Want to Intoduce Myself

Hello to one and all.  I am from Ohio and live about 25 miles west of Cleveland. I have 2 boys 21 and 18. I have been married to a wonderful man for 22 years. I am in the middle of the Medical Mutual 6 month supervised diet,,,which I am doing horrid at.  I am going in on May 29th for the sleep ap test.  I am hoping to have surgery late summer early fall. My bmi is hovering between 58 and 59.  I am only 5 ft tall...thats right a whole 60 inches..so its pretty easy for me to have a high bmi I've been told.  I never knew about this board I just stumbled on it today.  I was just told today by my case manager at St Vincent Charity hospital that I will have to do the 2 week optifast liquid diet.  UHG!!!! I can only imagine. Just wanted to stop in and say hello and by the way I am have Lap/Ryn.  I'm sure I will have lots of questions in the future. Blessings Tina

Welcome Tina, Glad you joined us...you will find everyone here very supportive.. Keep us posted on how your doing. Take care, Lynn

Kellie
Thanks for the good luck wishes...I'm sure we all need alot of that. Its nice to meet a fellow north east ohioian.

Blessings
Tina

Welcome Tina! I am glad you found us. To me this board is my lifeline . I can talk about things only people with a BMI of over 50 really understand. Never feel bad about asking questions because by asking questions you become wiser.                                                                Annie

Hi Tina!!! Welcome.  Yes, that preop diet is hard.  Well, any diet is hard.  Anyway, I am sure you will do just fine.  I visited Cleveland last fall for a little weekend trip - we went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame then drove up to Cedar point for a couple of days.  It was really fun.  Welcome again!   Hugs, Tracy

Welcome, Tina! My surgeon wanted me to lose 10% of my weight before surgery, so I did a modified (1100 calorie)Optifast plan.  I lost the 10% so quickly that I asked to stay on it until my surgery date and ended up losing 20% of my weight pre-op.  It's not so bad, especially if you get some of the sugar-free coffee syrups to mix in.  Also, I used a blender and added some ice cubes to give it more volume. Good luck with the pre-op stuff, and we're here if you have any questions. Kix

Hiya! Good too see you. Welcome to OH, there are a lot of forums here..enjoy. Congrats too!