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Congrats June sleevers!!

@almostthere...u might want to add chapstick...I have heard the lips get extremely dry!

Lol!! I know right!!

Congrats June sleevers!!

The fruit flavored Isopure isn't so bad...at least its a change from all the heavy stuff.

waiting to talk to surgeon then surgery in an hour! lost 14 lbs on my 5 day clear liquid diet!! wahhhhhh this is so real so quick!

Have no fear, soon you will post op, and loosing, then you will see all your sacrafices have been worth it.

I told my husband.....If I die during surgery, KNOW that I died happy attempting to give myself a new and better life. One way or the other, I would get it!!

Hahahahahaha. You got that right!!

Mamabear...u have excellent advice!! Keep it coming!!

I would have this surgery once a year if I had to.

Focus on my words:
1. You will be fine
2. You will no longer be a fat chick
3. The new way of eating will become like you have always done it that way withing 6 months
Questions?

Was it good? What did you have, so I can dream I ate it?

that I was getting my arms tattooed when I said that I couldn't wait to get sleeved 0_o
Our minds are definitely in two very different places!! Kids!

I just got the word that my insurance approved my surgery for June 14. After 12 long months of mandatory counseling, I couldn't wait to hear this news. Then 15 minutes later, my stomach started doing flips because reality just set in. I'm petrified now! I wanted this so bad and I am probably feeling what other people have felt but reading about it for the last 6 months still doesn't make the way I feel any less real! Maybe it's the finality of it all -- knowing that they can't put my stomach back once it's done. Gosh I feel like a fool -- I should be jumping for joy!

... when people at work (well, one individual in particular) keeps offering me food and then says "oh, right, you can't eat that can you" . One of these days I'm going to eat everything he offers me - atleast one bite of it

Hello Cinema!! I am your sleeve sister! May 15th here too...and I, too, feel like a junkie who has given up her drug of choice. This pre op diet has put doubts in my mind that I quickly shrug off...because we can do this!! And life on the other side of surgery is gonna be awesome!!

in 48 hours I'll be sleeved!!! whooooooohhh

Hahahha!! Me too!!!

@Vance...this board is a place we all come to vent without being judged, please keep that in mind. If you ever have the need to post a topic that says "rant on women"...we as your fellow sleevies should be supportive, listen, and offer good advice...judging folks chases them away and not having anyone to relate to can be dangerous for us, given what we have been through and finding that there aren't many others that can understand...

I eat for the same reasons...mostly emotional stuff...food is my friend. This liquid diet has forced me to control myself. And I am glad for it...I have been making small changes the last few mths getting ready for surgery and the small changes have helped...so I intend to keep doing that! The funny thing about preparing for this surgery and after is that whatever problems you had with food that you were ignoring before now jump out at you screaming, refusing to be ignored anymore...so you can either address them...or be friends with them and hurt your sleeve and yourself. I am choosing A!!!

I was nervous too and the "what ifs" were eating me up!! Stay strong...sending positive energy your way!!