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Coming Home From Tj Tomorrow!

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made2beme    119

made2beme
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Hey guys,

Everything has been fantastic here in Tj. Dr. Garica and his staff were great, the Marriott has been great and since getting back to the hotel yesterday, I just kind of feel like we are on vacation.

Surgery went well, no complications and feeling well enough today to do a little shopping at the open market with my hubby and some great friends we have made here (also had surgery with Dr. Garica). For us, from Texas where it is 107 degrees with humidity this weather of high 60's- low 70's with a breeze has been incredible. I never could have made it walking outside all we did today at home....

So, those of you with up coming surgery here either just in Tj or with Dr. Garcia you should be at peace and comfortable with your decision. There has been nothing scary or shady that I have found, I have felt well taken care of the entire time.

I will have to say for me, one of the hardest things was the fact that you come out of surgery with such a dry mouth from being intubated and you are not able to drink anything at all until the results of your leak test come back which is not late into the next day. Maybe it was worse for us because that next day was a Sat and it may be much quicker during the week? Seriously people, it sucks....but other than a little gas pain that subsided pretty quickly that really was the worst part for me.

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SleeveandRNYchica    1,155

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Glad you are doing well. Congratulations on taking this step in your journey.

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shangefan    193

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Congrats! I loved my experience in TJ, too! And four weeks later, I am loving my sleeve!

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Readytolose2012    88

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Yea Misty! I am so happy to hear everything went so well! I will be there on the 31st w/Garcia I am so looking forward to it. You guys have a safe trip home and keep us posted on your progress.

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Territravel    217

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So glad your home and well!

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2bsmallagain    156

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I am glad you had a great experience as did I! Congratulations and good luck with the rest of your journey!

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thetruedream    54

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Congrats! I loved my experience in TJ' date=' too! And four weeks later, I am loving my sleeve![/quote']

How you doing.? I'm having surgery on the 25th with Almanza.. just wondering how you feeling? Any tips or advice??

Thank you

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SweetTee    448

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Glad to hear you had a good experience. Congratulations on joining the losers bench! Save me a seat.

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sacharliem    44

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Thank you so much for posting that, I plan on going alone on 10/09 and quite frankly am nervous not only about going alone but also about having surgery! Yikes, I hope I'm doing the right thing!! Happy that things went so well for you!

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sacharliem    44

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I thinking of going alone also in Oct maybe I will try that week.

That would be awesome!!!!!!! Are you going to Dr Garcia?

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made2beme    119

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Incisions with Dr. Garcia - you have 5 of them....one is very high (it is in between my boobs) and smaller than my pinky nail as well as the one from the drain which is the farthest to my left. The other 3 are almost in a straight line, pretty much in the same area of my stomach about 3.5 inches above my belly button. They are healing nicely and the largest one which is where they pulled my stomach out is approx 1.5 inches or smaller. Ive seen lots of pics of people a few months to years out and you do not even notice them if you arent looking and counting them.

My hubby had laproscopic RNY 3 yrs ago and I literally can not even see his scars.

ok, so I posted this to the wrong thread someone else was asking specifically about insicions....but thought I would leave it up since it is something I am sure you guys may want to know, lol

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mybabysansan    32

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That would be awesome!!!!!!! Are you going to Dr Garcia?

Yes Dr Garcia ! But im not able to go until the 15 now , we are going on a cruise and get back on the 8 and I don't want to diet on the cruise. That is so bad of me..lol

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sacharliem    44

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Yes Dr Garcia ! But im not able to go until the 15 now ' date=' we are going on a cruise and get back on the 8 and I don't want to diet on the cruise. That is so bad of me..lol[/quote']

I don't blame you!!! Enjoy the cruise, I'm sure it will be great!!!

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Readytolose2012    88

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Wow 2bsmallagain, half way at 3 months! Thats awesome I hope I do that well.

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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.

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        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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