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kcollier84    0

kcollier84
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Hola!

I went for my first consultation today and found out I can have my surgery in as little as three months! I have to go through testing and the like but my insurance is on board! I cannot believe it! I only found out about the sleeve on Monday (I was considering LapBand) and I cannot be more excited. I have been researching like a maniac and have loved reading all of your posts! I am ready to get healthy! If anyone has any wisdom they would like to share, please feel free!

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goodlife    3

goodlife
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Welcome to the boards and congratulations on taking the first steps to a new you!

We've got a great group of people here and there is so much support.

I love my sleeve and I love these boards!

Several of us are in chat quite often in the evenings so feel free to pop in and join us anytime you want.

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Maddie    9

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Welcome and gratz on your decision to get healthy. Best of luck to you.

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breezy    8

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You sound excited! That's great! Get set to change your life for the better.

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SParkle    4

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Hi and welcome.....

You'll find loads of information on here which will be useful to you....I'd recommend getting together a list of questions to ask your surgeon so you're fully informed. Theres several posts which you can search for relating to questions to ask - IMO it helps to go in fully informed as its a huge decision to make.

Good luck

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kcollier84    0

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Thank you for your warm welcome! I have so many questions running through my head right now. Things like how/what to tell work, if anyone has heard of my Doctor (Nowzaradan) besides on TLC :), and how to prevent hair loss. I do not know why but that is the thing I am most worried about!

Thank you again everyone!

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Papillon    7

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It is up to you how much you tell work. I told my boss because I knew he would be supportive and I wanted him to know I would need to be out between 1-3 weeks depending on recovery. Hair loss is a hard one.. from everything I have researched it usually occurs month 3-7 then starts to rebound. There are a few people who are lucky and do not have much at all. (hoping to be in that boat) Honestly I would cut all of my hair off to be healthy again hehe. I wish you all the best on your journey! Research research research... I actually found a person on youtube that I have enjoyed watching his videos. His screen name is Thinjourney. Hope that is helpful to you.

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CraftyChristie    62

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Welcome and I'm so glad to hear your insurance is on board and that you will be able to move so quickly. I thought I would have a few months to wait - waited 6 weeks just for my consult - but then it was like, would you like surgery next week? uhhh let me think.. yeah!!! ;) Congrats and you are in for a great ride.

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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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