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IMSKINNY

By IMSKINNY, in Insurance & Financing

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IMSKINNY    160

IMSKINNY
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I'm sitting here waiting for one of my friends. She's taking me to the hospital for surgery. My surgery was rescheduled from Thursday to today. I'm not really nervous. I'm just ready to get this part over with so that I can begin adjusting to the many changes. I will talk to you guys on Wednesday. Pray for me and I will pray for you.

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SweetTee    448

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You will do fine. I pray that you have a speedy recovery. Can't wait to hear about the tons of weight that you will lose! Good luck!

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sweeteelme    37

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Praying for you. God's in control.

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sweeteelme    37

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You will do fine. I pray that you have a speedy recovery. Can't wait to hear about the tons of weight that you will lose! Good luck!

How are you doing? I see you a lot on the same threads.

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traceyinflorida    499

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Prayers for an uneventful surgery and speedy recovery. Welcome to the losers bench today!

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Justine13    264

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Praying.....

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SweetTee    448

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How are you doing? I see you a lot on the same threads.

Doing good, thanks for asking. Anxiously waiting for my VSG. How about you?

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ebonisekim    1,713

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I wish we knew how u were doing .. Congrats

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NDN_RN    527

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Hope all went well

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IMSKINNY    160

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Thanks for the prayers and well wishes! I made it. Woohoo... I'm at home now and just sleepy and tired. I haven't been doing a good job sipping because it hurts going down. I got up and took a shower. The thought of much else is draining right now. I have a ball attached to me that slowly releases pain meds for a couple days. I think for women who've had children this will be a piece of cake (yuck), but if you're like me and hadn't had a lot of medical issues, it might be a bit overwhelming.

When I woke up from surgery, the thought of food was absolutely revolting to me. So much so, it was making me nauseous. And my friend was sitting in my room eating pizza when I woke up (double yuck)! She's a skinny cow! I was going to work Mon, but I think I might pass on that. We'll see... Thanks again everybody! Everybody will do great!

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Justine13    264

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Thanks for the prayers and well wishes! I made it. Woohoo... I'm at home now and just sleepy and tired. I haven't been doing a good job sipping because it hurts going down. I got up and took a shower. The thought of much else is draining right now. I have a ball attached to me that slowly releases pain meds for a couple days. I think for women who've had children this will be a piece of cake (yuck)' date=' but if you're like me and hadn't had a lot of medical issues, it might be a bit overwhelming.

When I woke up from surgery, the thought of food was absolutely revolting to me. So much so, it was making me nauseous. And my friend was sitting in my room eating pizza when I woke up (double yuck)! She's a skinny cow! I was going to work Mon, but I think I might pass on that. We'll see... Thanks again everybody! Everybody will do great![/quote']

Yey! Glad you're home and doing well. Did u really say work monday? Um- I'm requesting 4 weeks. Glad you're rethinking that :). Happy and healthy healing :)

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iPrincess    39

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Glad you are are good and the surgery is over. Wishing you a speedy recovery!!

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