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Shari McGuire

Gastric Sleeve Patients

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  1. Day 2 -- Surgery Prep

    · Shari McGuire · 03/18/2015 02:59

    Here we go - again.... The short story is that in 2008 I had LapBand surgery, lost 75 pounds, started gaining it back, couldn't get my LapBand adjusted because the port came unattached and couldn't get it fixed because I no longer had health insurance. Then in 2014 I had health insurance again and finally got my LapBand port re-attached only for it to come unattached again within a couple of months. Grr!
     
    So, after much prayer, soul searching, talking with the surgeon and others at the gastric surgery center I have decided to do a revision and am scheduled to have gastric sleeve surgery on March 26. Woo hoo!
     
    Yesterday I started my 10 day out liquid diet and it's been a challenge so far -- I'm hungry! This afternoon I was in Target and smelled all their wonderful food and thought to myself, "why am I doing this? I'm choosing to give up delicious food and torture myself." And then I remembered I've got to keep my eye on the long-term prize -- a long and healthy life! More energy to live my life, being able to ride the amusement park rides with my son, wearing clothes that look good instead of just fitting on my body, and on and on.
     
    Looking forward to my hunger pains subsiding.

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