CountryGirl5584

Surgery tomorrow!!

I have been listening to Dr. Duc Vuong's podcast about successful wls patients. He has one of the highest success rates with wls patients in the country. What he says about the one thing that a patient can do to insure success at weight loss and keeping the weight off is to let the overweight food addicted person you once were die. Just let her die. So tonight I lit the candles all over my house....I brought the last alcohol I will drink in a while. I toasted all the coping mechanisms that kept me safe from harm...the fat that kept me unattractive to the men who would abuse me.....the food that made me feel better on cold lonely nights. The thick layer of distance I put between me and the cruelty of the world. And I said goodbye. It is sad, it is hard, I'm not sure how I am going to cope without that protective false self to keep me safe. But she's dead and I am going to let her die. I hope you will all join me in saying "Thank you fat self for all the years of keeping me safe and invisible from the world. But now I'm old enough, strong enough and experienced enough to take care of myself without you."
Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
Goodbye.

My doc gave me the scripts at the last meeting with him so that I can get them filled before surgery

My doc gave me the scripts at the last meeting with him so that I can get them filled before surgery

Good luck! Sending positive thoughts your way!

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I get my Vitamins from puritan.com and they have awesome prices and buy one get one deals

Good luck and speedy recovery

Success! Everything got in on time, and I am scheduled for 8am tomorrow! I'm so excited it doesn't even feel real!

hello!
I am day 1! Not too bad! My bff and a co-worker are doing the pre-op diet with me for support! Together we can get through this!
Best of luck!
Nancy

You look amazing!!

It's a 15 minute procedure where an anesthesiologist administers propofol and the gastroenterologist checks your stomach out with a camera. They check for ulcers, hiatal hernia h pylori,etc. very easy procedure

Its just something about their innocence that makes your heart melt

Sending prayers your way

Awesome! I think I'm gonna get the moose! Thanks for all your help

My husband has named his Steve the Sleeve.

Sleevenstein, Hercusleeve, sleevdiculous

Lol, somehow my stomach got the name "baby belly" because I had to remember to eat like a baby or I would get sick. She has also routinely earned the name "b*tch baby belly" because she is temperamental, routinely likes something one day then hates it the next day, and makes me barf whenever she is in a particular mood. Oh and yes, my sleeve, like cars, is a girl.

I have a ventral hernia we call Herman, so when it came time to name my new tummy we went with Sherman. LOL

I started my pre-op diet yesterday! So far so good! My mom felt horrible eating in front of me and was actually gonna go hide while she ate, but I was fine! Less than 2 weeks to go!

Damn! 100 pounds since August.
Those people with penises sure can lose weight!
Congrats to him.

Lmao that's fantastic!

So I've seen people mention stuff about bariatric stuffed animals, but I'm not sure of their purpose or where to get. Can anyone shed some light? Thanks

I always overpack for everything lol so I'm gonna try and not overpack

So my 8 year old son, who has such a caring heart, came up to me today and said," Mum, so you said your face might look a lot older after you lose weight? Well I you know there is this stuff in the stores called firming cream! Want me to get you some for after your surgery?"
Lol. So cute!