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Hey! I'm 27 and this will be my very first surgery ever! I'm nervous and excited at the same time, though I'm sure the majority of you feel the same, this will also be my first support group! Not sure what to say... so, hi! :)

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Hi Mle,

Congrats on your surgery Monday...whoo hooo!! My surgery was on 10/24. I was nervous and excited too. You will be amazed at how quick the surgery is and how small the incisions are. This is a great support group as well, you will like it.

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That's good to hear, that it's a breeze, I feel good about it, then I have floods of doubt, then I'm OK. LOL. When does the emotional ups and Downs end? ;)

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That's good to hear' date=' that it's a breeze, I feel good about it, then I have floods of doubt, then I'm OK. LOL. When does the emotional ups and Downs end? ;)[/quote']

Welcome to LBT.Com! Your emotions are normal. Most likely will continue the first week post op. First, its what did I do and then its, I hope I'm not eating,drinking, moving too much or maybe not enough. LOL

You will do great! Keep focused on the prize. Any questions, just ask! Follow Drs orders and keep us posted on how you're doing !

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Madly is right on! All of those feelings are normal. Then one week after surgery you will be so happy and it is all worth it!!!

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Be sure you supplies like a heating pad, laxitive, gas x, and Soup broth I made my own so it was so good. Cambells has some very good cream soup with Water I lived on both of those.No matter how you feel now or the first few days and weeks afterwards this is the best thing you can do for yourself and so young good girl. Remember to get yur fills on time those are the key the fills make the band do its job. Good luck and we all look forward to working with you....

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Well , I survived!! On in quite a bit of pain, not hungry at all, and supppper sleepy .. but I made it. I will get to go home from the hospital today, but I kinda don't want to! Lol.

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My surgery is tomorrow. Any tips??

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Well, looks like you had it today! You're probably out of it, any tips I could give, would be to soak up all the fee help, take advantage of the pain meds and make sure to sleep. I just now feel like I'm back to somewhat normal. Moving around is getting easier, and it hurts less. I had a sneeze coming today and was terrified. Lol. But it was OK. :)

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had my sergery on tuesday dec 4 still sore still gassy still blotted but feel good glad i did this

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had my sergery on tuesday dec 4 still sore still gassy still blotted but feel good glad i did this

Me too, and I'm actually really sore! My skin is raw feeling. Lol

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I too was December 4th. yesterday i made my way to the dr on my own. it was fine considering its 45 minutes from my house and then 45 back. the liquids are alot and i have to get 85 protien,,,any suggestions????????

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I too was December 4th. yesterday i made my way to the dr on my own. it was fine considering its 45 minutes from my house and then 45 back. the liquids are alot and i have to get 85 protien' date=',,any suggestions????????[/quote']

Are u doing pureed food? The majority of what I've been doing is chicken breast, tuna, and Optifast shakes. If u puree chix breast and use Greek yogurt instead of mayo-- that's a ton of Protein. 1 package of tuna is like 18 grams protein.

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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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