Where is everyone?

I have been thinking about all the faces I used to see when I first found this board. I miss hearing from everyone. I am wondering how everyone is. So if you are lurking about stop in and say hi. I would like to see more posts to this board. We all need support and sometimes it is nice to get that support from a smaller group on here. Anyway ,if you read this say hi. If you have something interesting to say or you need support post on the board. Hope you are all doing well. Erin

Hey Erin Thanks for trying to get all the lurkers out of hiding. Sometimes I think they get together and throw some type of private party. LOL I'm on my way to the beach for the weekend and just wanted to stop in and check the board before I left. I also miss all the faces of different people popping in, posting, or just sharing a wow moment. Have a great weekend! I'm going get some sunshine Kay

Hi I am here.

HI!!! I lurk alot. I guess since I'm pre-op, I don't feel I have a lot to contribute most times.

Of course you have something to contribute. You have actually and I like hearing from you. Just know as you go through the steps you will be going through to have surgery, we are here to support you. Thank you for your response.

Guess I'm just the "strong, silent" type. Seriously, like Purple Passion, as a newby pre-op I don't always feel like I have much to contribute. I'm on my old standby high protein, no sugar, no flour, no sodium, six small servings a day diet to get off the 34 lbs. I need to drop before I see the surgeon again in 5 weeks. Celebrated my 52nd birthday last weekend. Getting all the consults & tests scheduled - nutritional consult scheduled; psych eval done (it's good to be in the business); blood work done; upper GI endoscopy scheduled and just got the orders to schedule the caridac/xray stuff today. So, I just keep plugging along looking forward to the day I'm a loser. Steve

Hi Steve, Thank you for your response. Like I told purple passion, you also have things to contribute. I wish you luck in getting all the things done you need to before surgery. If you need support before your big and after, just let us know and we will do what we can. Take care Erin

I'm here...I spend most of my time writing for my blog and reading other people's weightloss blogs. (and then there's that thin about work and paying bills.) I do think our use of the board changes post-op. Personally, there's so much more I can do and want to do now that I simply don't spend hours a day on OH. And, there's that sorid little detail from my past which led to the new name and absence of my profile. But I digress. Life is really different post-op. Concerns and cares change as you change physically. I think those of us who used to post so actively and now don't are just in another phase. This weekend I'm off to an arts festival on the lakefront, then for a bike ride. I also plan on going again to the Bead and Button show downtown. And I have to do yard work. It's a busy weekend! Jen O

Erin, Hey, I am here. Just dont post as much as I use to. I am not sure why I dont, I just dont. Everything wtih me is going well, weight is still coming off just a little slower now than it use to. Melissa