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Heathermarie0407    67

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Hey y'all! I am getting my lapband in may and I am soo excited!!!! I have been o er wieght since I had my first child . I gained 70lbs with her! Ever since then I have dieted lost some only to gain back even more.

So I have UHc, I had to do a 6 month diet. I actually gained and lost during that but ended up about ten lbs heavier than I was when I started. Now I've found out I'm approved! Im anxious to get this part of my life started, but also really scared. When I think of how I'm going to deal with my emotions without food it terrifies me.

I am having my surgery in Jacksonville ar. And I will pick a date on Tuesday when I go in for teaching.

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Lisa Renee Cook Pettit    19

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Hey Heather.Im getting my lapband done also in May.On the 16th.Im soooo scared too.I am still researching the band and trying to learn the pros and cons but cant really seem to find any BAD about it.I also live in Arkansas (West Memphis).I am going to Las Vegas to have mine done.WHY??? Insurance of course..Just wanted you to know I am right there with you on the nerves and being really scared.The closer it get the more nerves I get.Good Luck too you.

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mandagay    93

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Hey girls. There s no reason to be scared! U will be sore, u will have the infamous gas but u will lose the weight (within the rules of the band) and u will love the new you!! We r all here for each other!! Feel free to pm me with any questions! I am a newbie so I remember well how the surgery feels and the weeks and days right after

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Heathermarie0407    67

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Oh yay I'm so glad to have someone else around here gong through this at the same time! Good luck to you!

Thanks for your support manda, I need all that I can get! This is a major life change. I think that is what scares me.

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kbliss78    123

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I'm a may bandster also 5/22! Excited for a new life!

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mags2u    57

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So excited for all of you! Congrats on making one of the best decisions. I was banded 1/10, have lost 43lbs. I'm getting over it, but the only "bad" thing I've dealt with so far is being mad/sad that I can't just pig out. There is definitely an emotional side to it. Feel free to message with any questions!

Best of luck in your journey!

Maggie

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Heathermarie0407    67

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That is what scares me the most! For one month during my supervised diet I really dieted and exercised, I lost ten lbs but I was falling apart emotionally! I had to go to the doctor and up my anti depressants, now I am thinking what am I going to do, this is the rest of my life I'm talking about!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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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        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.

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        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.

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