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Yay First Topic! Will Be Sleeved On 8/13.... Oh Gosh!

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sabstar22    25

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Soooo this is my first topic and it is about how this all just hit me that I am really going to have it done. Just booked my flight, my hotel. and about to do car (my fiancé and son are coming as well and will hang out in San Diego till I get back) Now to just pay for the surgery on Tuesday... I will be sleeved on 8/13/2012 in Mexico by Dr. Almanza, and will return home on 8/17 and will be back in school and clinicals by 8/22. I am so nervous about going back to school, having to lift and move patients... I have heard many people can do it... some can't... but I figure if there are some complications... God would have had something happen in my life sleeve or no sleeve. I will graduate next may and will be married 8/24/2013 so l have many happy things to look forward to in the next year. I am Sara, from SC, I am 275, 5'5'' goal may 145? It's hard to believe that I could get there, but I see so much success on these forums, and I plan on rocking my sleeve. Well just wanted to be ooober excited and say Hi!!

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Lissa    2,631

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Sounds like everything is moving along nicely! Good luck!! :) You'll be sleeved a few days before my anniversary! :) August is a great month for sleevers! :)

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sabstar22    25

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August does seem like a great month for people!! and if I have any success as you have I will be a happy camper.... I think I will be a happier camper as long as I can graduate in may with no hiccups :)

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Half~of~Bri    25

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Hi there! We're date twins! I'm getting sleeved here in NC with Dr. Bauman on August 13th. I'm from the Charlotte area. What part of SC are you from? Good luck to you!!

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Mom_24    72

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Monday is my day, too. I am excited and nervous all at the same time. I am going to Dr. Alvarez in Mexico, just across the border from Texas. :D

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Heather Souders    1

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Good luck to you!!! I also am getting sleeved tomorrow!! Its less than 24 hours away and boy am ii getting nervous! Hope all goes well to everyone else getting their surgery tomorrow!

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Half~of~Bri    25

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No surgery for me tomorrow due to a discovery of a large blood clot in my leg and some in my lungs. I had to cancel my surgery and am now going to be on blood thinners for at least the next six months. Just want to wish everyone good luck tomorrow, I'll be thinking of all of you! <3

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Back~To~Amy    307

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No surgery for me tomorrow due to a discovery of a large blood clot in my leg and some in my lungs. I had to cancel my surgery and am now going to be on blood thinners for at least the next six months. Just want to wish everyone good luck tomorrow' date=' I'll be thinking of all of you! <3[/quote']

Wow! Glad they discovered those. That's literally a life saver for you!

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danyelleb    386

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@Half~of~Bri: I'm so glad that they discovered those. I'm sorry tho that they were there. Yay blood thinners and healing. It sounds like ur handling things well.

To the rest of those getting sleeved tomorrow- I wish u the best. I hope u have a speedy recovery. I love my sleeve! It has helped me save my life and i have greatly improved the quality of my life. I have done things that I thought I would never do. I missed out on so much. Follow directions and use the sleeve as a tool. U r going to love living!!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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.

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