Pre op appointments scheduled!

Hey everyone!  Got my preop appointments scheduled today for Friday the 16th.  My surgery will be at 9:00 am October 20th!  This is just getting so REAL!  Cant wait!  Am so ready to not be "losing weight preop" anymore!  Had enough.  Ready for the real melting! 

That is wonderful!  I am still getting all my appt done.  I can't wait until I can get on here and let everyone know that I am going to have my surgery.  I will be thinking about you. 

Yay, Donna!  Now you can get ready, knowing it is around the corner.  I'm very happy for you.  And, as one who just had hers, it's not that tough!

Donna...that's great! I've been watching you wait so patiently and working so hard....I'm just so happy for you!  

thanks for the support guys.

Sandy -- Welcome to the board, Our little corner of OH is good place to  call home. 

Mary -- Cant believe you been posting so soon!  Do you have a high pain threshold like me or would you say you are just not really in a lot of pain?  I figure my open TAH-BSO in 2006 would be more painful as long as I still get lap surgery and they dont have to switch to open because the hernia is in their way or something. 

Deedles -- I think there is at least one guy on the planet who might disagree that I have been "waiting so patiently"!  HAHA!  I started this journey in August 2008 4 months after my mom died.  Lots of stuff goes through your mind when you got to go through someone's life possessions.  Life is too short and all.  Then I was doing really good at the begining and then my oldest sister died in March and I have to say I did some "controlled" bingeing then.  But I am working hard on all my evil ways.  Miss my comfort eating sometimes though.  But I finally got my tight control back around May and was really good for a while then when they switched my date from 9/29 to 10/20 that kind of threw me for a loop for a while because I had gone to all shakes at that point and then I was like Heck No, I'm not going do them for 2 months!  But I never really got that out of control.  Now I been back to eating really healthy again and I think this time I will try and do all shakes the week before maybe start again Monday or so.  My doc just wants me to keep losing before then, no any particular requirement on how to do it.  No I am just "jumping out of my skin" so to speak.  My only sis I got left in my state is moving to Arizona 3 days after my surgery.  Her transfer just came through.  She has been itching to leave since my mom died and she was free to sell the house and move on.  So most of my world has morphed into something alien to me.  So now it is my turn to change myself into something else.  If that makes sense.  I want to reinvent myself and I will.  PEACE!

Good for you! Because you went through all that on the way I just know you're going to be a great success. And I agre, now is a good time for that total makeover....you can do it!

I'm finding myself dealing with "stuff" issues too. First, my Mom's, now mine and hubby's. I wan't to get rid of anthing that does not advance me. Since DH is a hoarder, it's gonna be a struggle.

Donna, your plans for a big life change sound great. I had to do the going through of the family "stuff" a couple of years ago when Mom moved to a retirement apartment. She couldn't handle getting rid of anything, so I had to do it and I did it alone, which was LONELY. I've learned a lot about myself through all this though and am eager for some changes in my life too.

I posted before I meant to, darn computer!! Anyway, I just wanted to say that Oct 20 is a GOOD day to have surgery and I wish you the best of luck. FINALLY you will be getting some help with the battle. Excellent news.

Glad to hear you are doing well. I know the date change was a disappointment, but it did give you a chance to deal with other issues. I'm ready to transform soon too, I hope.