2 DAYS!!!!

Well, group, TWO days.....on thursday I'll be having my RNY.  One moment I'm scared about the surgery, but the next I'm excited and can't wait to start the journey.  This week, I've been looking at myself in a mirror a lot.  I just stand there at the mirror over the sink and try to see the me that could emerge.  Over the past two months I've really come to grip with my image....I even dream that I'm fat now...not this skiny person that I've dreamed about all my life.  With this new self awareness I can also catch glimpses of who I will become, but only for a moment or two....then I'm just looking at me again! 

So...thank you everyone for all of your advice and all of your caring words.  I won't be back on until I'm home from the hospital.  :)   All thoughts and prayers are appreciated.

Rae

Good luck I will keep you in my thoughts. Hope you have an uneventful surgery!

Jeff

GOOD LUCK! here's to hoping for a completely uneventful surgery... ;)

And I spend a lot more time looking at myself in the mirror now... I guess it's because I see myself multiple times every day that I don't really see the drastic changes that everyone else does, but trust me, 6 months from now, you'll be amazed...

We'll all be here, saving you (a smaller) place on this side of the fence!

Sending you lots of good energy for an uneventful surgery and a strong recovery.

Take pictures!!!! Lots of them. They will be your evidence of your change for those days when you can't see it!

Big hugs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Good luck! Hope all goes well with your surgery! 

good luck Rae! It's normal to be on a roller coaster of emotions. Don't try to imagin what you will look like. I always thought my face would be more angular, not the still round one I have.

Happy wonderful postive warm fuzzy thoughts sent your way!!!

See you on the flip side!!