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Blog 102690

A blog by sophinator in General

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A weight loss surgery blog by sophinator on BariatricPal. 8 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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Day 3 of Preop Diet

It's day 3 of my preoop diet and it's getting a little easier. Watching my kids and husband eat pizza the first night was hard. I came to the conclusion today that this preop diet may be hard but being this heavy is harder! I will have to keep that in mind for the next two weeks. Watching the scale go down is an added plus right now as well! Would love to find someone or someones who are around the same surgery date as me...my surgery is the 25th.

To band or not to band...

I have been sitting here reading posts about people wondering who to tell...who not to tell....people with doubt over whether to get the band or not. Two questions I've asked myself numerous times over the last few months. I go from being excited about the prospect of doing something to help myself and my self esteem to being scared to death and wondering what the heck am I thinking! I am a person who very rarely spends money on herself or does things just for me. I often think of others b

What to do? What to do?

Grrrr....impatient I think is my problem! After the nutritionist appt. and the psych appt. I can now meet with the surgeon. They called with the appointment today..................................Dec. 29th :smile: I'm a teacher which means I will either have to wait until spring break to get my band or do it during a holiday weekend. I'm just not sure the latter would be wise. Any input out there? I could take a few days off during that time but certainly not two weeks. Just not sure if T

Pondering Out Loud...

Tomorrow I go for my psych evaluation and then I can FINALLY make an appointment to see the surgeon. I'm hoping something opens up before the 20th of December as that is the date I was told was soonest available last time I talked to the liason. Keeping my fingers crossed that that one isn't taken! :scared2: I saw someone else's blog or post about how they were fat in their mind but thin in the mirror. I find myself with the opposite problem. While when I look in the mirror I do see a very ove

Anxious and Frustrated

Okay so this is my blog right? So I can complain if I want to?? I am usually of the mindset that complaining gets you no where and what's the point anyway but I feel like having a small pity party. I will be done with all my pre consult appointments next Friday...I cannot even see the surgeon until Dec. 22nd...he requires a 2 week all protein shake diet prior to surgery and I have three weeks off at Christmas. I was REALLY hoping to have surgery during that time. My next time off is in Apr

Nutrition Appointment today...

Well today I had my nutrition appointment. I only have to go to one of them and one psych eval. It was relatively painless aside from the weigh in which I guess I will have to get used to. On a down side I was really hoping to have my surgery done during my winter vacation (I'm a teacher) and the liason between patient and surgeon told me the surgeon's next open consultation date is December 22nd!! Therefore I will be lucky if I get this done before spring break:frown: Praying my appointmen

Will I be one of the people...

I have my nutrition appointment next week and the psych evaluation the following week. I think I have read everything on here there is to read twice. When I read posts from the people who have lost like 30 pounds in 3 years I am soooo fearful that will be me. Over a year ago I went to a diet doctor who put me on phentramine. In the initial consultation he was talking to about 5 or 6 of us he said now there are some people this doesn't work for but it will work for the majority of people. I

Beginning this process

I have made the decision to have Lap Band surgery and have just begun the process of preliminary tests. I am going to meet with pcp next week and have a nutrition appt. the 2nd of Nov. and a psych appt. the 12th. I did not come to the decision to do this surgery quickly. My life has been filled with diets. I've tried everything from Weight Watchers (lifetime member since jr. high) to phentramine. I have a wonderfully supportive husband who loves me as I am. However, I don't love me as I am

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