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Newbie Here -- Just Got My Surgery Date

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vinnyfan    23

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Hello. Everything is moving very fast for me. I attended an informational seminar on May 31st, had a consultation on June 7th and have my surgery date already! I don't know if this is typical, but it seems fast to me. But I'm glad. Now that I've made up my mind to have the surgery, I'd rather have it soon and get on with it. My surgery date is July 11th...I start the pre-op diet on June 27th.

I am so glad I found this site. There is so much useful information and it will be nice to share my experience with people who know what I'm going through.

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NancyJerry    139

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Good luck to you. My process moved very quickly and I was grateful! You'll find all you need to know and then some from this site - welcome!

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vinnyfan    23

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Thank you Nancy.

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cmw10000    35

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my insurance company required 3 months of regular check ups to verify i was trying to lose weight, a phsyc eval... and blood work and xrays.... It took 6 months to get all this done.....and finally on feb 27th i was sleeved ..... the best thing i have done..... ever in my life..... I have lost 55 lbs in the process.... will be below 200 for the first time in 20 years in probably in 6 weeks ...WOW... this is amazing...! good Luck!

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Back~To~Amy    307

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I was cash pay so my process too moved fast. Had I not had to have a sinus surgery before my VSG, it would have moved even faster. Good luck on your journey!

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Piplula    709

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Welcome! I am 9 weeks out! I will say everyone's journey is different..I am still a newbie at this and ask questions and ask for encouragement and always get it right here! So welcome and I will save you a place on the loser's bench! LOL!!

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vinnyfan    23

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Thank you everybody.

Wishing you all continued success on your journey, too. :)

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gaye jarvis    751

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Thank you everybody.

Wishing you all continued success on your journey' date=' too. :)[/quote']

Congratulations on ur surgery date! I was a cash patient and mine moved as fast as yours to, my surgery is Monday!

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vinnyfan    23

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Congratulations on ur surgery date! I was a cash patient and mine moved as fast as yours to, my surgery is Monday!

Good luck with your surgery Monday. How are you doing with the pre-op diet?

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gaye jarvis    751

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I'm doing great on the liquid diet, I have already lost 17 lbs and I still have 5 more days to go. My 24 yr old son who's not at all happy that I'm having this surgery just said to me "Mom, why don't you just stay on that liquid diet untill you lose all your weight, I was 333.9 when I started liquids.< /p>

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Ready4success    380

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Welcome to the site. I have my last NUT meeting at the end of the month, and I'll be ready to submit for insurance approval. Hoping to get an early August date.

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vinnyfan    23

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I'm doing great on the liquid diet, I have already lost 17 lbs and I still have 5 more days to go. My 24 yr old son who's not at all happy that I'm having this surgery just said to me "Mom, why don't you just stay on that liquid diet untill you lose all your weight, I was 333.9 when I started liquids.

Wow! 17 pounds...that's great! It would be nice if it were as easy as your son seems to think it is, wouldn't it? The problem would be staying on that type of diet for very long. Who'd want to do that? Not me! Good luck with your surgery.

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vinnyfan    23

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Welcome to the site. I have my last NUT meeting at the end of the month, and I'll be ready to submit for insurance approval. Hoping to get an early August date.

Thank you. Good luck with the insurance approval and I hope you get your early August date like you want.

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gaye jarvis    751

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Thanks! Monday can't get here soon enough!

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    • Alisa_S

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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. LeighaTR

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        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • Alisa_S

      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

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