Strangers No More!

Hurray! Tonight I got to meet Tara, Brenda, Stephanie and Stephanie's mom all from this board. It was great. After group meeting we all (except Tara) went to Denny's to chat. It was awesome putting faces and personalities to the words we see on here. Stephanie, Brenda and Tara all have their surgeries this month! Good luck all of you! I will pray daily for each of you. See you again soon, Terri

Thanks Terri!! It was great meeting Terri, Stephanie and Steph's mom and re-meeting Tara whom I have known for a while. We had a wonderful visit at Denny's and cannot wait to do it again. Missed Sara though. I also will be keeping Tara (3/11) and Stephanie (3/23) in my thoughts and prayers on their day. Soon, we will all be on the losing side. I am definitely ready, 9 more days. Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. Brenda

It was great to meet everyone even though I didnt get to spend much time with y'all! I would of LOVED to gone with you ladies! Mom wasn't feeling too good, so she was ready to head home...maybe next month?!!? I actually already knew Brenda though, but didn't realize it until I saw her face...what a small world we live in. Thanks for all the prayers! I am also keeping you all in my prayers! Tara

It's so much fun to meet people who share something special....WLS!! Sounds like you had a wonderful time and putting faces to names is great! Speaking of faces......PLEASE do not forget to take those BEFORE pics. It is very important as you start shrinking fast!! Making lots of room for everyone on the loser bench........wishing you all the best with your surgery!!

Terri it sounds like you had a great time and you deserve it.... I wish you ladies all the best of luck in your journey...as your surgery dates approach us...you will be in my thoughts and prayers.... Have a great day Terri Christine

Hey Christine, How have you been? It was so great to get together with others who are going through the same thing. And it is so awesome to meet those who chat on here. It would be great if they had a NY get together someplace neutral (wherever that could be) so we could meet those out in other areas. Quarterly would be great! I'm starting into the pureed foods and some cracker type foods. I'm still so nervous to try new things. I just don't want to screw this up, don't want to throw up, etc. I should be getting my protein drink mix in the mail today. They called for directions on how to get here. We live in the boonies. I still have a hard time with milk products. They make me nauseus. I'm ok with pudding, but carnation milk makes me feel aweful. I have experimented with some of the Campbell soups - split ham and pea and a few others. I puree the heck out of them. They have went down ok and seem to do ok. This morning I had some for breakfast and added shredded cheese to it for extra protein. So far, so good. I've been working hard on getting the fluids in, although I admit it is difficult. Brenda gave me a 6 pack last night (of flavored water) to try. She's playing "Mom" - what a sweetheart! I have an appt with Dr. Cole on Thursday and am hopeful I can go back to work on Monday. I am so anxious to go back. I miss everyone at work and I love to be busy. I have been way to bored here at home. Well, enough for now. Take care, Terri