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The Goose Mans Journey

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WGOOSE2008@YAHOO.COM    0

WGOOSE2008@YAHOO.COM
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Hey... my name is Bob but some call me the "Goose". I have been waiting for 2 years for my surgery day to arrive, and this Tuesday 5-31-11 at 11:30 am.... my

journey officially begins. I am more excited than nervous... but by Tuesday I will be nervous. I will post more as the days progress... just wanted to make a quick

opening entry. The hydrogen steam is seen seeping out of the booster tanks at the liftoff tower... and the countdown has begun. Hold on to your seat Goose..

I'm in for the ride of my adult life !!!

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Karen H.    43

Karen H.
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Hey Bob!

I just wanted to wish you all the luck in the world with your upcoming surgery, you'll do fine! I waited about two years for my surgery as well, and I can honestly tell you it was well worth the wait. Since my surgery on May 10th, I have never been happier. It truly has changed my life and I sincerly hope that it does for you!

Take Care,

Karen

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lsereno    2,525

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Bob,

I'll be thinking of you over the next few days and sending healing thoughts your way on Tuesday!

Best wishes for a speedy recovery! You'll be on the loser's bench before you know it!

Lynda

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sarsar    824

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Hey Goose, welcome! Congratulations on your upcoming sleeve. Wow, 2 years is a long time to wait. You have a great attitude so I am sure that you will do just fine with your surgery and recovery! Update us after surgery so we know how you are doing!

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beckyboop74    1

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Hang in there. I know the feeling. You are half nervous, half excited. One second, the journey took forever and the next it is hard to believe it came so quickly. Don't worry too much though. Many people have a lot of different experiences and sometimes what is posted here can make you more scared than you may need to be. Not that it is a bad idea to get an idea of what could happen! But keep in mind that there are also many of us whose experience was a lot better than we ever thought possible. For me, my main issue was being too doped up on pain medication. This made me feel worse than any of the surgery pain or the recovery since. I am able to get my liquids and Proteins in fine - probably because my swelling went down quickly. I was sleeved on the 23rd so it will be a week as of tomorrow. One incision still hurts a bit but the rest are starting to itch so I am having a fast recovery, all in all!

Focus on getting through the surgery because afterwards you start the journey toward weight loss and keeping yourself healthy. For me, I think that will be the biggest challenge in the future. I am glad to be able to take a bit of time off of work so I can focus my energies more on figuring out what my go-to food and nutrition choices will be. I have been working on lists of items that will be a standard part of my daily diet. This has got me a bit overwhelmed but I know it will make it easier when I go back to work.

Take care of yourself and I wish you the best on your surgery and recovery!

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Nancy Rivers    24

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Congratulations on your surgery! I'm sure it will go fine.

Keep in mind the reasons why you chose to have the surgery and that should help with the nerves. At least that's my theory. :rolleyes:

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lovin life    4

lovin life
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Congrats on the beggining of your journey!!! Get ready for the ride of your life, it will be fantastic! Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

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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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