Looking for a pen-pal... Surgery date 1/4/11 in WA state.
Hello!
I thought it would be awesome to connect up with someone who is having surgery the same day as myself, so we can chat/support eachother/pen-pal thru this journey.
So my surgery date for a RNY is scheduled for Jan 4, 2011
I am living in Washington State.... (Olympia)
Shoot me an email if anyone is interested! Am super excited! Time is flying by now!
Alissa
I thought it would be awesome to connect up with someone who is having surgery the same day as myself, so we can chat/support eachother/pen-pal thru this journey.
So my surgery date for a RNY is scheduled for Jan 4, 2011
I am living in Washington State.... (Olympia)
Shoot me an email if anyone is interested! Am super excited! Time is flying by now!
Alissa
My surgery date is not the same but close. Mine is Dec 29th. Getting more and more nervous the closer it gets but excited too. I keep picturing myself going into regular clothing shops and putting a pair of jeans on again. A friend of mine had it done in August and is down 70 lbs. I can't wait to feel like she does.... she is a different person....much happier.
Karen
Karen
I have a lot of the same feelings of excitement and nervousness...
A year ago I actually went thru my wardrobe and did some organizing (lots of clothes between sizes 14 & 18) tho as my size went to 22, I found myself shopping less. Anyway, I have a bin labeled 12/14 and another bin labeled 16/18 and can't wait until the day I fit into them!
A year ago I actually went thru my wardrobe and did some organizing (lots of clothes between sizes 14 & 18) tho as my size went to 22, I found myself shopping less. Anyway, I have a bin labeled 12/14 and another bin labeled 16/18 and can't wait until the day I fit into them!
Uhhhgg! I would be so frustrated if they rescheduled my surgery! Then again, because of everything we go thru to get approved for the surgery, whats another 2 weeks!?
BTW, hi Kimmie, I'm Alissa.... I'm 31 (tho I feel like I'm in my mid-twenties!), unmarried and no children but in a long-term relationship :)
BTW, hi Kimmie, I'm Alissa.... I'm 31 (tho I feel like I'm in my mid-twenties!), unmarried and no children but in a long-term relationship :)
lol you look in your mid 20's as well! haha... I have ben pursuing surgery since NOVEMBER 2006... It has been A LONG journey. A lot of discouragment and a lot of just "life" happening... Yeah i was kinda pissy at first when they rescheduled me, but hey I have waited this long a few more weeks wont hurt right? I have been so excited and dertermined to do it this time around...but I feel SO hesitant...it sucks bc all of my friends think im crazy for wanting to do this to myself...and i just ask them..what am I doing? keeping myself from being out of control??? I mean seriously? it's rather annoying... but I love Obesity Help always have been here since 2007 hehe
Wow! Four years and you are so close - I'm really excited for you!
Some of my close friends know, and of course, co-workers because they see me every day and have watched me struggle thru this process.
I love the people who just say 'Why don't you just eat better?' or ' Why don't you just go on a diet?' or 'Wow, you are cutting up your stomach to lose weight? You look fine to me. I could never do that.'
Bracing myself for all the opinon comments once the weight really starts coming off, and just realizing that this is MY choice and I'm doing it for MYSELF and no one else.
I have a friend that is jealous (I think partly because I have insurance for the surgery) and insinuated that I'm taking the easy way out, and that she has worked hard at the gym to lose her weight and I find it difficult to be her friend right now. Especially when she tells other mutual friends the same thing, that its an easy solution, I am doing.
Whatever.
Some of my close friends know, and of course, co-workers because they see me every day and have watched me struggle thru this process.
I love the people who just say 'Why don't you just eat better?' or ' Why don't you just go on a diet?' or 'Wow, you are cutting up your stomach to lose weight? You look fine to me. I could never do that.'
Bracing myself for all the opinon comments once the weight really starts coming off, and just realizing that this is MY choice and I'm doing it for MYSELF and no one else.
I have a friend that is jealous (I think partly because I have insurance for the surgery) and insinuated that I'm taking the easy way out, and that she has worked hard at the gym to lose her weight and I find it difficult to be her friend right now. Especially when she tells other mutual friends the same thing, that its an easy solution, I am doing.
Whatever.
Thank you! I'm excited for both of us! hehe... I have heard all of the the comments above lol... I have that same kind of exact friend! Sad thing is, she is my best friend.. However she is doing NOTHING about her problem and is actually putting on more weight.... I think thats what is fulling her fire..she is afraid because I am actually doing something about my problem and shes not.. She told me she wanted a specific kinda jean that I had for christmas because last month she borrowed a pair of jeans on a weekend trip and she LOVED them..i get her the jeans and guess what? They are like 3 inches from buttoning.. same size, same brand that I had before..yeah so everytime she says something to me..I literally roll my eyes.
The biggest thing I get is..." I couldn't do that, what are you gonna do when you cant eat sugar anymore, or cant have mountain dew..."i WAS a mountain dew addict" well duh... thats why i want it..I want to change my habbits...i want something to happen when I do something bad to keep me in check... I WANT that tool... and ooh god it ****** me off when they say we are taking the easy way out... is the easy way out by risking your life? Is the easy way out by doing a liquid and puree diet for 2 months" Is the easy way out putting yourself through all this **** just to better yourself? You're friend throwing the gym thing in your face does she not realize that you are going to be excercising as well? Like this isn't a magic fix...that you wont have to change your eating habbits and exercise.? Ignorance can be so bliss can it not?
The biggest thing I get is..." I couldn't do that, what are you gonna do when you cant eat sugar anymore, or cant have mountain dew..."i WAS a mountain dew addict" well duh... thats why i want it..I want to change my habbits...i want something to happen when I do something bad to keep me in check... I WANT that tool... and ooh god it ****** me off when they say we are taking the easy way out... is the easy way out by risking your life? Is the easy way out by doing a liquid and puree diet for 2 months" Is the easy way out putting yourself through all this **** just to better yourself? You're friend throwing the gym thing in your face does she not realize that you are going to be excercising as well? Like this isn't a magic fix...that you wont have to change your eating habbits and exercise.? Ignorance can be so bliss can it not?
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