Surgery consultation date

I finally have a date to meet with the surgeon! I was begining to think that this day would never come. February 20 at 1:45 I will have the consultation with the surgeon. Hopefully the surgery will be about a month after that.

I am very excited to be doing this. For a real long time (2 or 3 years) I have thought about this surgery and have been afraid to give up eating all of the things I love. Eating has been a large part of my social network and my life in general so I worried about what would replace eating and how I would handle that.

Over the past 6 months or so I have discovered that I can still be social, have parties, go out with friends and not have it all revolve around food. They can still eat, drink and do all that and I can focus more on other things and it’s actually OK. Now our parties are more focused on the poker game or bowling with the Wii. I think about our family camping trips coming up this summer and not having to focus so much on the meals is actually liberating. I am thinking about goals like climbing a mountain near the campground where we stay. I haven’t been able to climb it with everyone else for years because of my weight. This year I AM GOING TO DO IT. Hopefully by the end of the summer I might be able to give water skiing another try. My focus has changed from the food to the activities I will be able to do again. Isn't that cool?