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Dame J    0

Dame J
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Welcome back Neenagh. Don't you worry about the tight pants you will be back to your slimmer self in no time. When are you going for your next fill?

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argon    3

argon
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Neenagh! I feel your pain with the pants. I put on some freshly washed jeans this morning... and... it was a bad feeling I haven't had in sooo long. They WEREN'T LOOSE! Lucky I didn't get rid of anything yet.

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green    6

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Green is going in for a fill this Thursday AM.:) All this talk of food....I realized that I can eat just about anything these days!:)

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neenagh    0

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Hi Green!

Hi Dame, I have to call and make an appt. I have to take the whole day off work for it and they are being a**holes. I got a letter saying that i used 6.5 sick days last year, and that i was on probation. I told them that I had surgery and that took three of the sick days, and i had given them a letter for it and had it approved! sheesh! So i'm trying to figure out a way to go without using a sick day. They also give a hard time about using vacation days....

Argon, I had a "tossing" spree, and dont have any fat clothes left! I'm such a dumb ass sometimes!

Green i can eat ANYTHING too

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Wheezy    0

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Some employers are soooo stupid. The hospital I work for tell us we can't take vacation because we're always short staff and at the end of the year we get a letter saying that all of our vacation must be taken and that we can't carry over our vacation.

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Dame J    0

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that would really piss me off too. I mean you had a letter from the Dr. It's not like you just took random sick days. Are you given a certain amount of sick days. I think I get 10 a year and I know I have used 5 because of the surgery, if anyone said I was using too many I would freak right out.

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green    6

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Hi Green!

Hi Dame, I have to call and make an appt. I have to take the whole day off work for it and they are being a**holes. I got a letter saying that i used 6.5 sick days last year, and that i was on probation. I told them that I had surgery and that took three of the sick days, and i had given them a letter for it and had it approved! sheesh! So i'm trying to figure out a way to go without using a sick day. They also give a hard time about using vacation days....

Argon, I had a "tossing" spree, and dont have any fat clothes left! I'm such a dumb ass sometimes!

Green i can eat ANYTHING too

Oh, Neenagh, that's bad, very bad of your employer....:omg:

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neenagh    0

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I forgot to mention that we have 12 sick days a year!?!? but we're not supposed to use them?!?!? i'm soooooo confused

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argon    3

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That's crazy. I wonder if they'd be able to do fills on the weekend? They really SHOULD do that anyways... it would be so much more convenient for lots of people.

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Irishmist    0

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Neenagh what has happened to you?, you have not been here for awhile, is everything going okay for you? are you feeling alright? please let us know. :hug:

Maria :(

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loriely    0

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Where are you Neenagh ? You have been on holidays to long? We miss you. Fill us in on your busy life.

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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

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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.

        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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