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Mom_24 and SouthernOregon...one week!!!You are so close!!

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I'm august 15... I'm currently on my liquid diet which i have lost 4 pounds on 2 days and I'm getting my surgery done with Dr.irani at San Joaquin hospital in Bakersfield, Ca. Hope all goes well for u all!!

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Sending warm fuzzies to all NINETEEN of our group!! Wow...that's alot of stomachs coming off. positive energy, positive healing thoughts are the requirements for each one of you. I want our August group to be the one group that surpasses the statistics and has no complications....so, no cheating, no jumping ahead on the food intake, no dehydration hospitalizations, nothing but feeling good, feeling determined, and on our way to a whole new us!!

them's the orders, folks!!! ;)

Perfect goal for all of us, Southern Oregon! I, for one, have been spending time on here getting as prepared as I possibly can & am feeling pretty confident that I know what I'm doing, what to expect & what to avoid. Can't wait to get beyond surgery in a few days so I can begin this life changing journey! (of course 8 of 10 days of Liquid Protein is a good start!)

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August 27th my sleeve is being done so excited yet so nervous start Optifast 8/13.

My sleeve will be August 27th as well. And I'm also starting pre-op diet the 13th too!!!

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Hey there...well I'm now on the other side of the sleeve. I'm tired and s bit uncomfortable but otherwise just fine. Doctor said it went well. Took the band out, biopsy the liver (standard procedure I'm told), aid the sleeve and fixed a small hernia. Pain meds will be helpful.

Gas is annoying but happy to be done with the surgery. Now comes the work.... :-)

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Hi there I am going in next Monday the 13th of August, Dr. Cirangle, John Muir in Walnut Creek. The process is going pretty well so far, I am just anxious to get it going. I have an 8 yr old and kinda don't know what to tell her about all of this. Has anyone else has to tell a kid about a

Sleeve?

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Sending warm fuzzies to all NINETEEN of our group!! Wow...that's alot of stomachs coming off. positive energy, positive healing thoughts are the requirements for each one of you. I want our August group to be the one group that surpasses the statistics and has no complications....so, no cheating, no jumping ahead on the food intake, no dehydration hospitalizations, nothing but feeling good, feeling determined, and on our way to a whole new us!!

them's the orders, folks!!! ;)

I TOTALLY AM IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS!~~~~

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Hey there...well I'm now on the other side of the sleeve. I'm tired and s bit uncomfortable but otherwise just fine. Doctor said it went well. Took the band out, biopsy the liver (standard procedure I'm told), aid the sleeve and fixed a small hernia. Pain meds will be helpful.

Gas is annoying but happy to be done with the surgery. Now comes the work.... :-)

YEA TAI.... So proud for you... Rest and take care of yourself......

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TAIDYED,

So glad you are awake and feeling as well as expected. The gas pains do hurt. Thank goodness, I did not have much of that after my surgery. You had a lot of work done inside so you probably will have more pain than normal. Hopefully they will keep it under good control for you.

I wish you all the best, hopefully you can get a good night's rest tonight.

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Hey my lovies! Okay so ... I am going to be creating the new list shortly. But, in the mean time...if you have Facebook (which you should!) I have created a group for us on there.

http://www.facebook.com/groups/486344818061300/

There is the link. Some of you i dont know by name but if you wish to be invited add me and I can invite you to the group. I figured that might be easier for some of us to communicate and we can have live chats there. I can also create events and give shout outs to the new sleevers as we go through the process. We can share photos and stuff as well. I have it set to "secret" so no one can see what you post or even that you joined the group. (In case anyones surgery is secret) Hopefully that link works.

QOTD-

Since we are now a big 'ol (soon to be small) sleeve family----lets share some information about ourselves!!!

Name-

Age- (if you wish)

Location-

highest weight/current weight/ goal weight-

Anything else you'd like to share?

______

Name- Jenn

Age- (if you wish) 27

Location- New Jersey-About 10 minutes from delaware. Home town is 30 mins from atlantic city.

highest weight/current weight/ goal weight-280/269.6/140

Anything else you'd like to share? I work in home health care. I take care of my moms boyfriends mother, and a sweet little boy who has CP. (i've been working with him for 6 years). A boyfriend of 6 years, my Mom is my best friend. I have the best friends in the world, most of them are from elementary school!!!! I don't have any human kids yet but I have 2 fur kids- Leila (pug) & Jaycee (black lab) ...they are the loves of my life and I can't wait to lose tons of weight and start walking at the park with them every morning!!!They're going to love Mommy's new self!!!

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Name:Lisa

Age:35

Location:edmonton,alberta, Canada

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ok havent heard about or from all our Aug 6th sleevers wishing them all the best and that everything is good.......here is our new list for tomorrow not as many....

8.7.12-cegull dr david kim Dallas tx

zack515 dr aceves in mexicali

loleata Dr. Ortiz in Tijuana

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ok havent heard about or from all our Aug 6th sleevers wishing them all the best and that everything is good.......here is our new list for tomorrow not as many....

8.7.12-cegull dr david kim Dallas tx

zack515 dr aceves in mexicali

loleata Dr. Ortiz in Tijuana

I was just thinking about those that went today. Hope they are too busy walking the halls to post. Good luck to everyone tomorrow!!

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Hey everyone......doing good sitting in hotel room waitingformfligth home tomorrow. dr A and the entire team are amazing....Klyn my sleeve sister I can hardly wait till it is you sitting there...life cha ging is defi atly one word to describe how I feel today!!!! Hugs all who have been sleeved today. Jenn and Joyce so wonderful to hug you both...I feel like a have a sleeve family...hugs and love my friends....

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I had my surgery August 3rd 2012. :) I started this process August of 2011. I am 25, 26 in November. I stayed in the hospital til August 5th. My highest weight was 241. Pre-op weight was 230. Hospital weight after two days of liquid diet/before surgery was 226. Current weight 8/6/12 is 224. I am still having chest pains. And it is very hard to take in all liquids required. Seems the slower I drink the more it tastes disgusting to me a lot of nauseated feelings but no vommiting. I hope all the August sleevers go through this with less pain as possible. Good luck! :)

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