...about to embark upon the Great Crusade...

... toward which we have striven these many months.

It’s 8:41pm…in less than 12 hours I’ll be in the hospital getting my lap band put in. It’s been a long road to get to this point, a bumpy one at times. The liquid diet was unpleasant but I managed. The good news, I weighed myself the day before I started and I weighed myself a few hours ago. In all, I lost 17 lbs in the past 14 days. I haven’t been this light in freaking years. I’m happy with it; it’s a good start. I am sure it would have been more if I hadn’t blown out my knee a little over a week ago. My face looks weird, I’m sure I’ll get used to it (only to lose a lot more weight and have it change some more).

I’m feeling good, positive, a little nervous but eager to get this part of the process over with. After the lap band is in every day is a day closer to being where I want to be. Every day, I hope, will get easier as I get more healed; I drop more weight and move towards wherever it is I’m going with this.

I can’t help to be reflective on this whole weird business. I won’t bore any of you more than I already have. I hope this prattling on and on I’ve been doing helps someone somehow. I know reading the comments of those who have gone before me helped me.

The next time I post, it won’t be in this section. I’ll be in the “I Had Bariatric Surgery!!!” So, this is my last post here. Thanks everyone, it’s been great, but it’s time for me to be moving on.

Clear the ramp, remember your training, I’ll see you on the beach…