Excited

**GigiUSA** · 04-29-2017 07:05 AM

Hello, I just scheduled my surgery and I am very excited to get started. My husband and I discussed this surgery 3 years ago but I never moved forward. Now, three years later I regret not moving ahead sooner. I have tried everything to lose weight without long term success. My weight has creeped up to 260 and I am in a size 18. I refuse to buy bigger clothes and at 50... I deserve to reclaim my life!

I am glad to have found this site. We have a large family but I am only sharing my upcoming surgery plans with my husband, adult son and daughter. My husband is going with me in July and again... I can't wait!

**Diane55** · 04-29-2017 05:00 PM

This is a great place to gather info. I am so happy I found this site.
I was sleeved on Wednesday and I only told my husband and adult children, and two vey close friends.. I wanted to
Focus on "me" during this process. Everyone is different, so make this your journey!
Best of luck to you.

Diane

**Christie13** · 04-29-2017 09:54 PM

I hear you Gigi! My sister had the surgery 5 years before me but I kept thinking I could do it on my own. My only post op regret is that I did not do this sooner. Congrats on your decision!

**ghost_ryder** · 05-01-2017 10:06 AM

I scheduled four intro seminars before I finally went and after going through the whole process, a week before surgery I started thinking I could do this on my own again. you start losing weight and being successful again and getting confident. Then I remember every diet I ever did that was initially great until I got lazy and over confident and gained everything back (and then some).

**molly4** · 05-01-2017 10:16 AM

Hie Greg
you are absolutely right about thinking I can do this on my own, a few days before things were being made worse by my work colleagues who kept saying how about you put your surgey date since you are doing so well. Luckily because I was getting funded by the NHS I was worried that if I change the date they might cancel me but so far so good

**GigiUSA** · 05-01-2017 08:44 PM

It is funny how others around you will try to talk you out of going forward with your plans. I have a couple of close girlfriends I would love to share this with but I know they would freak out. I plan to wait until things calm down post op and then I will fill them in. It is a lifetime of changes. People in my life will either have to accept me and my lifestyle changes or moooove on because it's my time.