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Hi Everyone! i had surgery 7/26/10, so I'm 3 weeks post-op. I was just wondering, though, is it normal to have mood swings? Somedays I am so sad, and feel like crying all day. Other days I am so happy and excited that I finally had my surgery done! Is anyone going through, or has gone through this in the beginning?

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Yes Mimi, this is a normal reaction. There have been a few posts discussing this and the reason why. Let me see if i can find one for you.

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Thanks so much, I'm trying to get used to how to search all the posts & everything :lol:

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Hello! I had my surgery the same day as you and I have definately been feeling emotional. I went out with friends yesterday to see Eat Pray Love and I could have cried the whole movie. It isn't really a sad movie! haha. But it was about a woman going through all these changes and looking for herself and I was just so moved by it. I guess normally I would have eaten and ignored the feelings but now I have to face so much of what I feel. I am so excited about the changes but I'm terrified too.

So, anyway it is good to know I am not crazy and now I am going to read the thread waynoo shared.

Stay strong!

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Thanks so much for the support, both of you! It IS relieving to know that someone else is going through the same thing; I almost started crying reading your response! HAHAHA! Good luck to all!

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During that period I had a lack of Protein and calories in general and was VERY moody and cranky. as soon as I got more normal levels of nutrition I was fine.

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I looked for the threads on this but they seem to have expired. I am practically in tears and just have no good reason for being such an ass to my poor dog and my poor husband. I feel like a tyrant, and this is so weird because yesterday I was on top of the world, had boundless energy, was so loving to everyone, and today I am tired and headachy and sad. I had my surgery 1/27 so am a little over 2 weeks post op. Physically I seem to be doing fairly well but I feel like I'm on an emotional roller coaster. Would love to hear from anyone who has recently been through this and wondering how long it lasts?

Thanks,

Cat (The Tyrant)

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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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