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Lap band and diabetes

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PrettyThick1    1,860

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Reason I'm asking bc mines for whatever reason during pre surgical it sky rocketed more then usual- and I can almost know the exact reason why it did. It was 4am and I woke up to get Water, note I never drink tap Water and I had ran out of bottle water. I took a drink of Gatorade at 4am not remembering my testing was at 7 this morning, well I got a call from my pcp basically freaking out and wondering what happened?! That I never had it that high- so it's mandatory for me to get it down it least to what I had it. So I'm now worried and I feel so stupid bc this is my fault, all of it. I don't know what to do- today is my first day of preop diet, and today I really felt that I wanted that cigarette after I've quit smoking 2 weeks ago, and literally devour my fridge, aye this stinks lol

Hang in there Melly! Congrats on quitting smoking...that was MAJOR and you are now my Shero! I also have diabetes - diagnosed 7 weeks ago and it freaked me out and turned to the lap band about a week ago. Still waiting for a surgery date...which will be sometime next month. Woo hoo! Keep up the hard work and throw the fridge out if he keeps calling you!

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Omfgmelly    56

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Hang in there Melly! Congrats on quitting smoking...that was MAJOR and you are now my Shero! I also have diabetes - diagnosed 7 weeks ago and it freaked me out and turned to the lap band about a week ago. Still waiting for a surgery date...which will be sometime next month. Woo hoo! Keep up the hard work and throw the fridge out if he keeps calling you!

Thanks so much! I never thought I could quit smoking but I'm doing it; I just hope that bc of my dumb decisions that it doesn't prevent me from having it done! I am starving but if i don't think about it I don't feel it so bad lol

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Tawnya777    106

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I really hope this is the situation; I am on pre op- 6 small meals a day- shake' date=' Jello, shake, yoghurt, Soup and maybe another jello... How bout urself? I went to sleep early bc I felt I was going to eat the whole fridge lol[/quote']

I have 3 Protein shakes a day, 1 or 2 sugar free Popsicles, 1 can of broth, 1 or 2 sugar free jello's, and 1/4 a cup of egg whites at night. Lots and lots of Water. I know how you feel about wanting to eat the whole fridge. My husband and kids are eating some really good smelling dinners and I can't have any, it's killing me, but I'm staying strong. I'm just glad that I'm not having to make dinner right now.

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Lol tawnya!!! I cooked for my family earlier and was like man I will be so glad to mix my shakes and call it a wrap. I can only imagine, not to pre op diet yet but I'm sure I will see my highly emotional and unstable post once I'm off my main vice! Carbs!

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Lol tawnya!!! I cooked for my family earlier and was like man I will be so glad to mix my shakes and call it a wrap. I can only imagine' date=' not to pre op diet yet but I'm sure I will see my highly emotional and unstable post once I'm off my main vice! Carbs![/quote']

I thought I would be crazy and yelling well on the pre op diet that I apologized to my family before I started and said if I get angry then I'm taking a nap. I also made sure they were not making me cook well I'm starving. Thank goodness they have all been supportive. My 2 year old son gives me a pillow and tucks it under my head and pats my head, he's so sweet! shakes are way easier to make, I agree. It's funny cause pre op diet is like a mini vacation that also helps me lose weight. I gotta look at it good some way or I will go crazy...lol... Let me know how your pre op goes when you start.

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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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        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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