Saturday morning, I shared this post on facebook: I don't think I have ever received the amount of text messages, and PM's as I did about this post. So, with the whole theme of this blog being about those voices of "I can't" and "I'm not good enough", I decided to start sharing my journey here, and of course, the diet I am on. As I said, I went to the doctor on May 9th. I have several good friends who have had the gastric sleeve and are doing very well. I found several articles regarding gastric sleeve and UC, and had decided I wanted to talk to him about it. In the past, he has always mentioned my lack of a good immune system as the number one reason not to have any invasive treatments done. I had even been advised not to have a tattoo. However, I also know I am the only one who wasn't sick at all this last winter. I take lots of Vitamin C, and am religious about washing my hands, not touching strangers any more than I have ...