-- OMG ---

I cannot believe it! I am really really not trying to get my hopes up, but the best thing happened today... Let me back up and give some background.

Emory provides 2 options for potential weight loss surgery candidates to attend informational seminars. The first option is the traditional in person information seminar that is held at various times and various locations around metro Atlanta. The second option is to view a series of online seminars. Given the logistics of trying to find a meeting time that would fit into our wacky family schedule, I opted for the online seminar.

It was very important for me that Mr G participate in these seminars as well. I've mentioned before that he is very wary of me taking this approach, and I figure that the more information we both had, the better our decisions will be.

We waited until the kids were all in bed and the house was quite, and fired up the old desktop so that we could watch the seminars together.

I have to say that Emory puts on a good program. You can check out their seminars here. After watching ALL of the online seminars, an online test must be taken to prove that you actually watched the videos. I have to say, the test was rather detailed and I don't think it could be passed w/o watching. Then you are eligible to register for a preliminary consultation and evaluation at the Emory Clinic. It was pretty late at this point, so we printed out my registration info and went to bed.

So, the next morning after Mr G went to work, I called the clinic to setup my appointment. The word on the street was that it would be 2-3 months before we could get in to see a doctor. As disappointing as that was, I figured the longer lead time would give my plenty of opportunity to get my documentation together. As luck would have it, a cancellation came in when I was on the phone with the appointment staff, and I GOT AN APPOINTMENT for the following Wednesday!!!!!

Is this fate? Divine Intervention? Plain old luck?

Don't really know, don't really care... I am just really really grateful to get the ball rolling. But -- now I only have 4 working days to get my paper work together. I've had so many doctors over the past 5 year, I don't know where to begin.

Weight = 197#