GOT A DATE but...............

Well i have my date, but its based on me loosing the rest of the required wieght the surgeon wanted me to loose. He requested i loose 25 lbs before surgery. I have lost 12 lbs officially on his scale. He went on and on that he needs me in good health for the surgery. If i dont loose the required weight he will take away my DATE, and he WILL!!! SO for now i have a MAY 25th date booked...based on me dropping the next 13 lbs. He has a big concern for me, my liver is enlarged. This seems to concern him that it will be in the way for a lap sugery and i may require open. I told him i was pretty against the open. I told him i had a bad wound infection after a c section 2 years ago... I also cant be laid up for that long a period of time with 3 small children, and my daycare business....be closed to long would just destroy my business.....so im so upset today. I thought when i had my date i would be soooo happy instead I am more scared today then before i went to see him. I will start atkins today and do a clean induction with zero cheating...i know in the last two months i had been putting some things in my mouth now i have to 100 percent good. I hope it works i have failed again and again at doing atkins since i lost last year. I cant afford to not have a good loss now...so freakin hard. But i turned to WEIGHT loss surgery cause ALL diets seem to be failing me....this is so hard. I do love my surgeon, the hospitol he is affiliated with so its hard to just go to someone else......so freakin hard! I know we all have hard journeys.... LISA

Lisa, Just take a deep breath and get yourself ready for the next couple of weeks......Just think about it and say "this will not be forever and I can pull it together for the next couple of weeks".....~hug~ Just know that you might have failed in the past because you would have to be on it for a long time as I have found as well but this will happen every quickly and then you will be on the losing side for good..... Best of luck hun and let us all support you over the next couple of weeks extra hard to get you through this and lose the weight.....~tight hugs~ Take care Debra P

DEBRA...is so need support thats why i come here. UI dont know i just read a thread about how many surgeons put the patients on liquid diet before maybe i should do that they all say its to reduce the liver size and thats what he needs in my case. SOME go on it for 2 weeks before surgery perhaps i need to do that???? SO HARD

Lisa, Hang in there. It is not easy you are right about that. You can do it. Take it day by day and step by step. All will work out just hang in there! May you have an uneventful surgery and a speedy recovery. Lisa we are always here for you. {{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}} Evelyn 247/134/past goal and feeling GREAT!!!

Lisa, You can do it! Just keep looking at before/after pictures, and think of how wonderful we will feel next year at this time...we wont have to approach one more summer dreading the thought of shorts or worse yet the bathing suit!!!! For the past 3 years I've avoided going to Splish Splash with the kids and next year I'm going!!!! So before you put that food in your mouth just remember it's not worth it! Janean