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I had my surgery the same day as Vegas Angel and I dont remember any of that either. It was really a good surgical experience and I have had a few. Post op has been a breeze for me.

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Me too. I really feel like I never had surgery unless I try to

eat steak.

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All sounds great to me. You guys are good motivation and inspiration. Thanks!:lol0:

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/ And how are you doing now approx. 14 days post-op?

I feel great considering I had major surgery 2 weeks ago. There is no pain at any of the incision points. I am back to work.

I am tired and I can only attribute that to the fact that I've yet to find anytype of Protein I can tolerate - everything is so sweet I can't stand more than a sip or two. I think that will change when I am able to begin mushies and eat cottage cheese and such.

My fiance has decided to have the surgery, too, and so I believe we'll be heading back down to Mexicali on 7/10.

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Is this your fiance in your avatar photo? He doesn't look heavy at all.

How do you get this process started with Dr. Aceves??:lol0:

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Is this your fiance in your avatar photo? He doesn't look heavy at all.

How do you get this process started with Dr. Aceves??:lol0:

NO - that is Dr. Aceves in my profile picture.

You can email nina and tell her you are interested in surgery with Dr. Aceves. I will PM you with her email address ... she'll lead you through the entire process.

If you go with Dr. Aceves, you won't be disappointed in the entire process at all.

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I hope Bob is completely ready to eat itty bitty portions for the rest of his life. I know it does stretch over time, but WasA tells me she can only eat a quarter of a sandwich and she is a year out.

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I hope Bob is completely ready to eat itty bitty portions for the rest of his life. I know it does stretch over time, but WasA tells me she can only eat a quarter of a sandwich and she is a year out.

I ordered a tuna fish sandwich on rye with lettuce at a diner. I ditched the bread and ate the tuna and the lettuce of one half the sandwich and brought the other half home.

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I think I could eat half a sandwich. But not the bread. I can eat 4 oz. of egg salad and that's more than they put on a sandwich usually. I have eaten 5 slices of roast beef but that was pushing it. (The lunch meat kind.) But 3 pieces and a piece of cheese is normally what I put in a sandwich. I think it just depends on what it is.

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I had 4 oz of lobster today. Tried to bring the steak home but my dog grabbed it out of my purse on the way home. She had a good dinner.< /strong>

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Hi Everyone :thumbup:

I'm new to this site and so far it is soooo helpful. I currently have the band and I too have a lot of questions.

Just want to clarify...when you say you get full really fast and once you are full that is it..done. So do you mean (sorry if this sounds really dumb) you can NOT eat another bite? If you do, do you get sick?? I find with the band that I over eat a lot. I get full, then it seems to settle and I can eat more. Some days I can't eat much but other days you would never know there is a band in there....

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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

        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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