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OK people, who is going to be sleeved in October? I will start.

My name is Judy and I am a foodacholic. I will be sleeved by Dr. Aceves in Mexico on Oct. 1st 2009. :thumbup:

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Now it is 48 days and counting. Judy, you are almost ready to start your pre-op diet! how cool. Have you found anyone going at the same time yet?

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Good luck to both of you. I wish one

of you were going to be there when I

am going on the 12th for tests.

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Got my date! October 21 I go under the knife yet again.

The nice thing is that the 'pre-op diet' only consists of "nothing but liquids after noon the prior day." :drool5:

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I get sleeved 10/7/09. I'm excited and grateful for sites like this. I feel more prepared for surgery and the pre-op diet that will start next week.

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Hello w8. Welcome to the VSG family forum. You will find alot of support and info here. Where are you having your surgery? Looking forward to hearing from you.

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Thanks Ky,

I have learned so much by surfing the site. I am having my procedure at the Cleveland Clinic. I feel anxious but very prepared. I don't usually participate in on-line forums but was encouraged by the clinic; best thing I could have done to get ready:thumbup:.

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KayKay, you are getting the sleeve on my b-day. I hope that turns out to be a very good day for you too. I think after people lose their wt, they look 10-20 yrs younger. So happy birthday to the new you!

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I am getting sleeved on 10/09/09 .. YAY finally after a whole year waiting and taking classes and waiting ... I finally have a date ... WHOO HOOOO!!!

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I am getting sleeved on 10/09/09 .. YAY finally after a whole year waiting and taking classes and waiting ... I finally have a date ... WHOO HOOOO!!!

That is GREAT news Kiki - congrats -- and it's not even that far away -- :biggrin0:

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That is GREAT news Kiki - congrats -- and it's not even that far away -- :thumbup:

I know. I can hardly contain myself. I want it to be here already. I hope I can go back to work in a week though. My surgeon said it shouldnt be a problem since my work mainly in front of a computer sitting on my FORMER fat butt ..LOL ...:001_tt2:

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I know. I can hardly contain myself. I want it to be here already. I hope I can go back to work in a week though. My surgeon said it shouldnt be a problem since my work mainly in front of a computer sitting on my FORMER fat butt ..LOL ...:001_tt2:

I was back to work in a week, could have gone sooner and some did - so I would think you should be able to do so too -- I too work in front of a PC most of the day.

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Welcome to the October sleeves month Kiki. Congrats. on your date. Looking forward to hearing more from you.

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Yeah! You guys are getting close. Does everyone have their dates on the calendar? I feel like a broken record but it is the only way I can keep up! I hate missing surgery dates.

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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.

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