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triciaknox · 10-03-2004, 09:36 PM

Well, tomorrow night at midnight I check in. I have gone the whole gamut of emotions in the last few weeks, but now I feel kinda of dazed and empty, or maybe it is just drained. My bag is packed, I have the house cleaned up, I think I am ready. Tomorrow I am actually going to work a full day too. If I sit at home I will go nuts.

With all the prep going on for this I forget at times that tomorrow is "Freedom Day", otherwise known as "The Divorce is Finally Final" day. Woohoo! I will celebrate it with a salad for dinner. <grin>

One thing I have gotten from constant reading of this forum is that most of you have people in your life who are in total support, and people that don't support your decision for WLS. In my life there is a person very close to me who doesn't support my decision, and this has bothered me a bit for she is my sister. She put comments to me that she had heard that I would have to go to the doctor every 3 months from now on. I responded back that I have severe asthma, I already go every 3 months so that is no big deal. Then she hit me with the fact that I would be on vitamins for the rest of my life, well, better vitamins than prescription drugs for health problems I said. Okay she says, no more cookies, candy, cakes, or pies she says. And I say, that is a possibility, but food is NOT my friend. It feels like it, but if my friend has gotten me into this shape, this condition, where I hate how I look, how I feel and I don't want to go out to do things then it is NOT MY FRIEND. I didn't hear anything from her for a bit after that, then I talked to her Saturday. She admitted that she is a bit jealous, she wants the surgery but her doctor is dead set against it (I told her to change doctors) and her insurance won't pay but for about 1/2 of the surgery from what they told her. That one I will work on. I am just glad that she is starting to come around, starting to understand why I am doing this. There is hope.

Okay, I know this is long, but thanks everyone for being here for me when I have needed you in the past. Not sure how much I will be on tomorrow before heading to the hospital. The roller coaster is getting ready for boarding, let the ride begin!