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Hi everyone! Well tomorrow is my day, I'm feeling so many things right now. nervous, anxious, excited! I don't think i'm too nervous about the actual sergury, because i've had surgeries before. I'm more anxious about afterward. I'm praying for a speedy recovery, and i'm hoping that I can come on tomorrow night and tell you all my experiences so far.

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you got this its a piece of cake...i'm 2 weeks post and feel great.. are you having plication as well? no way around it you will be real sore but this to shall pass . sugar fee popsicle are your buddy when you get home...helps with the dry mouth and throat .. good luck and relax,u r going to do great! keep in touch

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Hope you have a speedy recovery. Looking forward to hearing how it goes for you.

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Good luck

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You'll do fine. I was banded exactly 1 week ago and despite some abdominal pain I feel great. I think that your positive attitude will help you through those first few days of recovery.

Good luck!!!

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Good luck! :D

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you got this its a piece of cake...i'm 2 weeks post and feel great.. are you having plication as well? no way around it you will be real sore but this to shall pass . sugar fee popsicle are your buddy when you get home...helps with the dry mouth and throat .. good luck and relax' date='u r going to do great! keep in touch[/quote']

Did u have plication? I'm getting that I'm going in Wednesday (yikes)

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Did u have plication? I'm getting that I'm going in Wednesday (yikes)

Yes I do have Plication

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Do u love it? How long have u had the surgery? Any Hair loss? ?

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Do u love it? How long have u had the surgery? Any Hair loss? ?

I had surgery on April 24th ..I feel that eating slow you can feel your tummy is full, doesn't take much. I'm really happy I had it done. no hair loss, I do make sure I get all my Protein in any way I can that helps for hair loss and good health.

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Hi phoebster:

U just had it. Glad that ur happy. I met some I and patients on Tuesday nd they said they love it. Making my decision easier thanks. I'm going to ace surgery next wed! Nervous as hell!! How long did surgery do u know? :)

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Hi phoebster:

U just had it. Glad that ur happy. I met some I and patients on Tuesday nd they said they love it. Making my decision easier thanks. I'm going to ace surgery next wed! Nervous as hell!! How long did surgery do u know? :)

It was about an hour not bad not that I new any thing... I woke and said oh it over? I had to keep breathing deep to keep my oxygen up .they get you up sitting in a big chair. for 5 days I had to breath in a contraption they give you to take home... My muscles r sore but I feel good, I go back to work tomorrow.

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I forgot to ask u, u got the band as well or just the plication? Sorry being nosy, hope to recover well!!

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I forgot to ask u, u got the band as well or just the plication? Sorry being nosy, hope to recover well!!

I had the lap band and Plication

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I had the lap band and Plication

Make sure you have liq. motrin you may have a head ache day or two after

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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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    • 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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      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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