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Sept 20, Dr. Alanis.

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Sept 20' date=' Dr. Alanis. Pasadena, TX[/quote']

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My time: Thinking of you this evening. Less than 11 hours until you're starting a new phase in life!! Many blessings to you.

Thank you for thinking of me. Everything seems to have gone well. I've been up and walking, and cannot wait to see what tomorrow brings... Hopefully some Water. ;-)

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Thank you for thinking of me. Everything seems to have gone well. I've been up and walking' date=' and cannot wait to see what tomorrow brings... Hopefully some Water. ;-)[/quote']

Wonderful!! How's your pain level? Are you even noticing pain over your thirst?

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I leave tomorrow, and my surgery is scheduled for Sept 27! Going to Tj for sleeve with Dr. Lopez! :D

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Thank you for thinking of me. Everything seems to have gone well. I've been up and walking' date=' and cannot wait to see what tomorrow brings... Hopefully some Water. ;-)[/quote']

My Time - I hope you're doing well!! I'm anxious to hear how your past couple of days have been. I hope you're home & settled into your phase 1 routine. I'll be in your position 3 weeks from now!

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Hi, thanks for asking. I got home yesterday afternoon. There are some aspects that are harder than I would have imagined. Like getting in all the liquids. Having issues with that. Not hungry, so the 10 billion food commercials don't really phase me. My legs feel like lead, but I guess that will get better with time. You will be hAppy to know the crew at the hospital are exceptional. Will taker really good care of you, but don't expect to sleep for more than an hour at a time. To sum it up, I'm not out dancing an Irish jig yet, but will you there.

You will do great. Hang in there. The liquid diet is awful, but it will get you where you need to be. After your surgery, we'll compare notes. :-). Keep me up to date on your progress please.

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Hi' date=' thanks for asking. I got home yesterday afternoon. There are some aspects that are harder than I would have imagined. Like getting in all the liquids. Having issues with that. Not hungry, so the 10 billion food commercials don't really phase me. My legs feel like lead, but I guess that will get better with time. You will be hAppy to know the crew at the hospital are exceptional. Will taker really good care of you, but don't expect to sleep for more than an hour at a time. To sum it up, I'm not out dancing an Irish jig yet, but will you there.

You will do great. Hang in there. The liquid diet is awful, but it will get you where you need to be. After your surgery, we'll compare notes. :-). Keep me up to date on your progress please.[/quote']

Wonderful news about the hospital staff. And thanks for the encouragement. I've been nervous about the pre-op liquid diet since hearing last week that I had to lose 5% before surgery. Reason being, I was 249 up until I got back from my cruise. Then this past Monday I was up to 254!! Ugh! Of course some of it might have been my steak dinner from Saturday night. BUT all I could focus on was that 5% from 249 is 236.6 & that's 12.5 lbs to lose BUT 236.6 from 254 is 17.5 lbs!!! I am just a little nervous about losing that larger amount to get down 5% of the last weight they have on record :-(

Anyway, enough about me... I'm so glad to read that you're not having complications. I will definitely be keeping in touch. In fact, feel free to come by the hospital (if its not a great distance for you) while I'm there! I'd love to meet you in person & have face-to-face contact from someone so close to my date & by the same doctor :-). I'm so glad I found you on VST!!

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Wonderful news about the hospital staff. And thanks for the encouragement. I've been nervous about the pre-op liquid diet since hearing last week that I had to lose 5% before surgery. Reason being' date=' I was 249 up until I got back from my cruise. Then this past Monday I was up to 254!! Ugh! Of course some of it might have been my steak dinner from Saturday night. BUT all I could focus on was that 5% from 249 is 236.6 & that's 12.5 lbs to lose BUT 236.6 from 254 is 17.5 lbs!!! I am just a little nervous about losing that larger amount to get down 5% of the last weight they have on record :-(

Anyway, enough about me... I'm so glad to read that you're not having complications. I will definitely be keeping in touch. In fact, feel free to come by the hospital (if its not a great distance for you) while I'm there! I'd love to meet you in person & have face-to-face contact from someone so close to my date & by the same doctor :-). I'm so glad I found you on VST!!

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Susan, does your liquid diet start next week. I'm not going to kid you... It sucks, but really, by about day 5 or 6 it really does get easier. If you need someone to talk you off the ledge, just send me a message. Day 5 was the day I thought I would not make it. My husband and I sat down, drank some wine, (liquid ;-) and Saturday morning I got up dusted my self off and pushed forward. I'll be thinking about you. You are going to do fine!!!

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Susan' date=' does your liquid diet start next week. I'm not going to kid you... It sucks, but really, by about day 5 or 6 it really does get easier. If you need someone to talk you off the ledge, just send me a message. Day 5 was the day I thought I would not make it. My husband and I sat down, drank some wine, (liquid ;-) and Saturday morning I got up dusted my self off and pushed forward. I'll be thinking about you. You are going to do fine!!![/quote']

My time, thanks!! I PM'd you.

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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.

        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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