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forensic6    89

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My name is. Jennifer and I was banded on the 24 of April and mine was dr mckewin here in noblesville I lost 27 pounds so far

Hi Jennifer! Great loss so far--is that all since the beginning of your journey or in the last 5 days? Lol. Are you feeling alright since your surgery?

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smpin1176    84

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Thanks forensic6, I would love to go to the support group, however I have to work the concession stand at my daughters softball game. Do you have next months meeting date, so I could put it on my calender?

Thanks, momof2sn!!

Jennifer congrats!! I did not know they did band placement in Noblesville!!

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forensic6    89

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Thanks forensic6' date=' I would love to go to the support group, however I have to work the concession stand at my daughters softball game. Do you have next months meeting date, so I could put it on my calender?

Thanks, momof2sn!!

Jennifer congrats!! I did not know they did band placement in Noblesville!![/quote']

I just got the date--it is June 6th at 6pm. The plan is to have a support group picnic. People can pretty much bring what they want--those of us at the last meeting signed up to bring things specifically but anyone can come and eat. It probably will be less formal (not that we are usually THAT formal anyway). I'll be happy to connect you with the coordinator if you'd like to ask her any questions ahead of time :)

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smpin1176    84

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Thanks forensic6.......I actually will be out of town that day. Is it usually on a Thursday eve?

momof2sn

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GirlOnFire    3

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Has anyone been banded in Columbus?

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smpin1176    84

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GuyMontag do you get fills in Indiana?

momof2sn

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ameyer30    132

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I live in Indiana. Banded 9/17 at IU Health Bloomington Hospital.

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smpin1176    84

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Hi ameyer30......so how are you doing?

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ameyer30    132

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Feeling much better! I will be getting my stitches out Tuesday and graduating to full liquids, looking forward to that! I'm down 18lbs already! Thank you for asking!

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smpin1176    84

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Wow, I didn't realize there would be stitches to take out. Glad you are feeling better. Do you feel the surgery was pretty easy?

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ameyer30    132

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I have a few stitches over my port site and each lap site has a stitch, nothing major. Surgery went well. The first few days at home were rough. I'm a single mom and had to keep active after my kids but all in all it wasn't bad. Not eating has been the hardest part! It'll all be worth it tho! I'll be happy and healthier for my babes!

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smpin1176    84

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Glad to hear you are doing well. That is rough to not have any help at home afterwards :huh:

Glad things are looking up and you are recovering well. I hope to be shortly behind you. My paperwork was submitted to insurance this past Wed. They said we should hear something in two weeks.

Did you ever get super nervous before.....like if this was the right decision or not? I have faced that here and there and going through it again BLAH!!!

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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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