Please show support for Hat

Hat will be having her tummy tuck and breast surgery on the 31st of August. Can everyone show their support for her. http://www.obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/status.phtml?N=B1077789113 Thank you Arlene

DONE! Thanks for the head's up

Done!! Thank you for posting this! Michelle

Oh my goodness. You all brought tears to my eyes. I am so lucky to have found a support group filled with so many wonderful poeple. And, it is such a bonus to have made friends with so many of you. This has been a weekend with mixed emotions. I actually thought of canceling the surgery. I have spent what seems like hours standing infront of the mirror pulling my skin this way and that. None of my reason's for thinking about canceling have anything to do with the surgery itself. I want it more than ever. Yesterday we were given a 30 day move out notice from our landlord. He has decided to sell the house. Because I thought we would be financially extablished by now, I was the one that wanted a month to month contract. I thought we would be in a financial position to buy a house. DH is not at all thrilled at the timing of this. We will be doing a move with me unable to lift more than 20 pounds. Financially, it would be more responcilbe for me to use the money for food and other luxuries like that instead of skin removal. Moving is expensive as we all know. Plus, DH's unemployment runs out sometime soon. He does have a lead on a job. Actually, they would have started him right away. But, with my surgery, I need him. Plus, he would be making less money than he makes on unemployment. And, he will be making less money than I do. But, there is the promise of fast raises. He will start at $9 an hour. There is someone else in the company that has been there less than a year and is up to $18 an hour. We won't be rich, but at least we will eventually be able to get by. I will still have to work though. I miss being a SAH mom even though I enjoy working. Another good thing about DH's job is that there will be full benifits. We need that health insurance. Just one of DH's medications is $200 a month. We still haven't heard from the VA. So, we don't know what they will cover and what they won't. My working is really hard on the kids. One day when I was putting in a ton of hours, my oldest (12 yo) called and begged me to quit. He is old enough to understand that I have to work. But, he is a kid enough to want me there for him all the time. Summer was hard on us all. It is easily the worst summer we have ever had. I also found out yesterday that my uncle had a heart attack the day before yesterday. He is in the hospital now. And, they were able to fix the problem. But, when they were checking him out, they found another more serious problem. I forget what they call it. But, it is where the artery has swollen places. It is like a hose that is swollen and about to burst. He has two of them. One is 3 inches long. I don't know about the other. They are going to operate on one. But, the other one is in a place that they don't know what to do with. Either one could bust at any time. And, even if he is in the hospital when it does, there isn't anything they will be able to do to save him. I know my parents want to be there to support him. But, they have already agreed to babysit for me. There are other reasons to put off or not have the surgery. And, there is only one to have it. I am being selfish. My dad told me last night to not put it off. There won't ever be a good time to have it. And, if I don't do it now, I won't ever. Oh and not a reason to put off the surgery but something else that is gong on is my son's eyes. I took him in for a routine exam the other day. The doc found that he has scaring on the back of his eyes. And, also his blood vessels are not symetrical like they should be. The second people is found in babies under one that are still developing their eyes. The other time they see it is in old people that are losing their eye sight. We will have pictures taken and compare in 6 months to see if either problem is getting worse. So, I thank you for your prayers for me. And, I also ask that you keep my family in your prayers also. We are going to need all of the blessings we can get. On a more possitive note, I have a gut feeling that something great is about to happen. I am not talking about my surgery. I mean something great for all of us. It is the first time that I have had this feeling. And, after all of the changes in our lives, I am ready for some good stuff. Thank you, thank you, thank you for all of your support. Hat