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Sumaire

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    Are you limited to Clear Liquids, or will you be allowed to have full liquids (oatmeal/farina, pudding, sherbet, creamed soups) during your pre-surgery diet?

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    I'm on a full liquid diet...not just clears.

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    Are you limited to clear liquids, or will you be allowed to have full liquids (oatmeal/farina, pudding, sherbet, creamed soups) during your pre-surgery diet?

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    I'm on a full liquid diet...not just clears.

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    Then something like oatmeal, or farina, or a cream Soup, isn't out of the realm of possibility for you. That would help with feeling more full, I think. Less feeling like you're starving, whether you are or not. ;-)

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  11. Posted · Edited by Sumaire

    It's a lot nicer when you can do what others do to get rid of the weight and be healthier again, but not all people are that fortunate.

    We are some of those less fortunate people, but we're taking the step of getting a tool to help us become healthier.

    I think that takes a LOT of bravery.

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    @@4ukay1 @@MindyMe @@coastergirl @@Sherbear2 For those on liquid-only diets, do you know how many calories you're having per day? I have been meaning to download an app to start tracking that but haven't done it yet.

    Are you on a drinking schedule or just whenever you're hungry?

    I use My Fitness Pal, which can be free, but if you want to micromanage (macromanage?) your nutrients, you need to pay either $10 a month, or $50 for the year. Personally, I chose a year, as it's $70 a year cheaper than paying monthly.

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    My daughter is against the surgery, and I have had to stand firm and tell her that it's going to happen, no matter what her opinion on the matter.

    My mother, who suggested that I get surgery has suddenly decided not to answer my last two emails about my info being submitted to the insurance company, and then 10 days later, my email telling her that I'd been approved.

    ​My take on this is that I am doing this for ME. I want to get healthier, as I have several health issues that are exacerbated by my morbid obesity. I'm not doing it to find a lifemate, I'm doing this so that I don't end up with diabetes (I'm pre-diabetic right now, and on metformin for it), that I can chuck the CPAP machine, that I can walk more than half a block without having to stop to rest, etc., ad nauseum.

    ​That's how I'm handling it. Yes, it's hurtful that I'm not getting family support, but I do have friends who are being supportive, and as long as I have them to support me, I'll survive it.

    Plus, if and when my daughter sees how well my own weight loss journey goes, she might decide to have the surgery, too, as she is dangerously obese, and also has severe chronic obstructive sleep apnea.

    Good luck to you. :)

  17. Posted

    My daughter hasn't flipflopped, but she's been unsupportive. She's afraid that something bad will happen and that I'll die because of the surgery, which is scheduled for 10/27/16, a week after my birthday.

    ​MAN, what a birthday present!

    ​For a long while, she was nagging at me, grabbing any negative statistic she could find about the surgery, but I didn't let it obviously get to me.

    ​The nagging has stopped, and now she's doing the whole "well, we won't be able to eat together now" thing, which you all and I know isn't the case.

    ​My Mom, who, a couple years ago, told me that I should look into it, as I am morbidly obese, and have several serious health issues as a result, hasn't responded to my last two emails to her, where I first told her that my information had been submitted to insurance for surgery approval, and then my email to her last Wednesday, telling her that it had been approved.

    ​Family is weird, I suppose. We just have to find a way to deal with it. :P

  18. Posted

    I'm scheduled for GBS on October 27, 2016, and I'm hoping that my daughter will see that it's not the bogeyman she's implied it is and eventually decides to have it, herself, as she's considerably more morbidly obese than I am.

    ​I hate seeing how uncomfortable she is, and I know that this would be an excellent tool for her to get down to a healthy weight.

    it's just so frustrating for me. At least she's stopped nagging me about it, although I expect that as surgery day becomes closer, the nagging will resume.

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