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well done Natalie keep going and feeling positive ..wish i was you as i go in at 7-15 weds morning first hospital stay ever < ..i was also under the illusion of 1...2....days of rest and sleep !! maybe not ..

Thanks to both of you and well fine on your success it's great to hear from people that have had it done , all I want to do is get it over with and start living a better healthier and active life .. Richard

sorry Natalie ( Mary without sound) (thought your name was mary keep your focus i know its so easy to say that ..three years ago i was on anti depressants etc just a fat bloke with a broken heart but the weight loss has been my escape and my way to focus and i thought this day of October the 9th would never come.. i seem to be opposite to most in that if life is crap i tend to just not eat ,but if life is good and happy well i just eat lots of bad things lol ..we are all here for you .hope the pre op went ok and the op is as good as it can be x

Pre op straight forward too Bpm resting is 58 low cholesterol and blood pressure ok .. Let me know how the other pre ops go for you all Thanks

Hi Mary it's Richard I have been where you are and it kick started my journey the hurt us still there but I use that to my advantage on the days it gets tough and although nearly 4 weeks of pre op gone a tough time to resist can happen at any time so be strong we are all here for you so please keep in touch and we can update each other on our progress .. Xx

Going in for my sleeve on 10/9 so not long .. I tend to weigh 1 per month or else you could go mad .. But then again I have lost at least 150 lb since starting 3 years ago but whatever weight I loose I am still fat so god willing the sleeve will help me along my journey .. Currently I am around 355 lb ..

Thanks to all I will be glad when this weekend is out the way ( think we are all tempted more at weekends ) then it's full concentration til wedesday ..

Keep us updated on how you got in and your experience , I know you may feel a bit rough at the moment so hope it's not as bad as you thought .. Rich

Hello we share a surgery date I am in the uk and at the moment I do not no how to feel it seems like a dream at the moment us thus really going to happen on the 9 th I gave waited 3 years and now it's here .. I suppose it's the unknown and the feeling of ifs whys and butts and will the day ever come in the future where your insides feel normal like they do now but just a reduced stomach .. All the best to you Rich

just wondering if any one wants to be a surgery buddy to motivate and share our experiences as we go through this journey together i am in the uk and have surgery on the 9th of October 2013 ..thanks

Forgot also the lovely cup of slimming soup from bachelors. The minestrone is mmmmm and only 62 calories per cup

I have not struggled at all on the 800 calorie diet , I think it is because I had imagined a whole month on liquids etc.. I gave hard boiled eggs apples .. Ryvita with the blue cheese laughing cow , always a few polo mints and my daily treat is a werthers original at bedtime and in three weeks I have lost around 11 kilo

Hello my name is Richard from Cheltenham .. Had the pre op today ready for my op on the 9th October

Oops diets not duets

Hi gojogo nice to hear from someone who has had the op as we have that to come and all the worry about ifs and buts .. Your weight loss is great and difference with the sleeve is it will keep going unlike the endless duets we have all done which as we now is always temporary weight loss ...

Hello uk sleever .. Will do and please keep me updated on how you get on too its nice to have someone going roughly down the same path as me ..what made you opt for the full bypass instead of just the sleeve ? .

I I have surgery in the 9th of October 2013 in Gloucester and the threads in the uk forum seemed about a year old so thought I would start a new one ... Pre op going well and lost 11 kilo in 3 weeks on 800 calories a dY and had pre op tests today and was surprised I can still have 800 calories the day before .. What's your progress and how's it going .. Rich x

Thankyou very much

Hi all I have been on a pre op diet of 800 calories a day which was the best option for me as I can use calories for milk in decaf coffee and also have polo mints as well as a little normal ish food I have lost 11 kilo (23lb) in three weeks and have pre op appointment in the morning ( October the 1st) .. I am a bit like a fish out of water in hospitals and I am beginning to get apprehensive but I know without it the weight I have currently lost will return it always does plus a lot more .. I never thought I would get this close as I used to easily eat 6000 calories a day and was close to being bed ridden and at the point of giving up my ankles hurt and I had bad acid at night .. Then my partner left me for another and despite bring fat I always provided for the family and gad a warm heart ... Yes I am scared about the op on the 9th but have found wonderful warm stories from all on here and I just wanted to say if I have got this far you can too as I was out if control eating wise .. I have thoughts of next summer in my head hoping I am in a good place weight wise can get nicer clothes on and maybe get back some confidence and even perhaps find love again .. RIchard x

Sorry about late reply ... I have been on a pre op diet of 800 calories a day which was the best option for me as I can use calories for milk in decaf coffee and also have polo mints as well as a little normal ish food I have lost 11 kilo in three weeks and have pre op appointment in the morning ( October the 1st) .. I am a bit like a fish out of water in hospitals and am beginning to get apprehensive but I know without it the weight I have currently lost will return

Well done mate my story is just like yours and it is definitely not the easy way. .. I'm due to be sleeved here in the uk on 9 th October .. I just want to not be noticed in a crowd . Not have the seatbelt extension on a plane and experience every ride at a theme park as been to fat in the past so I just did not go .. Been big since I was 5 and missed out of so much life has to offer and wish I had done this at 29 not 49 .. Rich

I am it seems surreal I am in on the 9th I know it's right but my mind keeps saying ffs what are you doing ...rich

The 9th for me it's surreal and almost in a dream. Is it the right thing ???? But I know without it the weight creeps back plus a lot more

thanks for the replies you will never know how much it means to have people going or gone through the same x