I NEED SOME FRIENDS...

yep stick to it girl ...i have been on the liquid diet since the 17th of nov...what a ride.....

Hey girl!  Congratulations on your date!!  I'm having my surgery with Dr. Stephens January 8.  I'm excited and scared to death at the same time.  You've got a friend up in Alexandria now!
Cathy

congrats to u ..!!! lots of ppl ask me if i am scared ...but i am not ...well not at this point..and i have 2 days left.....i am really excited....i know it wont be easy ...but i look forward to being healed and working with my new tool...

I got home from my surgery on Weds.  Surgery went well.  I can tell you I was very nervous when I got to the hospital.  Seems that the surgery before me when very quickly, so I had a frenzy of people all over me trying to get me prepped for surgery.  I don't want to tell you all the details of my surgery, as I think each of us have our own experiences.  I will tell you that once I got home, it took two days before I felt like a human being again, and now its day 5, I'm actually being able to get 2-3 ozs down at a time.  What shocked me was getting on the scale this morning and it said I lost 18 lbs.  My stomach must have weighed alot or I was retaining a ton of water to drop that much so quickly. 

I even ventured out today by myself, to Walmart of all places.  But I knew they had a good stock of the electric carts.  The thing I found that bothered me the most was the smells inside the store.  I never noticed it before, but there are thousands of smells and some were not pleasant.  So my advice for anyone is avoid places with strong smells for awhile.   Even with that, my outing went well, and I felt better for having gotten out and getting back to life.

I wish you much luck with your surgery, and if you wish to talk, let me know and I'll send you my email.

Hi, Dr. Stevens did my surgery two and a half years ago.  He is wonderful and very kind.  Good luck, you will do great!  I'm in Lafayette, Nonnie

I woudl love to be your friend..surgery date was aug 1 and ia m doing great

Hey Kim! I also go to the same place for my surgery on dec 18 but it is with Dr Stevens. Good Luck and keep in Touch. If you need a friend, just type.-Kelli

I AM FROM GUEYDAN WHICH IS JUST 45 MINUTES AWAY FROM EUNICE. I JUST HAD MY SURGERY APRIL 30TH, 2009. I AM LOOKING FOR A FRIEND TO RELATE TO

hello...sorry to everyone that posted here...for somereason i was not getting the msg. and i have been really busy...but never wanted not to reply...thanks to everyone !! i am doing great , and would love to share MY experience with anyone...and be of help if i could...i am still going through this  journey...i think it can be  a constant learning experience...i am 5months out and  @ a 110 lb loss...  good luck to everyone!