hope it's not "oh we need one more thing" and i get it and it turns into 5 more things. If only they had said that from the start. Good luck

Trish, Thanks for putting it all into perspective for me. Now when I feel impatient I will think about what you said and remember all the other people who have been waiting forever for this surgery. I should be grateful to at least have a date. Steph

At least your surgery date is far enough away to allow plenty of time to reschedule this stuff. I think the real issue here is not the weather as much as it is that march 20 is still 2 months away. Been there done that. Never did figure out a way to deal with it so I'm afraid I can't help much there. I feel so inadequate. Just keep posting here. Maybe if you keep sharing anticipation you'll manage to give enough of it away to make it.

Mark, I forgot that you had gotten a surgery date and had to wait for it to arrive, it was like two months for you wasn't it? How did you keep from going crazy counting down the days till it arrived? I find myself wanting to eat everything in sight and have to force myself into thinking that it is not good for me and I really do not want to gain more weight. How much weight have you lost? Do you ever hear from Dream? I hope she is well. I know I will get through this next couple of months and March will be here before we all know it. Steph

As of today I'm down exactly 80lbs since October 5. Now my wife has had the surgery too and we are working out 3 times a week. More weeks than not I make it 4 times. She had her surgery done October 26. She's down 51lbs. As for waiting, I got a surgery date on July 12 for October 5. Longest 3 months ever. The waiting game blows chunks. I understand about the eating too. I had to fight the last meal syndrome for 3 months. I just stayed determined which I'm good at. Having my wife as a cheering section helped too. She got her date 2 days before my surgery so after I got home I was doing the same for her. That helped a lot going through this together. I haven't seen dream on these boards since she first posted after getting home. I'm concerned myself because they had her open for a long time after finding something wrong. She never really said what but she did say she was still having a hard time. I guess all we can do there is pray.

Mark, WOW!!!! congratulations to you and your wife!!!! Now you have me wanting March to get here that much faster About Dream I emailed her before Christmas and still have not gotten a response I just pray that everything is OK with her and that she will one day show her smiling face on the boards again. I check her profile about once a month to see if anything is on it but alas nothing. Well keep me updated on you and your wife's progress. Steph