Have a surgery date!

About 3 months ago I decided I was going to have weight loss surgery. I researched locally and talked to my doctor. I have decided that the MGB that is done by Dr. Robert Rutledge ( http://clos.net/) is the best surgery for myself. The MGB is a short, simple, successful and inexpensive laparoscopic gastric bypass weight loss surgery. The operation usually takes only 30 min., hospitalization less than 24 hours. It sounded perfect for me and the changes I need to grow old with my family and live in my body without pain. My brother and sister in law have been patients of Dr. Rutledge's in the past and have had great success. I remember when my sister in law Barb told me she was having the MGB, I cried. Not for her, but for myself. She found the strength to follow through what she needed to do for her self. She was taking a stand and following it with courage. "I wish I had her courage"! A year plus later I am and have found the courage to go forward with the changes in my life I need. I read and read. Learned more each day from the web site and the "manual" they direct you to download and print. In October of 2006 I started working on this intense packet Dr. Rutledge makes you learn and pre-pair. The packet took me almost 4 months to pre-pair to mail off to the CLOS and Dr. Rutledge. It was so long and hard at times, but worth every hour I put into it. And believe me I put many hours into my "packet". I was very proud of my story, my family letter, my studies, the whole packet was hard work and made me proud when I mailed it.

I have a surgery date of Feburary 21, 2007. I can't wait for that week and the changes that are going to face me in my future. I have always been "heavy", I've never known anything different. I'm 39 now and I'm scared for how my body will feel @ 49. I want to enjoy my life, not take pills to get through my day. My parents both died in there 50, and I don't want to be sick or even in heaven in my 50's if I don't have to be. At this weight I as asking for many illnesses in my future or even a early death.

Anyway, at this point I'm ready for the changes. I expect to be happy, mad, angry, sad. I'm not scared at all. I have a great husband that loves me for me. I know I can share my feeling and thoughts with him anytime. I am lucky to have him in my life!