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kellyw74    258

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So tomorrow is my Upper GI. I am a little nervous about this test tho. When I had the upper endoscopy done a few weeks ago the GI dr. ordered it. I am not really sure why. He told me it was so they could have a better view as to how my esophagus was working.

I got scared and asked my surgeon if their was a problem. He said that they just were being "cautious". I sure hope that everything is o.k. I so would hate to have gone through all of this and be turned down. My date is aleready scheduled for the 9th of May!

I have been doing this since last September. I have done everything asked of me, followed all the rules and all the classes. I am so nervous that something is going to go wrong!!!!!!!!!

The only thing I have left to do is my pregnacy test and I know I am good on that!! LOL

SIGH!

Kelly

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wishes    125

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Lol, I am sure you will do fine. An upper GI is truly yucky but you will get through it. Good luck!

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You'll do fine. It is pretty gross, but it's over fairly quickly. At one point, I did tell the radiologist that I was gagging and he didn't make me drink anymore.

They found a hiatal hernia, so it's a good thing that you are having the test. That way if you do have something like that, your surgeon will know ahead of time and can repair it while he is in there.

This test just puts you one step closer to the new you!

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kellyw74    258

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Yeah, they already know I have a herina, they found that when they did the endoscopy and ordered this test. That is why I am concerned as to why! If they already know I have one, why do I need to do it. I am not worried about doing the test or drinking the stuff, I just don't know why they are doing it. I am nervous about what they are looking for, that is all!

Thanks,

Kelly :(

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kellyw74    258

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Well, I did it!!

It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The Dr. was a totally un-sociable ass tho! The tech was really nice and saw that I was getting ready to have the sleeve and said his wife had one in 2008. He talked about how well she has done and that I will too!

The Dr. doing the test would not tell me anything. He said he will send the results to my surgeon. :angry:

The tech told me that if he had found something bad, he would have taken more pictures than he did. So, that made me feel better.

I know I have a hernia, so I hope they were just looking at that more in depth because it is really big!

Just wanted to let you all know that I survived and didn't vomit!!

Kelly :D

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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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        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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