Blog Sorry that title was a little harsh! I wanted to be really bold to myself when I wrote this. Although I am on soft foods, I wanted to post this for myself to read when I move to solids.

Many new people come to the chatroom on this site everyday, where I spend most my time. Many also go to the forums. I hear a very common question,

"I am so depressed, I haven't lost any weight. I can eat ANYTHING."

I honestly was in shock the first time I...

I like how my last post was all spelt wrong since I was on drugs and used my cell phone. But I'll keep it for memories.


I am definitely in a stage I heard about called Buyers Remorse. I am freaking OUT that I did this. I feel like I got hit by a truck. The gas is bad, the nausea, and it seems like I am getting stuck with just 1 oz of water every 15 minutes. I know I KNOW it will get better, but I am just panicking now....

The pressure from the gas has
Been unbearable.
I'm hoping it
Will be gone by morning! Still in the hospital onnmany drugs!

Well, I am really in shock! When it rains, it pours! Within two days, I had approval, a preop, and a surgery date scheduled because they had a random "opening" on Friday (this happened Monday). Now here I sit on my wimpy, clear-liquids preop diet! Boy that chicken bouillon hit the spot (lol).

I wasn't able to tell anyone because I broke my laptop the night before approval! i'm awaiting it's arrival in the mail, but I think I'm going to have the surgery without the computer...

Here's a shoirt recap on why I've been on this site so long, yet still am not banded.

This is actually the third insurance go-around I've attempted since March. I started with Kaiser and they denied me but, it was pointless to appeal because I had an exclusion in my policy since my mother was buying an individual plan. It was horrifying, because I had been lied to and told they did have it covered while we were shopping around for insurance. That's when I learned to document everything,...