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Sending lots of positive energy to the sleevers from July 5 and those going today! Y'all are gonna rock those sleeves!

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Hi bethne I'm waiting in the hospital now' date=' best of luck to you. I hope it goes great. I go into surgey in a couple of hours. Yay!!! I can't believe our day has finally come!! :)[/quote']

Good Luck and Congratulations! You should be out of surgery at this point since your post was about 6 hours ago lol

Your officially a LOSER!!

Congrats!

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Best wishes to all of those recently sleeved in July! I hope you are all healing quickly and smoothly! I am on pins and needles waiting for my turn this month! :)

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Lol I know right? Who doesn't have FB lol. Sadly their are still a few out there! <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />

I don't have Facebook ;/ lol

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Best wishes Beth, keep us posted when u can :)

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Patrick, I still don't see or have access to the July FB group and I would sure like it!!! Am I just being a techno-tard here?

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Send me afb friend request and I'll adds u to the group. Search "april Davis gilley"on fb and that's me

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Send me afb friend request and I'll adds u to the group. Search "april Davis gilley"on fb and that's me

Could u add me too. Ill friend request you tonight

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Of course :)

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Now that I'm on the FB Group and reading the posts there, I'll NEVER go to bed! But I'm having a ball. :lol:

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Health scare group: last Sunday, July 1st, I became severely dehydrated w/ severe tummy cramps, & excruciating diarrhea. I ended up passing out completely on my bathroom floor 3 times, & once in the emergency room where I was until 4am Monday morning. My electrolytes & sodium were very low, & the ER / dr pumped fluids in me, all tests (including CAT scan of my tummy), & vitals came back normal thank goodness. But I was diagnosed with viral gastroenteritis (stomach flu), along with severe dehydration. I was put on a strong antibiotic for a week & my band to sleeve surgery date was postponed (it was originally scheduled for yesterday, July 5th). I've been convalescing all week at home, and making sure to drink plenty of fluids including Gatorade :)

Having my surgery postponed due to getting sick was no problem at all, what was scary was passing out CONTINUALLY from the dehydration caused by the severe diarrhea, brought on by the culprit that I caught, the stomach flu (yuck).

I'm feeling about 95% and will be having my surgery this coming Thursday, July 12 :-) I'm stoked! ....vhoke1 (Vikki).

*My updated band to sleeve surgery date: July 12, 2012*

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so happy you're feeling better. sending prayers

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What an experience... My surgery is on the 24th of July in Mexico. It is a present from my husband. He must have gotten tired of me being tired and complaining. He is the one that has done all the research and then presented it to me. Am I a lucky lady or what.. I would like to be added to this group for the 24th, please. Thank you. On another blog I found a list of things that was put together by ones that have gone before as to the things that make life a little easier while in the hospital. Lilmissdiva has it listed on her face book profile. You all may already know about it. Was helpful for me.

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Less than a week before the surgery with Dr. Aceves on July 12th!!

I think it's that normal mix of nerves, a little frustration with the pre-op diet and questioning of, "Is this the right decision for me?" but I just want to get through this week and get on with it...

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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
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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.

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        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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