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Karen N. 23 years, 5 months ago

Best wishes and extra prayers for smooth surgery and recovery. A positive mental attitude is your best preparation! You'll do great with this life-saving tool!

Sharon Neva 23 years, 5 months ago

ALLEN~~BEST WISHES ON YOUR WLS JOURNEY~~ May the world hug you today, With its warmth, and love. Pray it whispers a joyful tune in your heart. And may the wind carry a voice that tells you there is a friend, sitting in another corner of the world, wishing you well

David B. 23 years, 7 months ago

Allen: Thanks for the kind words yesterday. I am afraid you might not recognize Virginia Beach if you were last here in the late 80s. Population is now 425,000. The area where you lived is booming. We live closer to the ocean and I commute daily into Norfolk to work. I might as well be in a DC suburb with the traffic! I am sorry about your postponement but glad you caught the problem in time. I had a similar situation last year. My surgery was scheduled for the Friday before the Memorial Day weekend. I had the final blood work done on the Wednesday. On Thursday the surgeon called me at work and said he was pulling the plug because of a blood marker that indicated a liver problem. He told me to get to my PCP ASAP. To make a long story short, we finally traced the problem to the medication I was taking for severe arthritis in my knees. It was eating my liver alive. Fortunately the problem went away by the time I had purged my system of the medication, and I was able to have the surgery on September 5th, just in time to have a ringside seat for the horror of 9/11 the week after I got home. I spent that week lying on the sofa staring at the TV in disbelief, my post surgery discomfort having paled into insignificance by the suffering I was watching. You could say my surgery saved my life several different ways. It indirectly saved my liver and it cleared up my night sweating, high blood pressure, sky high cholesterol and diabetes. Also, surprise, surprise, my arthritic knees are vastly improved even without medication. I wonder if that has anything to do with the 130 pounds they do not have to lift anymore every time I get out of a chair? Good luck to you in November. Stay in touch, you've got a friend in Virginia Beach.

Laura L. 23 years, 8 months ago

Allen, best wishes for an uneventful surgery and quick recovery!!!

maxsprague 23 years, 8 months ago

I wish you all the best. Stay strong and keep your faith. Enjoy your day and try to sleep tonight. Remember,What God brings you to,He will bring you through!

TexFlutterby 23 years, 8 months ago

Allen~~~Here's to you for taking the best steps you can to a super new & healthy life. {"I HAVE HEARD YOUR PRAYERS, I HAVE SEEN YOUR TEARS. SURELY, I WILL HEAL YOU." 2 KINGS 20:5} I pray our Lord and His angels be with you as you go through your surgery and recovery. May our Lord be with your surgeon and his staff, guiding their hands and minds during your surgery and recovery. {JESUS SAID, "I AM HERE. DON'T BE AFRAID." JOHN 6:20} Congratulations on your upcoming weight loss! :o) "Don't ever save anything for a special occasion. Every day you're alive is a special occasion." I will be joining you on the "losing side" this fall. {"I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST, WHO STRENGTHENS ME." PHILIPPIANS 4:13} Prayers & Best Wishes, Janie

jackie_h1 23 years, 8 months ago

Allen~ Hello from Michigan!! Congratulations on your upcoming surgery. I wish you the BEST and my thoughts and prayers are with you as you make this life change. Hope you have a wonderful surgical experience and speedy complication free recovery! Your soon to be a BIG LOSER!! Hugs and Blessing from a WLS sister~

Melanie D. 23 years, 8 months ago

Hi Allen, Whooo Hoooo!!! Less then 3 days to go!!! Best wishes with your surgery. I will be having mine on the same date. Meet you on the "other" side. God Bless. Melanie

Cathy W. 23 years, 8 months ago

I wanted to congratulate you on your upcoming surgery, I'm sure you are doing a happy dance accompanied by some "NERVES", but don't worry be happy! You are in my thoughts and prayers, I hope everything goes well for you and you are up and out and about real soon. Cathy Whitmer

lfo 23 years, 9 months ago

Congratulations on your upcoming surgery. You will be in my prayers, that God will watch over you and that you have an uncomplicated surgery and a speedy recovery. God Bless