Hey Jacquie! I think from my intial consultation (in June 04****il my surgery in Sept 04, I gained about 15 pounds but my Dr. required me to do a low carb/low fat diet for 7 days prior to surgery and I lost about 10 of it before surgery. It's TOTALLY normal to have your farewell tour of your favorite foods. In my group of closest friends, 3 of us have now had WLS in about 2 years.....as each of our surgery dates approached we had what we called "fat feast" with the person's favorite foods and ate and ate and ate. Looking back now, it seems kind of silly to me. My MIND was telling me that I would NEVER be able to eat those things again, but now 9 months later that is simply not true. It's very rare that I can not tolerate something. If I crave something now, I give in and it either 1. Doesn't taste as good as I thought it would. 2. Makes me sick (very rare) or 3. Satisfies the craving. For me, I had this surgery to live life more like a "normal" (whatever that is ) person and "normal" people have cravings for food! But thanks to this tool, I can only eat the toppings off of 1 slice of pizza instead of a whole pie!! Good luck to you and enjoy your feasts!! Oh yeah, I noticed your BMI is not that high, if you don't mind me asking what size clothes are you wearing? I've got boxes of 12, 14, 16 and 18's if you are interested. Hugs, Kim

(((((((((((((((((Hugs))))))))))))))))))))))) I get so upset that all these problems could be alleviated with WLS probably and you are having to wait, wait, wait for it. It sucks. Let us know what the doctor says. We love you! Joni

Of course you know Frank would paint some kinf of scripture on the wall as well! Yes, I used to watch Trading Spaced alot but now it is Dora the Explorer and Oswald! I amquite looking forward to all the room as well! Gail

Its 12:03 and yep I went from 295 on my first surgeons visit to 302 day of surgery. I gained ALL the weight, the last week before surgery and I pigged out on everything. I wish I hadnt. None of my clothes fit, now the one outfit I had to pay alot for because it was a bigger size is way too big, so I didnt get much use out of it. One thing is for sure I ate enough fried stuff (fish, shrimp, chicken) to last me a lifetime...LOL Dont worry, it will pass too during the process but the closer to the actual date you may have alot of "last suppers" Love, Sandy

I WISH I could but I gotta finish up digging family history and making copies for everyone along with family photos for my grannys birthday on Saturday. You guys have a BLAST! Love, Sandy