Holy Hell Fires Batman!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so proud for and of you girl!!! Keep up the great work -- Big hugs and lots of love ~

She gets on my nerves at times too... however, in MY case -- I would have agreed with her... I also am one of the weird ones that thinks WLS is the easy way out (because it was for me). It's all a matter of perspective! Don't let it get under your skin -- only you know what works (or doesn't in this case) for you! Chin up - Love ya!

Congrats!!! I can tell that you are excited! Lindy

Hey Joni! I've had an exhausting weekend and am still laying kinda low. I fell down the basement steps yesterday and I am EXTREMELY sore today. My right butt cheek is killing me ......makes it a little difficult to sit. I've been sweating buckets all weekend ....even with the a/c on. I've got to go see my pcp this week and will be talking to him about it .....i think it may be a side effect of my anti-d. Sorry to hear about your Dad. I'm keeping him and you in my thoughts. I lit a candle for you yesterday because you were on my mind Love you lots (and crossing my fingers for a quick approval) Kim

That person is NOT one that I reguard as very knowledgeable, I haven't read her book and never will. It seems more like she is just out promoting her book, and products to make $$$$ off of us who are going through this process. I have never bought anything from her and never will. I emailed her several times, months ago and have yet to hear anything from her. I am sure she is a busy person, running her corporation but I do feel if she REALLY cared, she would have taken a minute or 2 and responded to me. I have lost a substantial amount of weight YEARS ago, on my own. It could NOT be done this time. I have 3 years worth of recent diet history, where I have spent who knows how much money TRYING to find out WHY I wasn't loseing weight, no matter what I did. I thought if it came off once before, it SHOULD come off NOW, but that wasn't the case. I DID NOT want to have surgery. I have almost 2 years of documentation by my pcp, where he has repeatedly suggested to me that I needed surgery and I REFUSED. I was HARDHEADED about it and kept trying to loose on my own. It was only when my blood pressure skyrocketed, and BP meds would not control it, and I started having massive headaches and migraines regularly because of it, the daily pain increased to the point I could not hardly walk, and I started leaning towards the surgery. I have to work, there is no way around it and if I can't walk. I can't work, so I decided I needed to do something now. This is the only reason I agreed to the consult and going through the procedure. I suppose my documented 3 year diet history did help and I did not have to go through the required 6 month diet, the insurance companies require now. I jus****ched the Lifetime program "I lost it" where people discuss how they have lost weight. One woman had WLS and her ex husband was on, saying she took the easy way out he had the nerve to admit he divorced her because of her weight, "she wasnt the thin girl he married" What a JERK! I wish I had his email! We are all unique and different and have different reasons why we chose this path, and who is she to declare such a thing. Does she have a medical degree or has she done a study over a period of time to back up these claims? I dont think so. Its just her OPINON and we all know about individual opinions Everyone has one. Sandy