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Thank you!!!

Thanks everyone for your help and support!!! Made it through to the other side, daydreaming about chugging ice water - my surgeon doesn’t allow me to eat/drink anything until 6am tomorrow, tough because my surgery was at 730am! Some pain but mostly controlled by meds, was up and on a decently long loop around the floor around 3pm and walked to the bathroom to pee a little bit ago. The walking feels fine but it’s the getting in and out of bed that made me hurt a little! Overall I’m feeling good and I’m very excited to be starting this new era! Thanks again!

Thanks! I’ll do my best to resist continually picking up my phone! Deep breaths!

Jess! Hope you’re doing well post-op! Mine is in the morning and I’m freaking out a bit too, I’m excited to be on the other side soon! Hope you’re recovering well!!

Trying to sleep but can’t stop thinking about and trying to anticipate what tomorrow is going to be like and how I’m going to feel after making such a drastic life decision! Keep worrying that I’ll show up and I’ll have messed something up or forgotten something and they’ll cancel or postpone the surgery. So much adrenaline and anxiety, trying to do some guided sleep meditations (using calm.com) but not getting anywhere... Any suggestions for the night before surgery jitters??!?

I'm on Monday too! I have definitely still been hungry (or maybe even just "snacky") some days of pre-op. I'm also weaning off my ADHD meds this week which has appetite suppression as a side effect so that could be part of why I've still been feeling like eating frequently. Also summer school ended last week (I'm a teacher) and this week I've just been puttering around at home which means more time to think about/want food! I'm nervous but also SO READY for it to just be surgery day already. I've been obsessing and worrying and planning and wondering and all that for SO LONG that I just need it to be here already - I want to start dealing with/actually doing it instead of just thinking and worrying about it all!

So I haven't had surgery yet, so I am definitely not speaking from experience (SORRY!), but I wanted to share an article by one of my all-time favorite authors who had WLS this past January. She wrote a memoir about her body/weight a year or two ago and between that and this article I feel like so many of my feelings/thoughts/anxieties were echoed and processed in a really thoughtful way. Even on the pre-op diet it's been hard to separate out head hunger vs. physical hunger vs. the need to feel like I'm chewing something as well as the emotional part (feels stupid but there is a bit of mourning food that is happening for me). "The Body that Understands what Fullness is" by Roxane Gay https://medium.com/s/unrulybodies/the-body-that-understands-what-fullness-is-f2e40c40cd75

Wow!! I’m halfway through my pre-op liquid diet and success stories like yours keep me going!

I add taco seasoning to my beef broth (I use better than bouillon) and it’s delicious! I was surprised!

My first appointment was 2/2/18, and I was approved by insurance before the end of May. I am a teacher and wanted to wait until summer and after summer school so my surgery is a week from today. Not all insurances require the six months of supervised diet!

The thing helping me keep going is thinking about how if I can do this now, before the surgery, before any anatomy changes, then doing it afterward will be a breeze. I’ve been doing things like blending my protein shakes with ice and I want to get some of the sugar free torani type syrups to add some flavor variety to my shakes as well. Would you be allowed to do that? Are you allowed to have a rotation of protein shake brands or are you restricted to one type? I know all of us have slightly different pre-op guidelines, but I’m on day 8 and I know both of us can get through it! You’re going to be great!!