LOOKING FOR MENTOR

Thanks Randy. Congrats on your weight loss. I liked Dr. Kam, too. He was super nice and very thorough. I'm just waiting to hear from my PCP....fingers and toes crossed, that's for sure! Thanks again! Nikki

Thank you all so much for the support and encouraging words! Today I got an appointment with a psychologist for my eval. Now the only thing I am waiting for is to see if my PCP will write a letter. Pretty much everything else is taken care of. I'm so excited yet so scared. I haven't told my husband yet. We had the discussion before about it and he didn't feel that I should do it because of the risk of complications. But at this point I have decided that I am doing it for him and for my daughter and if he doesn't agree he doesn't agree. He just has to be there for me. I would do it for him. Of course he's 15 pounds overweight and thinks anyone can just lose weight. You know how men can be sometimes. Anyway, I really appreciate all your input. It's so encouraging to come here and see how everyone is doing. Have a great day and try to avoid the heat!

Awwwwww you are so sweet! What is an Angel? An angel is a buddy who who looks after someone else during the period of their surgery. Maintaining contact and offering support during this period is important. Angels play a vital role of relaying information back and forth between the person and their friends on the internet. Are there specific duties of an angel? The role is an informal one, but two tasks are: 1. Post updates to the person's surgery status page 2. If the person approves, print their card from the web site and fax it to them while they are in the hospital. The best way to do this is often to fax it to their surgeon's office for the surgeon to deliver to them. Part of the reason for assigning angels is so that surgeon's offices don't receive multiple copies of the same messages to relay. Who decides who angels are? Only you can decide who your angel will be. How can I become an Angel? Look at the list of people on the surgery dates page. Those people who don't have a red dot by their name don't have an angel. You can ask such people if they would like an angel. If they are interested, then have them go into their profile and list you as their angel. How can I get an Angel? Do the above step the other way around. As soon as you find someone interested in being your angel, list them on your profile. HOW TO POST WHO YOUR ANGEL IS I DO NOT KNOW................. ANYONE ELSE???