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Wondering how many nurses are being sleeved in general but wondering specifically those being done in July.

RN 37 years as a nurse and I work in a pre op holding area. My surgery is tomorrow July 10th.

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RN here. 33 years. Work for the Feds, so I have another 2 months of nutrition before my date. Good luck tomorrow. Keep us nurses informed! I will say a prayer to St Catherine (patron st of nurses) for you. Positive thoughts your way.

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Hi nurses. I am 31, RN, and am waiting on insurance approval. Hoping for an August date. =)

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Hi nurses, RN 34yr old. I work on a telemetry unit. I meet with the surgeon on Friday for my sleeve date. Excited and nervous at the same time

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35 yrs old in Canada.

On extended mat leave because of having twins

Getting sleeved aug 30!

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Been a nurse for 2 years. Don't have a date yet but most likely in the fall. Next week I see my NUT and pulminologist.

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i have been a nurse for 27 yes, i was banded in 2008 and revised to a sleeve in 2010. i lost a total of 105lbs and last month had a TT which removed about 6 additinal lbs

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I have been an RN for 2 years now - I work med/surg nights and I love my sleeve! I also work on our hospitals bariatric floor so I love taking care of sleeve pts cuz I know what they r in for. Lost 43 lbs so far! :)

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I have been an RN for 2 years now - I work med/surg nights and I love my sleeve! I also work on our hospitals bariatric floor so I love taking care of sleeve pts cuz I know what they r in for. Lost 43 lbs so far! :)

Wow MamaT, 43 lbs is great! When were you sleeved? How long were you off work? Hopefully I'll get a surgery date towards the end of July.

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Nurse for 15 years, RN for 6 years. Presently in school working on my Masters, graduating in Dec. 2012 FNP. Trying to get sleeved in the middle of the semester in between clinical rotations. Presently working Psyc and Telemetry!

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i was banded march 2008 and revised to a sleeve in 2010. i lost a total of 100 lbs and had a TT in may and they took 6.1 lbs of skin. prior to my TT i wore size 10-12 and now i wear 4-8, depending on where i shop

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I am an RN with 39 years experience in different areas, mainly ER and Open Heart Surgery. Was sleeved on Feb 9, 2012 and am very glad that I did it. Have lost 59 pounds, and am currently stalled right at 200 lbs. Can't break into that onederland- which is driving me crazy. Anyway, love being a nurse, in spite of all of the hard work and long hours.

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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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      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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