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Thanks' date=' I am praying for good results. i am of lower BMI 36-37 but have HTN. i work for the VA as well. CT system, where are you? what dept?

I don't think you will have a problem. I work in Canandaigua, NY in the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Recovery Center. I case manage Veterans with serious mental illness.

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I don't think you will have a problem. I work in Canandaigua' date=' NY in the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Recovery Center. I case manage Veterans with serious mental illness.[/quote']

God bless, that is a big job. We have the Errera center here that is nationally recognized in helping vets with serious Mental Health issues. I am in the home based primary care program, so I see many of these vets in their own homes.

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I'm scheduled 10/8 with Dr. Alvarez in Mexico :-)

I am scheduled for a revision with Dr. Alvarez Oct. 11th. Best of luck to you!

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God bless' date=' that is a big job. We have the Errera center here that is nationally recognized in helping vets with serious Mental Health issues. I am in the home based primary care program, so I see many of these vets in their own homes.

It surely can be a challenge, but it is also very rewarding. I love working with them. I have traveled all over the country including Hawaii, for the Golden Age Games. It will be so nice to be able to fly comfortably.

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Hello and welcome Toya ! Good luck on your journey

Thank you, and Good luck to you as well...

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I don't think you will have a problem. I work in Canandaigua, NY in the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Recovery Center. I case manage Veterans with serious mental illness.

I work at the VA in El Paso, TX Radiology department. :)

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I work at the VA in El Paso' date=' TX Radiology department. :)[/quote']

Lived in Las Cruces for years. Now I Work at Ct health care systems VA

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HI everybody my date is October 9th I'm a 30 year old nurse and mother of a beautiful 4 year old my starting weight is 345 current 325 I start my pre-op diet on September 25 I'm using Dr. Ganta in Austin Tx. I cant wait to start my new life

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Hello and welcome aboard

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Here are the confirmed Octosleevers (so far)!! Let's hope those with tentative dates will be confirmed soon :-)

10/1

IsaacsGram

ann48

luvlife

conrow1994

hockeymom1010

10/2

SkinnyMinnie2Be

melinda.trujillo

ThinkThin78

kolerz219

minkywinks_esposa

Peazwithin

10/3

miriamK

10/4

Scottishlassie

KishaE

cherrybombknits

arathfon.rn

10/5

tfazio

Jenni Smith

mom2han

10/8

vitaleEM

JustSkinnyMeInside

jonesy8844

az1369

chad2rad

Jae-R

10/9

hbjewelry

Natava

JazzyJ

SweetTee

shastarey3000

10/10

ready2bskinny

10/11

Lil'LO

choc_thicktothin

10/12

suejersey

10/15

Susan 2.0

imworthit

Cyn

10/16

kssooner2

Anicmice

unobaby

JonathanS

SkinnyMinnyMom

neenee

10/18

sleevemeup

Lauren610

10/22

xmasbpig

Riaa90

Donny

10/23

littlemiss0428

mrsjones075

time2getskinny

10/24

gabby899

tbnote71

jlfinmn

faeriefyre

10/25

dyvasha70

this.time.its.4.me

meeshluv81

10/26

mandymae

sleclerc

10/27

zenoosh

10/29

DebInAZ

jeriberi

Look@meitsEmily

Gonnabeslim1day

10/30

JLS

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Andreagoeldner 10-15-12 at Abbott Northwestern Dr. Leslie Duodenal Switch.

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gabby899' date=' where are you from? I am here in MN, also on Oct 24th.[/quote']

I live in Salem il

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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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    • 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

        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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