Well this is new. I'm laying here on the decompression machine at my chiropractor's office as I type this on my phone. I'm hoping it this will make th time go faster because this usually feels like the longest 25 minutes of my life! It's just a really uncomfortable process!

Anyway.. Things are moving along. Looking forward to the consultation appointment with the surgeon which is now only a week away! I just feel like I'll have a lot more answers and a clearer picture of what is ahead of me at that point. This weekend Ian and I will be out of town enjoying the peace and quiet of the mountains... And while we are there we'll take some time to think about all of the questions and things we will want to go over during our consult... Make a nice list we can take with us.

I'm starting to do a lot of thinking ahead and planning for what things will be like after surgery. I've spent a lot of time on message boards and watching video blogs and I've just been a sponge, absorbing the information and experiences and trying to observe what makes someone most successful after these surgeries. Certainly everyone does lose weight but there are those who struggle more than others to keep it off. Good habits will make the difference. For example, not drinking with meals is one of the rules... A lot of people seem to cheat on this one once they are a few months out. I can see why... Not drinking with meals is going to be soooo hard. But I can see that people who don't seem to be a lot more successful at bot stretching out their new stomach... So I need to keep reminding myself of that!