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May 10Th!!!!

MendyB

By MendyB, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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MendyB    8

MendyB
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Just got my date! Woohoo

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yellowrose88    43

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Congrats. It will be here before you know it!

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Mzflaningam    34

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We should be band buddies i am may 10th as well... when do you hvae to start the pre op diet?

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MendyB    8

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We should be lap band buddies!!!!! I'm all for it... I go to my pre/op April 28th. That is 2 weeks before. But I've been on a management program already that insurance required;)

When is yours??;)

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Mzflaningam    34

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I start mine the 26th I didn't have do the six month thing but I think that I'd because I had already been working with my primary dr for some time

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MendyB    8

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How do I add you as my buddies! As time gets closer I need a buddy! I'm starting to get nervous and I think my husband is tired of hearing the questions and concerns. He is a marine so his view on life is things will happen and fall into place. This is one of those times I really don't want this advice. I want to talk... ;)

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Mzflaningam    34

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Mendy How are you doing on your pre op?

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Mzflaningam    34

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I'm may 10th too! :)

Aww another band buddy what kind of pre op do u have ?

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MendyB    8

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Mendy How are you doing on your pre op?

My pre op diet and post op instructions are completely opposite than anything I've read on here. My pre-op diet is to stop all carbonated drinks and up all Protein a week to 10 days before surgery. This decreases the liver size so he his firm with this instruction. My post op instructions was to start small amounts of Water immediately on the first day and blended food 3 times a day. My surgeon says that people do not live on shakes so all changes in life style starts an hour after the surgery is complete and not living on Protein Shakes.

He also performs the surgery with a voice activated robot and he does not agree with more than a couple of hours of down time. So I guess you could say he is aggressive but firm to his ways. I was also told to stay off these forums... Hehe;) but he doesn't have to know everything...

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Mzflaningam    34

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my pre op is 3-4 Protein Shakes a day and veggies.. i can cook them in broth and have non fat dressing with them. and no snacking

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ifhbiff    6

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wow its almost here. gl. im may 11th. i cant wait.

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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

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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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