Angel please - surgery next Tuesday

Hi all. I usually am on the main message board, but recently started coming here. I thought I would rather have an Angel from Michigan so here I am pleading my case. My surgery is with Dr. Kole from Cori at Harper Hospital next tues. I am the first surgery in the morning, so I am happy about that, but so so nervous in general. One mi nute I am gung ho and the next, don't want to do it because of the possible complications. Someone please be my angel. Kim

Kim, I am feeling the same way about surgery too! I just found out my date is Feb. 21st. I don't know what an angels duties are, because I am still sort of new to this site, but I am willing to be a support person for you if thats what you need. If you have someone else in mind or someone w/ more knowledge offers.......I won't mind if you want them. But either way........I'm here for you! Kristin from Owosso

I don't really know what you mean by angel, as I am VERY new to this site. I myself have just begun the process to have surgery through the CORI center as well. I just found out from my PCP that he will write me a support letter so I am VERY excited to say the least. I just read your profile and saw how quickly you were able to get a surgery date. That is wonderful! I am sure you will do just fine, they have performed SO many surgerys that I am sure they have seen all possible "complications" and have a solution (so to speak) for them all. I hope someone will respond to give you the support you need! Good luck to you!

Kim ... I am a single mom of 1 wonderful son, he is 11. He is very stressed out for me. I told him the good stuff and the bad....and I told him we just have to be positive about the outcome. I just found out today my date and it feels like it is going to fly by so you must really be feeling anxious. Everything is going to be ok.......for both of us. You just have to keep your eye on the prize. My son, Daylen, he said the funniest thing tonight. I was talking to a friend that had the surgery about 1 month ago and she was telling me about the swallow test you have to do before you leave the hospital to make sure there arn't any leaks, she was saying how incredibly nasty that drink is and .......he says, " mom, just pretend you are on fear factor and the grand prize is skinnyness" lol I about died from laughter. Thats what I want to live for........so of course we are going to get a lil scared because we want to see them grow up and become adults and see our grand children and such, but if we don't do this, to become healthier and to better our lives.......then we could go because of obesity related situations. I'm going through the "am I doing this for the right reasons" syndrome now. Am I doing this because I want to be thin or because I want to be healthy? Both! I want to be proud of myself when I walk in a room that people are wispering because of how good I look, not because of how fat I have become. We will do a lot of praying and good vibe sending eachothers way for a long time to come! Kristin

Hi i had my surgery with Dr. Wood from Cori on July 15th at Harper... I would love to be your angel and I would love to chat with you ... I am 6 months out and I have went from 350 to 225!!! I am very happy and would I do this again TOMORROW! E-mail me if you want me to be your angel I would be honored... HUGS Jess PS They don't do the swallow test anymore.....

hi kim i had dr. kole as well my surgery was dec 27 05 so im at just over 1 month out. Every thing will be great dr. kole is the best i as well had him first in the am. so far i can eat anything (that could be a bad thing..lol ) I didnt have the epidural and i didnt use my morphine that much..no pain when i got home and im doing great i have lost 42 pounds so far. i see your in westland thats not too far from me.im in redford, if you ever want to chat please feel free to email me. I would be your angle but i'm not really sure how that works.. good luck

It's all normal. Kole is a great surgeon. He cut on me for my lipectomy with Dr. Schuhknecht. He is a nice guy too. He doesn't have a God complex and is a straight shooter. You will be fine. Remember you have responsibilities too. This is your life and body. You must take care of it and follow the rules or your results may be less than favorable. Start thinking bariatric now and get prepared. Get rid of all your bad stufff in the house and load up on protein and water. I posted about this last week and it is universaly acceptaed as good words. You ROCK!!!! kp @ goal