OCT 18th... Surgery scheduled

I am so happy, you just can't imagine....well, maybe you can!! I am scheduled for 8am on Monday,Oct. 18th with Dr. Blackstone at Scottsdale Shea Hospital. Excitement is really building... and that makes my decision of doing this rather secretively twice as hard. I want to shout it from the tallest buildings!!!! Only my immediate family know and will be my support during the hospitalization. I want to surprise friends who have only seen me as the "heavy set" girl of the group for 40+ years. If you are out there and waiting for approval ....don't give up. It took me two years and countless letters to my insurance company to gain approval, but I did it, and I hope you can too! My best thoughts are with those of you who will go to surgery before me....I will be reading the boards to keep up with your progress! -Joan Murphy Flagstaff, AZ