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LUCYCAT    6

LUCYCAT
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Hello-

I am writing a research paper for my Social Psychology class. I am toying with the notion of writing about how society reacts to obese and non-obese people.

I had my VSG surgery on August 1st of this year. While I am technically still obese- I have lost nearly 70 pounds since the start of the year. I am now an average weight for my local area. I have noticed a drastic difference in the way people in general treat me.

I am looking for volunteers that would be willing to complete a brief questionnaire about your experiences after VSG surgery. No names will be used only facts gathered from the questionnaire.

If you are interested in participating please let me know.

Thank you

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SKCUNNINGHAM    298

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I would be happy to participate. Send me a personal email with the questionairre and where you would like me to email the results to. I am OK with sharing demographic info also. I would like a copy of your completed paper - I am intersted in seeing your results and conclusions.

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LUCYCAT    6

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Wonderful. Thank you for your willingness to participate. I would be happy to send the final paper out to anyone that is interested in reading the end result. At the moment I am collecting names of those that are willing to participate. If the subject generates enough interest, I will follow up with the questionnaire. If it does not generate enough interest- I will let you know as well.

Thank you again for your willingness to share your experience.

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Happy Camper    266

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Lucy i would be willing as well. I am only 8 weeks out but, I come with a complication from the surgery which could add to your overall scope.

Just let me know.

Thanks and good luck!biggrinjester.gif

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CT Fats    82

CT Fats
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Count me in. I would love to read the paper as well. This is a subject that has generated interest for me for a very long time.

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longer-life    139

longer-life
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I will be happy to participate. I am very early out though (6 weeks), so I will let you decide. Perhaps it will take you some time to send out the questionnaires and I will be ready.

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EmSchrams    12

EmSchrams
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I am 3 weeks out, and would be happy to help as well!

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BrownDoesAll    409

BrownDoesAll
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I am 7 weeks out and have noticed some things.. would be happy to participate

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5McK    10

5McK
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I'm 12 weeks out and would be happy to participate!

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Tenshi    34

Tenshi
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I will be sleeved on January 23rd, so if this is a longer term project, I would be happy to share my experiences as well. :)

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Forensikchic    528

Forensikchic
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Im nearly 5 months out and you can count me in!

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Pookeyism    1,143

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I thought I already posted but do not see it. I would be glad to help.

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New in 2012    14

New in 2012
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I'd be happy to help out. Just 9 days out but already have some observations! I'd also be interested to see the final paper.

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overboard    5

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I would be happy to participate as well!

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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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