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Honestly this is the first post I have seen in the month or so I have been researching about bougie size. I still have no idea what it is and how it is connected to the sleeve process. When I went to the seminar I thought they just cut the stomach and make it smaller into a banana or sleeve shape. Obviouisly i don't have all the information. Meanwhle, i have my stress test tomorrow with a broken rib in another nor'easter snow storm with another 8" of snow. Boy, I must be determined. So please explain boughie to me.

600 calories a day????? that sounds like starvation. That is like 3 protein drinks a day and that's all?

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Got surgery approval. Psych was cancelled twice due to weather, not on my end. I was willing to trudge thru the 20" of snow! Rescheduled for next week. I have the last of my tests on Thursday and Friday. They are doing the stress tests in 2 parts because I can't do the treadmill as a result of back surgery, so taking the needle!!! The HURDLE part is doing it with a broken rib!!! OMG! I must be desperate. I called them and asked them and they said if I can bear it, so can they! haha! I will be wearing my old back brace for support for when I have to get on the treadmill at the end for 5 minutes. UGH! And then it is a waiting game for me. Will see the nutritionist 2 weeks prior for instructions and the week of April 5 is it for me.:blushing:

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Fell on the ice, broke a rib and doctors tell me 6-8 week recovery. Will probably have to postpone. Have my stress next week also which will probably have to be cancelled. I can still barely move and tomorrow will be a week. Carol

I WILL increase the protein. Did not even think about it.

Fell on the ice last week and broke my rib. Can hardly breathe without crying. pain meds work but make me crazy. Supposed to have surgery April 5 but doctors tell me this takes 6-8 week to feel better. After surgery I will need to cough and breath deeply so I don't get pneumonia. I can't beleive it. supposed to have a stress test next week and am not sure that will happen either. I am not walking but I am taking the needle. I guess I have to tell the cardiologist. it is :scared0:only a week away. Crap!

"my friend" sounds very comforting..... :-(

I think that is a great way to do it. Most of the threads I have read say the doctors tell them to get weighed all the time. I don't get that. I will be able to tell from my clothes that the weight is coming off. Although....... I fell on the i ce last Friday and broke a rib!!!!!! I am devastated to say the least. I am in a great deal of pain. Supposed to have the psychological next week and i could pull it off if it weren't so far away and could get a ride. Iam at the moment taking a heavy dose of pain pills and am sleeping most of the day away. I will wait until the l ast minute to cancel. I also am scheduled for the last of my testting, my stress test and that is going to have to be rescheduled also. Doctor say 6-8 recovery from this so surgery will also be put back. I could not be more depressed. So I guess I will just take my pills and go back to sleep.

All of your comments are my worst nightmare.

Thanks. I am making an appt. for a therapist I have seen for a few years and took a break. It is not event he amounts I am eating. It is mostly healthy just way too much and constant. I start with oranges, cott cheese, yogust, crackers with cheese and just prgress to anything. Like a 1/2 pound of roasted tomatoes. Stuff just to fill my brain. I don't keep any junk food in the house but it is still food. I want to hurryt his up. I could never do the 3-6 month doctor thing! The surgeon told us at the seminar that a good percentage pf people don't go thru with it after 6 months of dieting. They just give up. I am lucky. Street test on the 24th and the Psych the next day and I am done. see the nutritionist 2 weeks before surgery, and hopefully April 5-6 is the day. I need to get our of the house. I am so over the snow already! My enrire back is purple from my last fall on the ice.

Scedhuled for easter week in April. Seeing cardiologist today. My psych was cancelled because of the snow and been cooped up in this house for 5 days due to the snowstorms back to back and everything was closed. Today is my first day out. All tests are done. No pre-surgery doctor supervised diet necessary as far as insurance BUT: I have been eating non stop for days and all my pants are tight. i feel the stress of the upcoming surgery. Am I the only one who feels uncertain about whther or not I can do this or not? I am so freaked about it. I have not been able to control my eating for all these days cooped in and I am usually so active. I go to the gym and run around like a crazy person. What does everyone do when they can't get away from it? Will I just not be hungry. I start with healthy things but by the end of the day I don't care what it is. I am usually somuch more controlled than this. What if I can't do it? Crap!:lol0:

There are no pre-surgery groups unless you are having it at the local hospital. I am joining a post op support group that is weekly and know I will need it. Been in therapy on and off over the years but maybe now is a good time to go back and get a little outside support from an un-interested 3rd party. I will schedule an appt for that. Scheduled my stress test and that is the end of it. Surgery tentatively scheduled for week of April 5.

hey Tiff, thanks for that. I am so over the top about this that I cannot even speak to my husband or I'll cry. My depression seems so outa control too lately. Been on meds for 20 years and stable for the most part. Exceptional stress usually sends me over the edge for a short while but I am crying a lot lately and know it is from fear of not succeeding. Good thing I am not telling anyone!

Thanks and I agree with all of it!

Out the the 2's. I have been in the 2's for 30 years except once. I cannot believe how much weight you are all losing so fast. Surgery scheduled for April and wanted to hide it from my family who I don't see very often but not sure if I can with the fast tremendous weightloss. Mother issues, don't want her to know. See her 3 times a year.

I am happy to hear all that, although I know people who have gained all their weight back with bypass and Band. I was just watching Carnie Wilson on TV. She lost 150 and gained 90, UGH. You do wonder who you can do that after working so hard but I have lost and gained 100 pounds probably about 20 times in my life. My doctor tole you can gain it all back by stretching the stomach every time you eat. I see by reading this forum that support is the most important thing. When I was going to be banded, I was on that forum for a couple months talking to people and one guy said, "I don't need my stomach banded, I need my HEAD banded". vecause really that is what it is all about. I have been married 36 years and I so know IT IS NOT ABOUT HIM!