Surgery Date is Sept 27th 2016
I am so ready to be on the other side of surgery. This waiting is sooo hard. I had to postpone my surgery for a month, it was originally supposed to by 8/23/16, because my husband decided that he needed to have emergency knee surgery instead. Going through the pre-op diet twice is the most annoying part of this. I am so excited and ready. I know this is what I am supposed to do. I have been very open with people and have gotten mix responses, some people are like, why have the surgery, you already lost 35 lbs. They just don't get it. This is for my health, not my size. Most people have been very supportive and I have been able to teach so many about how it works.
3 more days.. WOOHOO..
Congratulations! I am two weeks post-op and had the same comments from friends and family. Hey you are down so much. Why not just continue? Because... It always comes back. Always. As I sit here I am trying to eat a tiny can of tuna and a cup of applesauce. It is almost beyond me - not a painful experience, just that I am not hungry. I have no interest in food. I eat because I have to get protein in. And let me say that it is the most wonderful, freeing experience of my life. At least for the moment, my craving for food is gone! This is the most brilliant thing I have ever done.
So, you GO girl! Post when you can.
You are right - they just don't get it. IT is good that you understand that they just don't get that only 3-5% of people keep the>50 pounds off without surgery. And it took me 50 ^%$ years to figure out that I was not one of those lucky 3-5%. Stick with what your dr recommends. Write down as much as you can about your reasons for the surgery, so if you feel like **** for a few days post op, you will remember what good is on the other side.
Best wishes for your journey - it saved my life.
Sharon 
