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Great job! My VSG surgery is this upcoming Monday, April 17th, I am so excited and nervous at the same time!

Been an interesting ride thus far.. no complaints from me just trying to feel the difference I am slowly starting to see.. am blessed and thankful. Down 50 pounds since my pre op diet

My diet before the preop was to stick within my calorie range for height and weight. She wanted me to focus on portion sizes, protein and making healthy choices but nothing was off limits. I exercised so I could eat more. Bought a fit bit. Lol

I have no Latin blood in me (mixed with white/black but I married one though). Even before I met him I was doing Latin dancing. No, not Zumba!!! Haha. I was really good, always dancing with my friend friend from Puerto Rico at the time. Folks were always asking if we were professionals. This is one more thing, after gaining weight, that I highly regret letting go. My husband doesn't know how to do Latin dancing. Tried to get him lessons at one point but he was just silly the whole time. So, I don't anymore. It hurts to move the way I need to. Once surgery happens, I think it should be a goal of mine to get back in it and get my husband to do lessons this time around, without all his silliness. 😜 Until then I just do JUST DANCE on the PlayStation with my girls. Such fun!!! You should try it!

'Allo@Newme17, I don't have any rhythm so I'm jealous of your dancing skills

What's a Canada? On the sage advice of @teacupnosaucer I likewise got a heating pad, will probably have my wife put some weight on it by stacking some porn mags on it. Wife liked the heating pad idea because I only intend on using it for the hospital stay post-op.. don't use those things otherwise. The mags will probably be burned and tossed with the fire wood.

I cheated but only with low carb food like an egg, a tablespoon of green beans and a few bites of meat. Not that I'm encouraging you to cheat but everything went fine for me . I read somewhere that the object of the preop is to shrink your liver and low carb does that so I figured I was fine but again I never cheated with sugary foods oh yeah and of course I had [emoji477]️.

Sorry for the late response [emoji51] but 3 months overall to get my file submitted and a few days for my insurance to approve me ! My date is may 3rd

Thank you everyone!! I'm finally post-op. Wasn't as bad as I imagined at all. I'm feeling pretty okay. Anesthesia has had he sleepy and groggy most of the day. In terms of pain, incision pain in minimal. Just feels like I did lots of push ups. Oh boy, but that has pain is a killer. It really hurts. Walking is the only solution. I've walked every chance I got and I'm going to continue to do that. Also, peeing every 10 minutes! Lol So happy I did this and I'm excited to start this new journey of my like. Thank you all for your kind words, well wishes and encouragement. [emoji173]