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tigerlillie

By tigerlillie, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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asr2468    25

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Thank you floridays and so true! The wait is a killer I must say. Now I wait for the nurse to call with a date and time and I need blood work' date=' not sure why, just that they do this before surgery.[/quote']

Congrats!!

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FLORIDAYS    3,040

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Thank you floridays and so true! The wait is a killer I must say. Now I wait for the nurse to call with a date and time and I need blood work, not sure why, just that they do this before surgery.

They want to make sure there are no medical reasons not to do it...thus the blood work... Nothing to worry about.

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tigerlillie    43

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Oh ok. That makes sense. :)

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Kimberly Collins    15

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I'm feeling a little better tonight. My husband is a wonderful support to me. Thanks everyone for listening. I just want this so bad. My oldest son is getting married Saturday and all I can think about is how I compare to the new in-laws they are really big in body image, eating right, going to the gym. Can't compete there. No pressure, ugh. So some good news would of helped ease the pain of the mind games that I will probably put myself through over the weekend. I guess one day at a time. Sorry just needed to vent this. No one else really understands how being heavy really make me feel. Everyone here at home is tall and slinder and can eat what ever they want. :(

I know it's hard, but you have got to stop beating yourself up about your appearance. I can assure you with so much focus on outward appearance they have to have issues themselves. Just remember, they are not perfect. And, if they are judging you for your weight, then they probably aren't very good people.

With that said, insurance companies love to drag their feet and take their time. You will get there.

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tigerlillie    43

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Thank you so much. I am so excited. This made my day, week, year!!

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tigerlillie    43

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Thanks Kimberly, I worked through it and they truely seemed to like me for me. All went well and now I can move on

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kma87    19

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Wow.... I'm assuming u are in America? I'd say Aussies have it pretty easy! My insurance don't even ask questions about weight or health conditions.. I wasn't really a proper candidate for surgery given I started with a BMI of 27. And no questions were asked at all. I'm glad u got approved. all the best with ur weight loss journey :)

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tigerlillie    43

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Thank you so much. Yea for here in America, I really had it easy. I started the process two months ago and now approved. Can't 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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      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.

        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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