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Wow! Congratulations! You look great! Truly an inspiration to me. I have my consultation appt with the surgeon on 10/5.

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Thank you for your reply. Your advice is helpful. Yea, I really don't think I have a choice either. The best I can do is make peace with it and get used to it!

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What I find is that you need to rid your house of such temptations. The other thing is, the longer you go without sugar, the more you don’t crave it.

Yeah... well, I can't control what comes into my house, so had to "sit with my feelings". I live with my in-laws, and there is no controlling them. They bring in cakes, Cookies, pies, etc. ALL THE TIME. The constant exposure hasn't actually been a bad thing, because I'm now used to it, and it doesn't bother me.
There was a couple months that MIL was in the hospital, so stopped bringing stuff in.. which was fine.. but then when she started again, it's like I had to start over! I get used to it being here or not being here... but when it switches, that's harder. It's an ongoing process.

Tomorrow is my first surgical consult. I am so very nervous. I hope he tells me I'm a good candidate for a gastric sleeve. I'm excited to get the ball rolling! I'm so tired of being so overweight. My back is killing me today. My weight is affecting my quality of life .I'm ready to be more active and enjoy myself when I go out instead of always being in pain.
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My surgery is in 7 days - YIKES! Hard to believe now that I'm here, but I've been on a 6 month journey to get here, that followed a 2 years of "Do I or Don't I" waffling back and forth. Yes, I had to do both of those tests. I think basically because I have a Hiatial Hernia though and my Dr was concerned that gastric sleeve wouldn't be the best for me. You sleep through the Endoscopy, but will have a sore throat for a day or 2. The Barium Swallow is trying to drink the IV Liquid while laying down without burping! Yep - lay down, drink and don't burp! Oh well, whatever. Anyway.....welcome to the journey. Blessings.

Thank you so much! Good luck with your surgery tomorrow! I hope all will go well and you have a quick recovery!

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Congratulations on the start of a new life. None of the two were required by my surgeon. Hope all goes well with your journey.

Thank you so much!

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