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August 9th Surgery Date!

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bsellis    105

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Well I got the call yesterday that my insurance approved my surgery. August 9th!! YAY! Anyone else have the same week? I was told I had to go to the hospital for pre-op testing a week before my surgery. Not sure what this is about because I've never had to do that with a surgery before. Anyone familiar with this? I have to start my high protien, low cal diet on July 25. 800-900 calories a day, two shakes and lean cuisine for dinner.. oh my I feel like I'm starving already. I keep telling myself that I can do this!!

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7-15-13    6

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Hi Besillis,

I'm an RN having my surgery on 7-15. Just about every surgery has pre-surgery testing. I had bloodwork, EKG, cxr, and they explain to you what to expect. Started pre op diet 3 days ago. - 3 shakes and one light meal a day. It's 3:30 pm here and today I had a shake for Breakfast and a hamburger for lunch and I'm not even hungry now. Been sipping Water through the day.

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kbush    176

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Well I got the call yesterday that my insurance approved my surgery. August 9th!! YAY! Anyone else have the same week? I was told I had to go to the hospital for pre-op testing a week before my surgery. Not sure what this is about because I've never had to do that with a surgery before. Anyone familiar with this? I have to start my high protien' date=' low cal diet on July 25. 800-900 calories a day, two shakes and lean cuisine for dinner.. oh my I feel like I'm starving already. I keep telling myself that I can do this!![/quote']

I did my pre-op testing(EKG and blood work) the same day as my consult. Today I had the ECG scope to see if I have hiatal hernia. I have a small hernia and they will remove it July 11 and do my band at the same time.

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BklynPenny    51

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Bsellis, I did my pre surgery test in Monday. They took blood, urine sample, EKG and sent me home with a print out of what to expect. For me it included; the lap band procedure, caring for incisions, the hiatal hernia, liver biopsy and Post op care.

Sent from my SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 using LapBandTalk

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Karen WS    78

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Bsellis' date=' I did my pre surgery test in Monday. They took blood, urine sample, EKG and sent me home with a print out of what to expect. For me it included; the lap band procedure, caring for incisions, the hiatal hernia, liver biopsy and Post op care.

Sent from my SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 using LapBandTalk[/quote']

Liver biopsy? Do all surgeons do this? I have not been told anything about that.

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BklynPenny    51

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I'm not sure. My surgeon stated it was standard practice for him. Plus not sure about you, but my liver is 18cm & normal size is 14cm. So its a fatty liver im sure but he wants to make sure there isnt any scaring whatever that means. Lol he's in there already why not. We have done more pre op testing than someone going for open heart surgery.

Sent from my SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 using LapBandTalk

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Karen WS    78

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I'm not sure. My surgeon stated it was standard practice for him. Plus not sure about you' date=' but my liver is 18cm & normal size is 14cm. So its a fatty liver im sure but he wants to make sure there isnt any scaring whatever that means. Lol he's in there already why not. We have done more pre op testing than someone going for open heart surgery.

Sent from my SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 using LapBandTalk[/quote']

Thank you for the information. I will ask my surgeon!

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bsellis    105

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Thanks guys! Now I sort of know what to expect. I'm not a fan of surprises!!

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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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