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I received a call today from my surgeon's office and my pre op testing is scheduled for 04/30 and if all goes well I will be having surgery 05/21/12!!!! It is so exciting but at the same time I'm sitting here in a daze experiencing all other emotions as well. I didn't think I would be a may sleever!! I'm so happy! I'm so scared!!!! I'm really doing this!!! :o

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Congrats to you!!

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The emotions and anxiety are crazy - but be strong. Think positive and before you know it you will be on the "other side"! May 7 is my date and each day now is a roller coaster. I find that if I keep reading this site I will be fine. Go for it!

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Thanks! I know what you mean by roller coaster, Carol. It has definately been a ride so far just getting to this point. I'm ready to be coasting down the other side now!! :)

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My surgery is on monday i did my pre op physical today... Im 22.. And im excited but now that ive registered and paid for it.. The reality is hitting me ... Im scared out of my mind.

everyone i know is trying to talk me out of it.. But my mind is fixed on my goal... Very nervous though

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My surgery is on monday i did my pre op physical today... Im 22.. And im excited but now that ive registered and paid for it.. The reality is hitting me ... Im scared out of my mind.

everyone i know is trying to talk me out of it.. But my mind is fixed on my goal... Very nervous

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Yeah.. Elizabeth, I was thinking today that if we pay for this surgery before we have it, what if something happens before or we change our mind? Do we get our money back?? LOL :P

It is really hitting home with me too. I do have 3 weeks but all kinds of things are going through my mind. I'm sure we are doing the right thing. I know we are like everyone else on this site and need and want this so much that there isn't any other choice. I pray you have an easy surgery and speedy recovery. :) Keep me posted on how you are doing. Who is your surgeon?

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I live in texas.. Dr dexter turnquest.. Thank.. Just a heads up a cowork told me that getting out the gas is the most painful part.. She told me to buy gas x mint strips to help disapate the gas

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well ladies i am currently at my sleep study and i am soooooo nervous this is a new experience and journey for me but I am up for the adventure. If any of you have already done this please give me some advise and encouraging words.

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Congrats on your date!

I wasn't positive that I would go through with surgery until I was in the recovery room. :o The entire year of my pre-op appointments it felt like just something I was thinking about more than something real. Even on the OR table, I was deciding if I should actually go through with it, but then I woke up in recovery.

Honestly, if I had known how easy it was going to be, I wouldn't have spent so much time debating it. The worst part is the pre-op liquid diet. I expected pain that I didn't have. This was my first ever surgery at the age of 48 so I had no idea what to expect. I feel like I wasted a lot of emotion on worrying. By Day 5 I was back to my normal life. I wish I could have done this 20 years ago.

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Congrats Lisa!! Are you going with the St. Louis surgeon you were originally considering?

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Congrats Lisa!! Are you going with the St. Louis surgeon you were originally considering?

Thanks Kathy! Yes, I'm still going with Dr. Follwell in St. Louis. I'm so nervous! :)

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Congrats on your date!

I wasn't positive that I would go through with surgery until I was in the recovery room. :o The entire year of my pre-op appointments it felt like just something I was thinking about more than something real. Even on the OR table, I was deciding if I should actually go through with it, but then I woke up in recovery.

Honestly, if I had known how easy it was going to be, I wouldn't have spent so much time debating it. The worst part is the pre-op liquid diet. I expected pain that I didn't have. This was my first ever surgery at the age of 48 so I had no idea what to expect. I feel like I wasted a lot of emotion on worrying. By Day 5 I was back to my normal life. I wish I could have done this 20 years ago.

Hahaha.. this made me giggle... :P I think I feel like you did. I feel like I'm just thinking about it and I'm going to back out at the last minute. I pray I have the same experience as you! Thank you for sharing. :)

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Lisa :). You will so glad you did this!! I know I am.

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I hear ya! My surgery date is also the 21st - and my husband is having his on May 8th. gonna be fun around our house :)

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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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      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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