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By dmh102, in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A

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Allieg8tor    85

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Hi everyone! New here. Hoping to meet some friendly people! :) My surgery is scheduled for Oct 14th!! My pre-op liquid diet is going surprisingly well' date=' on day 6! Atkins shakes, whey Protein Powder lots or sugar free Popsicles and sugar free Jello do the trick! I've had headaches since day one however. Anyone else experience this? Also my job requires lots of moving around and lifting, does anyone know about how long recovery is?[/quote']

I was told it would be quite a while before I could lift over 20lbs again. Many people experience those headaches during the liquid diet, it's a withdrawal-type thing. It will pass though. You're already at day 6, so they should stop in the next few days as your body adapts to your new diet. Congratulations and good luck! I was banded on the 2nd! :)

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Allieg8tor    85

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Hi everyone! New here. Hoping to meet some friendly people! :) My surgery is scheduled for Oct 14th!! My pre-op liquid diet is going surprisingly well' date=' on day 6! Atkins shakes, whey Protein powder lots or sugar free Popsicles and sugar free Jello do the trick! I've had headaches since day one however. Anyone else experience this? Also my job requires lots of moving around and lifting, does anyone know about how long recovery is?[/quote']

I was told it would be quite a while before I could lift over 20lbs again. Many people experience those headaches during the liquid diet, it's a withdrawal-type thing. It will pass though. You're already at day 6, so they should stop in the next few days as your body adapts to your new diet. Congratulations and good luck! I was banded on the 2nd! :)

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KristinaXO    3

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I was told it would be quite a while before I could lift over 20lbs again. Many people experience those headaches during the liquid diet' date=' it's a withdrawal-type thing. It will pass though. You're already at day 6, so they should stop in the next few days as your body adapts to your new diet. Congratulations and good luck! I was banded on the 2nd! :)[/quote'] Thanks for the info. Good luck to you as well. :)

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KristinaXO    3

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I was told it would be quite a while before I could lift over 20lbs again. Many people experience those headaches during the liquid diet' date=' it's a withdrawal-type thing. It will pass though. You're already at day 6, so they should stop in the next few days as your body adapts to your new diet. Congratulations and good luck! I was banded on the 2nd! :)[/quote'] Thanks for the info. Good luck to you as well. :)

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Ktigger92    30

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Wow ... Today is almost over so tomorrow is 3 days until my pre op appointment and weigh in. Getting a few nerves here.

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thiberr    1

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! week of Pre-op diet done 1 to go... My date is October 16th.

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tfrdrix1    1

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HI!! I am getting banded on 10/11/13...getting pretty nervous. I have my pre-op appt. today w DR. Such a big life change!!! Ready for the change. Any AZ banders?

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pamperedtink    14

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I'm on day 3 of Pre-op diet and doing ok. I have a mild headache but my husband says I'm grumpy. I guess mood changes are normal with everything we are going thru.

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vegas0610    8

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I'm not sure what I did to make this underline, but today is my first day of pre-op diet. I can't say that I am hungry, but I want to eat everything in sight still. I am hoping that this will go away.

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Brandigirl    22

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Just curious how everyone is doing that has had surgery already this month! Mine is scheduled for Oct. 10! 2 days away! Hope everything is going well and good luck to everyone else with their up coming surgeries!

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MzEboni912    177

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Just curious how everyone is doing that has had surgery already this month! Mine is scheduled for Oct. 10! 2 days away! Hope everything is going well and good luck to everyone else with their up coming surgeries!

I hope everything goes well. I will have my second doctor's appointment on Friday. Hope all goes well.

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Ms.Vickie    68

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Getting banded October 15, 2013!!!

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MzEboni912    177

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Getting banded October 15' date=' 2013!!!

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Hi Ms. Vickie my name is Vicki also.

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Ms.Vickie    68

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My doctor did not put me on a pre opt diet. They told me to eat what I wanted and have that glass of wine if I want. Hmmmmmm.....

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MzEboni912    177

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Hi Ms. Vickie my name is Vicki also.

Good luck on your surgery.

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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.

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        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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