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New here in Tampa; Jan surgery

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BLESSED43    11

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Hi I'm allso new and in Tampa Im scheduled for my band on the 17th of January I start my diet on the 3rd I cant wait im supper excited. .my name is Vanessa

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SaltLife    17

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Thank you Tomander. Excited for all the support here and for all our upcoming success!

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Jendkopp    62

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Saltlife and alig02: you guys will do great. I was banded by dr jessee (same practice), with dr ache assisting. Good luck :)

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BLESSED43    11

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@saltlife

Dr Jessie,she only works with the instrument called the butterfly?? U only have 1incision? Or do u have 4to5? Im asking because I started with her and ended up with DrA. her office took to long to move forward with me and that was one of the reasons I originally choose her.

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Tampagirl    2

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Just introducing myself. I'm new to this forum' date=' absolutely in love with the support here! I'm in Tampa, getting my surgery Jan 16. Would love to find some buddies![/quote']

Hello. I am in Tampa as well. Goud luck

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Dawn200321    146

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Hi there! I was banded Oct 2011 by Dr. Jesse! They are great :)

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Thyatis    15

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Howdie I just finished the nut. Classes of 6 months this week and getting banded by dr jessee feb 13 th i cant wait

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SaltLife    17

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@saltlife

Dr Jessie,she only works with the instrument called the butterfly?? U only have 1incision? Or do u have 4to5? Im asking because I started with her and ended up with DrA. her office took to long to move forward with me and that was one of the reasons I originally choose her.

Hi there. I just had my surgery today by Dr. Ache. I had four small incisions.

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SaltLife    17

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Howdie I just finished the nut. Classes of 6 months this week and getting banded by dr jessee feb 13 th i cant wait

I'm excited for you!!! I just had surgery today. Keep us updated!

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akwright68    114

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Saltlife, how are you feeling? Congratulations.

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SaltLife    17

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Saltlife' date=' how are you feeling? Congratulations.[/quote']

Doing pretty good thanks. I went in to surgery yesterday, came out with 4 incisions...but they are pretty small so no worries there. I really didn't even feel like eating surgery day with the Clear liquids, but the day after I'm pretty empty stomach. So I just made watered down cream of wheat. Today, I can feel this small pressure in my chest where the band and I assume swollen stomach are. Other than that, I feel pretty good thanks!

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SaltLife    17

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Howdie I just finished the nut. Classes of 6 months this week and getting banded by dr jessee feb 13 th i cant wait

One month away!!! Are you excited?

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SaltLife    17

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Hi I'm allso new and in Tampa Im scheduled for my band on the 17th of January I start my diet on the 3rd I cant wait im supper excited. .my name is Vanessa

Todays your day! Good luck with everything and let us know how you're doing!

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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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