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So Cal support group here we are :thumbup: I am on Facebook also, you can find me by searching Tracie515@hotmail.com How is everyone doing? I am at my 3 week mark and have adjusted to eating meats now but the weight loss has slowed down alot. Im hoping once i get my first adjustment things get going again :thumbup: With all of us being near by maybe sometime we can get together somewhere and talk :thumbup:

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I live in victorville, where are you?

I'm in Helendale -- Silver Lakes. Who did your surgery? I went to Dr. Krahn in San Bernardino.

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I'm in Helendale -- Silver Lakes. Who did your surgery? I went to Dr. Krahn in San Bernardino.

Dr Korman in Marina Del Rey and i think im gonna switch over to the dr in apple valley next to st mary's, to get my adjustments. Its just to far to drive.

I was born and raised in Barstow and moved to Victorville a lil over a year ago, i know exactly where you are :thumbup: For a matter of fact i still work in Barstow.

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Dr Korman in Marina Del Rey and i think im gonna switch over to the dr in apple valley next to st mary's, to get my adjustments. Its just to far to drive.

I was born and raised in Barstow and moved to Victorville a lil over a year ago, i know exactly where you are :thumbup: For a matter of fact i still work in Barstow.

I'm surprised by the number of people who live in Victorville or Barstow who don't know where Silver Lakes is!

I would switch to a local doctor for fills, but I absolutely love my doctor and his practice. Luckily for me, I have family in Redlands, so when I go down the hill for an adjustment (first one at the end of September!), I'll just plan to see family. Will the doctor in Apple Valley let you come for support group even if you aren't a patient there? I'd like to find a local support group if I could.

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Dr Korman in Marina Del Rey and i think im gonna switch over to the dr in apple valley next to st mary's, to get my adjustments. Its just to far to drive.

I was born and raised in Barstow and moved to Victorville a lil over a year ago, i know exactly where you are :thumbup: For a matter of fact i still work in Barstow.

a little off topic but i used to work at St. Mary's what a small world.....

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SUre is a small world HAHA I started this whole process out in the apple valley office but my insurance said i had to have it done at a COE hospital. So the apple valley office has a file on me all the way up to surgery day :) I just cant afford to take a day off work everytime i need to drive down to marina del rey.

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SUre is a small world HAHA I started this whole process out in the apple valley office but my insurance said i had to have it done at a COE hospital. So the apple valley office has a file on me all the way up to surgery day :) I just cant afford to take a day off work everytime i need to drive down to marina del rey.

Is the Apple Valley office connected with 1-800-Get-Thin or are they different people?

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I know this is not an easy way out but tell me what is the hardest part.......I need to know........I am in the process and just waiting for insurance approval at this point.

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Hi Ladies, I was banded on May 18th. I also live in the Higher Desert. I was banded in Riverside tho. Im down 47 lbs. Good luck on your journy's.

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I know this is not an easy way out but tell me what is the hardest part.......I need to know........I am in the process and just waiting for insurance approval at this point.

Everyone probably has different answers to this. I'm only 12 days post-op, so I can't really speak about living with the band. But for the actual surgery, the hardest part for me was the pressure in the center of my chest for a few days. In fact, I had to sleep the first night sitting up, it hurt so badly -- and that was only for five or six hours. After that, I was able to go back to bed.

Then there's the time affectionately referred to as "Bandster Hell". Now that the swelling has gone down where the doc placed the band, I occasionally get hungry enough to eat the way I did before surgery, but what I can actually have is very limited (still on full liquids until Thursday). It's pretty frustrating to have gone through all I did to get to this point, and still be able to eat like I did before. But even that's not too bad yet, unless I let myself get too hungry or don't get my Protein in.

It's also been difficult to remember that there's no drinking with meals, or for 45 minutes afterward. Some days -- some meals -- are better than others, but I forget at least once a day. As soon as I remember, I remove my drink and follow the rules. I assume this will get easier as I develop a new habit.

Someone with more experience may have other things to talk about, buy that's where I'm at. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask!

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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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      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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