ShoppGirl

That’s awesome. Good for you. I wish it was nice outside here for me to walk.

My husband has a similar job and stresses out when he takes time off as well. I tell him that it will give them a chance to learn that they can’t do it without you. I’m sure you will go back to a couple messes but they will also appreciate you more. Did your surgery center have you make a list of non scale related things you are looking forward to post surgery. It is especially good to have during the stalls.

It’s true that you will not look at food the same way but not in a bad way. Not all but most people lose their hunger hormones for a while so it is easier to make some changes to the way you eat. You will learn to think of food more in terms of what nourishment it can provide you. It’s honestly been a good thing for me. I can still have, In moderation, the treats that I used to enjoy on occasion but for the most part I look to food in terms of energy and what it does for my body. I am one year out and I can eat anything I ate pre op though I just eat much smaller portions and I don’t have the empty calories nearly as often.

Many of us feel exactly the way you do about our weights and that’s what landed us here. I think you will be just fine as soon as you get some information about what you are up against from the doctor as well as on this site. You do not have to know which surgery you want right yet. In fact I went through all the months of the medically supervised diet not knowing for certain which surgery I wanted (the surgeon did have a recommendation for me though and I ended up trusting his judgement but they allowed me the time to make up my mind). Ooh and maybe someone who has had both a hip transplant and WLS can respond but I don’t think WLS is more invasive. I was up walking (with a nurse) soon after I woke up from surgery (in recovery).

I have not heard of that one yet. I would contact your team. Could be unrelated but just in case.

I just started a thread “how was your day” in the lounge that doesn’t have a real topic. Feel free to “hijack” it. Lol

Since we don’t have a chat room, the intention of this thread is that there is no real topic to wander off from. Feel free to hijack my post. In fact please do. Lol.

Some people like to try to start some of the things you will need to do post op now like making sure you get in 64 oz of water, no water 30 minutes before or after food, protein first (measure your protein your doctor will tell you how much you will need), eat much slower, and smaller bites. Also, it’s easier for some people if you wean yourself off caffeine, sugar and carbs before the pre op diet. Caffeine is depending of if you have to go off of it (doctors vary on this) a great deal. You don’t have to do any of this if you don’t want to and you have plenty of time to do it if you do but some like to and many have lost a pretty big chunk of weight while waiting on surgery that is just less you have to lose afterwards.

I meant to say happy day but I guess happy dance works as well. Congratulations.

Yay. Happy dance.

Congratulations.

I am one year out and have not had heartburn once yet. So there are definitely people on both sides of it. That being said it is a possible complication that you have to be aware of. Their is no shame in postponing your surgery if you are not ready. But I’d talk to the doctor and see if bypass is an option. I went with sleeve because I am on medication that I was worried about the absorption issues however bypass is the tried and true surgery. I would have gone with it if I wasn’t worried about my meds.

Don’t forget you asked for it!! Just kidding, you definitely asked the right person.

Let me know how it comes out. What I didn’t love about CFA diet (American sized) lemonade is the pulp so I wonder how homemade would compare.

Hey. I seen the cheese packets at dollar tree and wondered what you would do with them (as in why not buy the box but maybe it’s cheaper to buy other pasta??) anyways they do have the packets there and I’m thinking you just add that to cauliflower cause I have bought the kit as well and it was just a sauce packet like velveeta Mac n cheese has.

Aha. I eat a handful of nuts here and there too. Maybe why I was able to wean off the fiber powder. That and I try to get at least one serving of fruit.

I use the ninja as well. The nutra bullet I think it was. The single serve one. I love it. When I’m home I just pop in a straw and drink it right out of that so I don’t even have a glass to clean. But if you are early out and/or just drink it slow that probably wouldn’t work for the super easy cleanup. Although I’m sure with the harvest ones there will be a little mess to clean as well.

My BMI was 35 and the surgeon said he recommended sleeve for me and felt that bypass was overkill for me but said he would still do it if I was really adamant in getting it. Maybe if you explain your concerns your feelings would too.

Unless they have to do something different because of your Existing GI issues I don’t see you having more. I haven’t had any and I am a year post op.

I am a year out and I don’t like all the attention about my weight either. The novelty wears off though and people stop commenting about it. When they say that they think you have lost enough and not to get too small, though, just say that you are working with a doctor and you will stick to their advise about what weight is healthy for you. Being a private person too I totally get it but it’s worth going through that to get all the benefits that weight loss brings.

Another thing I forgot to mention that happens to help alot with anxiety is organization. What Suzannethemom did by making all her lists was to control what she could and that helps a great deal with anxiety. I was advised to do that during a medical issue that was very stressful by a nurse. I kept a binder with all my appointments and labs and scans, etc and it helped tremendously with my anxiety.

It goes by faster than you would think. Just take it one step at a time in terms of the procedures and evaluations and hang out here in your free time learning as much as you can to make things a little easier and less stressful post op.

Well hopefully you will remain pretty much asymptomatic but at least you got the heads up so you don’t spread it and so that you don’t have to recover from surgery while your body is fighting COVID too. I know it sucks to be postponed but your surgery date will come and go before you know it. Trust me. I am a year out now and can’t believe it how fast that year went by.

Looks good.