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Going in next week for final appt. with my doc before surgery. Would love to find some lap band buddies in the area. Would be great for moral support to get together occasionally. Shout out if you're interested. And good luck with your journeys!

Suzeeq from St. Lou

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What stage are you at in your surgery!? :)

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Has it been pretty rough getting used to the food plan? Are you glad you did it? What advice can you give me for post surgery? I appreciate any help or tips you can give! :) I hope you are doing well.

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It has been slow progress but I am loosing. I have had one fill and am eating a lot less. Post surgery just follow the diet from your surgeon. I ate sugar free fudgsicles and no sugar Italian ice! It was a nice treat! I'll keep you posted! Slow but steady wins the race!

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That's great for you! I love hearing what people find to eat that works for them. Makes me have hope! Looking forward to talking more after my surgery. Have a great day. Thanks. :)

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I'm in Stl area also, Going through the New start program w/ Dr. Ginsburg. How about you?

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Im in the area....sending my paperwork over to my surgeons office (Dr. Wagner) on Tuesday....hopefully I will be banded soon!

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I'm in Stl area also' date=' Going through the New start program w/ Dr. Ginsburg. How about you?[/quote']

Don't know Dr. Ginsburg! But I'm sure we are probably in the same place! I have chosen Dr. Folwell. I have my final pre-op visit with him on Tuesday! Yay! And starting my 2 week Protein soon. :( But I am so ready to get this ball rolling. Should be banded by end of September! :) How about you?

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Im in the area....sending my paperwork over to my surgeons office (Dr. Wagner) on Tuesday....hopefully I will be banded soon!

That docs name sounds familiar! Hopefully your process goes quickly! And you get to get started soon. Good luck. :)

For everyone here, I would love some local buddies. Maybe somewhere down the line we can get together once in awhile. Be nice to share stories, advice, and support! :) Good luck to all the new St. Louis area Banders!! :)

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I dont know Dr. Fowell personally but some of the other people at the nutrition seminar I had to attend were going to him. I am currently on day 3 of my pre op liquid diet and my surgery is scheduled for thursday the 6th! So I'm SUPER EXCITED! but also starting to get nervous! ....lol gotta stay away from those LB complication threads!!

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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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      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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