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Hi! My surgery date is March 16. I have finished my first week of pre-op diet..it was hard the first few days but it has gotten easier...am excited and nervous at the same time!!! I have gotten alot of info from this board..thanks!

Now, how do you get the weight loss ticker added to your message???

thanks and have a great week!

Marcia

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Thanks for the welcome. As I said in an earlier post, I'm scheduled to be banded on March 17th. My surgeon does not require I be on a preop diet except for the day before which will be a clear liquid diet. So, I have been eating like crazy thinking this is my last chance to eat what I want. I've gained an additional 8 lbs in the last week! Should I be worried? Am I making a mistake? Someone help me.

I gained 10lbs since my last visit, But I have been eating and exercising the same, I think its the steriods i am taking for a bad sinus infection.. Anyhoo I had my last appt thursday before my surgery March 19 and he was upset with me cause he said that any extra weight would cause my liver to be bigger and for them not to be able to see what they are doing for the surgery.. So i am under strick orders to get rid of this extra lbs by my surgery..

So main concern would be engored liver..

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Hi! My surgery date is March 16. I have finished my first week of pre-op diet..it was hard the first few days but it has gotten easier...am excited and nervous at the same time!!! I have gotten alot of info from this board..thanks!

Now, how do you get the weight loss ticker added to your message???

thanks and have a great week!

Marcia

normally you just have to click on someone ticker and it will take you to the site to get one

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Hi! My surgery date is March 16. I have finished my first week of pre-op diet..it was hard the first few days but it has gotten easier...am excited and nervous at the same time!!! I have gotten alot of info from this board..thanks!

Now, how do you get the weight loss ticker added to your message???

thanks and have a great week!

Marcia

Check out the last post in this link: http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/ticker-tutorial-pictures-41782/

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check your pm messages drewser...

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Tomorrow's the big day! Don't feel too nervous - odd?

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Tomorrow's the big day! Don't feel too nervous - odd?

It must be odd because I felt the same way and I am odd. :biggrin:

I think if you get too excited or nervous about the actual surgery itself you will be disappointed. It really is pretty boring.

Good luck!!

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March 23rd for me. I'm excited, anxious, nervous, and elated all in one. I'll get my banding profile up but I started at 476 and am down to 426 per my insurance requirements and can't wait for the band!

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My doctor isn't requiring a pre-op diet either. Glad to hear that someone else is getting the same info!

Sharon

March 19th is the day :thumbup:

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March 11th, only 2 days away!!!!:) I hope they can intubate me this time around.

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I too am getting way excited- thanks for all the posts and info folks! It keeps me grounded and driven to succede.

March 15th!

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I'm getting banded on March 19, 2010

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My doctor isn't requiring a pre-op diet either. Glad to hear that someone else is getting the same info!

Sharon

March 19th is the day :)

Hey there the 19th is my day too....lets keep in touch!

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    • Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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