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Just hanging out in the hospital, waiting to be taken back and gifted with a space of my very own on the losers bench. I can't help but think back on the process and feel so blessed to be at this point. I never thought I could do it. I never dared to hope my insurance would approve me, and then I never thought this day would get here.

My surgeon came to see me and as he was walking away he turned around, gave me a huge smile and said 'today is YOUR day!'. It hit me so hard that I almost started crying. Because he's right!

Today IS my day!

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Yay!!! Today is YOUR DAY! How very exciting! I can't wait to join you on the loser's bench in a few weeks! Best wishes today for a smooth surgery and start to your recovery! Keep us updated as you are able and get lots of rest.

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Today is YOUR day! What an Awesome thing for your surgeon to say!

Good luck! I will send thoughts and prayers that all goes well for you today and your recovery. :)

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im happy for u & im praying for u! good luck!

Just hanging out in the hospital, waiting to be taken back and gifted with a space of my very own on the losers bench. I can't help but think back on the process and feel so blessed to be at this point. I never thought I could do it. I never dared to hope my insurance would approve me, and then I never thought this day would get here.

My surgeon came to see me and as he was walking away he turned around, gave me a huge smile and said 'today is YOUR day!'. It hit me so hard that I almost started crying. Because he's right!

Today IS my day!

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It is your day and your year and the rest of your life. This is the best attitude. It will get you through the discomforts and the boring post-op liquid phases. I know you will love your sleeve!

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So happy for you, today is the first day of the rest of your new life! As soon as you feel up to it, please let us know how you are doing.

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Congrats! Today IS your day!

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Yay!! YES!!! Today IS your day! Congrats and best of luck! Praying for you! :woot:

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You're probably out by now; I hope all went well--congratulations on making it to your day! :)

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Good luck with everything

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I. Feel. FANTASTIC!! How is that even possible?? I think my surgeon has played a trick on me. There is no way on earth I just got sleeved and feel so good.

It's got to be this wonderful pain pimp!

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Im so happy for you, Im crying,,, Good Luck

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Yay, glad you are feeling so good!

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Thank you, I love you guys! Really and truly had it not been for this forum I'd have cancelled my surgery - but seeing to many success stories and hearing how happy so many of you are now made it impossible for me not to want that for myself and to finally seize the day!

I'm desperately thirsty at this point but I have mouth swabs which are saving my sanity! I'm feeling the typical left shoulder pain, and my incisions are a bit sore- but I STILL feel great! I was expecting to be nauseated and dry heaving but I'm not one little bit!!

If I could take my little sleevie out behind the bleachers and make out with it- I would! I'm in love!

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    • Alisa_S

      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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    • Alisa_S

      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

        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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