samantha814

Hey ladies! Glad to hear everyone seems to be doing well. Today is Day 1 of my liquid pre-op diet. So far, so good! I'm guessing that this evening will be a little more difficult when I'm at home. I did weigh myself this morning....geeze. Seeing that # for sure solidified my decision on going forward with this and eliminating any second guessing that I've been doing in my head. I'm so ready for the next chapter!

I'm coming in around that time Too! So happy I won't be going from the airport to the hospital alone!

I was going to send you a message and see how your first day went. I'm glad it went well I have tried to kick the soda habit as well (for me it's diet coke). I guess in my head I thought of it more as a "treat" than anything...so I learned that anyway. I'm here if you need any support or just someone to talk to! I look forward to seeing you!

I am seeing Dr. Illian July 4th also

I can't believe how quickly time is starting to tick away. I start my liquid diet the 27th and my birthday is the 28th *womp womp* BUT wine is liquid, so I think I will have a glass of that rather than some cake

I can't believe how quickly time is starting to tick away. I start my liquid diet the 27th and my birthday is the 28th *womp womp* BUT wine is liquid, so I think I will have a glass of that rather than some cake

Samantha, I had the same feeling. I'm still dealing with my family's "feelings" about this. I have good support from others that have already had one done; some in the U.S. and some in Mexico.

I had my surgery March 30, 2017 but started to hemorrhage April 19, 2017 was strain to use the bathroom made my own self sick. But I'm 11 weeks out and loss 52 lb I plan on losing an 100 pounds by the time I go see my doctor in the next 2 months. This surgery was the best think I could have ever done. There is a site if you have blue cross blue shield that you can get free Protein Drinks and free lotion for your skin. It is insurenutrition.com you just have to have surgery date the will not except any federal are state programs so that left me out but will be researching for other. Lady good luck you will all do great. Also there is another program if your having a hard time getting your surgery paid for it is called Weight loss Surgery Foundation of America they will pay for weight loss and plastic surgery when you need the excess skin remove they except application from January until June 30 of every year

So glad that you guys replied! I too put in a lot of research. I am nervous and as the date is quickly approaching, I am getting more and more excited/anxious. I just came to the point where I knew that I had to do something and the more research that I did....the more I knew that this is what I had to do and just had a "feeling". I am hoping that you guys know what I mean. I feel like I sounded crazy when I tried to explain this to my family.

I was going to send you a message and see how your first day went. I'm glad it went well I have tried to kick the soda habit as well (for me it's diet coke). I guess in my head I thought of it more as a "treat" than anything...so I learned that anyway. I'm here if you need any support or just someone to talk to! I look forward to seeing you!

Hi everyone wanted to post my one week post-op weigh-in.
SW was 182lbs. Today I was 166lbs.
Goal weight is 120lbs and I can't wait to get there. It feels really good to see the scale go down for once.

July 3rd

July 4th!

July 4th!

July 4th!

July 4th!

Ok so I'm doing pretty good, I've already walked once with a nurse and 3 times by myself, 3 laps. I didn't get the horrid gas pains that I was preparing myself for. Unless somehow they appear tomorrow which wouldn't make sense. Little sore on top of my stomach but overall other than being REALLY thirsty I don't feel too bad at all
Knock on wood!
Getting up out of my chair and down into it are getting less and less painful . So far the most pain I had was when they first had me get out of bed . I'm nervous about getting back into it ugh . But so far, so good! I feel so bad for the lady next door , she's miserable and barely walking with a walker. I'm hoping we both wake up tomorrow a little better . I get my swallow test I think sometime between 730 and 930, then some Water finally! I'll update tomorrow !

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=] I'm excited. Since you're a day ahead you can tell me what to expect!

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That's almost exactly what I said to mine lol. Well it sound so like we have a few things in common and can definitely be there for one another!

I'm in the same boat. I do financials and end of the month is pretty much out of the picture. I'm from PA, but recently moved to NJ for work. I told my husband that he s not missing much, as I probably wouldn't be too fun lol

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I just put down my deposit for July 4th! I will be going alone, is there anyone else that will be there at the same time?
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