Good luck Karla!

And thank you everyone for the congrats. You're all so inspiring.

Karla, keeping you close in my thoughts and prayers. Hope to hear from you SOON! --Joy2MeNu

I hope all goes well Karla!!

Karla - Praying for you. I LOVE your positive attitude through all of this. Hang in there

Congrats to all the board signers, must be awesome

@Karla: Goodluck i will pray for you.

on a personal note: I saw 279.1 on my home scale this morning, but this was after night of ehum no sleep. so dunno if that counts , but i guess i am getting close to the 50

Thank everyone for all of the well wishes & prayers! I went to WI. I was only down a pound....I really want to get out of the 190's. My mini-goal is to be at 185 by the end of the month, but that is right around the corner. We shall see. I haven't been 185 since I did WW many moons ago. Anyways, I know i'm guaranteed to lose some sort of ounces/lbs. from the surgery tomorrow hahaha plus the no eating...but I did remind my bf & family that even if I beg & cry for a slurpee to "make me feel better" nobody better comply with the begging lol! I told my bf please shut me up poke me in the eye whatever you have to do, but don't let my mother buy me a slurpee or fast food to make me "feel better". I'll keep y'all posted on the outcome of the day. I hope everyone has a great day tomorrow & lets end February on a good note!!!!!

btw nabeel good job!

this made me giggle. hubba hubba! :P

I am from Omaha also. What is the rock? I just want to make sure i get any thing that can help me?

Karla, if you wake up craving a slurpee, blend an HNS with crushed ice or make an HNS snow cone Not quite the same, but close, right?? And don't be surprised if you come out of surgery heavier because of the fluids, but you're right...after that, you'll drop some weight Not the best way to do it I suppose, but hey...it's a plus side of the surgery huh?

From what I understand some centers give out rocks at like 10lbs, maybe 20 lbs, 40lbs..something like that.. My center I guess doesn’t I also heard about ribbon for inches lost..but I dunno if that something people are doing themselves or if the center is giving out strips of ribbon for your inches.. Im thinking of doing that myself..i was down 17.5 inches in two weeks..i think it would be a good visual.

Every time they measure me at my center they give me a ribbon the length of the total inches lost. I keep my stuck on my fridge as a reminder to myself. We don't get rocks though, they've got bags full of sand for different weights they give you to carry around the center - which is amazing to carry around even the 10 or 15 lbs for a bit, thinking you've lost that much.

Prayers Karla!! Keep us updated...let us know how you do

Congrats to all on their WIs this week!! Yea!

I survived! I am home & resting in bed. For the first time ever I am nauseous after a surgery. I think it may be a combination of a different anethesia b/c of my seizures & also all of the morphine. The doctor said that he removed the affected areas & we may have more surgeries/chemo but I have to wait until my 2wk. follow-up appt. for the results from the pathology report. Needless to say it will be a long 2 weeks. I am trying to stay positive & think that this surgery took care of "it". I am in a lot of pain & have been taking percocet since I got home from the hospital. I don't know how this will affect my next WI...but quite frankly the pain is immense so regardless I will keep taking the pain meds. I didn't stay OP today. I ate 1 100 calorie english muffin & an HNS. I can't keep anything down b/c I keep vomiting. My bf, family, & friends have been awesome & were there when I woke up. I had a full house this evening which was really encouraging to know that I am not alone in this journey. Thanks to all of you also. You don't even know me, but have provided such encouraging & kind words. Thank you for letting me vent on the forum too. I heart you for that!!! Have a good night everyone & happy WI's

Going on 2 weeks officially OP...and feeling great!!