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mandyMO

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mandyMO    67

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I am a teacher so I am using Christmas break to recover. My date is December 26th. I am with Dr. Nicholson if Dallas. I start the diet on 12/12 but thankfully it's not straight liquids and I get 1 small meal per day, but no starches.

I'm so nervous and excited! I don't have any pre-op tests or anything until December 7th. I am thinking about the monthly support meeting even before the surgery. I am glad that I found the online.

I am to because we all have walked in the same shoes

I am a teacher so I am using Christmas break to recover. My date is December 26th. I am with Dr. Nicholson if Dallas. I start the diet on 12/12 but thankfully it's not straight liquids and I get 1 small meal per day, but no starches.

I'm so nervous and excited! I don't have any pre-op tests or anything until December 7th. I am thinking about the monthly support meeting even before the surgery. I am glad that I found the online.

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mandyMO    67

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I am a teacher so I am using Christmas break to recover. My date is December 26th. I am with Dr. Nicholson if Dallas. I start the diet on 12/12 but thankfully it's not straight liquids and I get 1 small meal per day, but no starches.

I'm so nervous and excited! I don't have any pre-op tests or anything until December 7th. I am thinking about the monthly support meeting even before the surgery. I am glad that I found the online.

Lets try this again lol I am to we need support from people that has walked in the same shoes

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mandyMO    67

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Hi Mandy! I was actually putting on weight for quite a while because my band slipped and was no longer working...I had put on about 45 lbs since I had my son a little over 2 years ago. Due to my gall bladder issues I lost 17 lbs in about a month. Each time I had a gall bladder attack I just didn't eat for several days. I joked with my Dr that maybe I should just keep my gall bladder because it was helping me lose weight...lol. Since having my band removed I have gone back and forth between gaining and losing about 3 lbs. I am trying to stick to a high Protein diet and low fat but admittedly now that I can eat again I have just gone a little crazy eating junk. But I will go back to eating better after this weekend. My Dr doesn't want me to gain weight before surgery.

Hi Mandy! I was actually putting on weight for quite a while because my band slipped and was no longer working...I had put on about 45 lbs since I had my son a little over 2 years ago. Due to my gall bladder issues I lost 17 lbs in about a month. Each time I had a gall bladder attack I just didn't eat for several days. I joked with my Dr that maybe I should just keep my gall bladder because it was helping me lose weight...lol. Since having my band removed I have gone back and forth between gaining and losing about 3 lbs. I am trying to stick to a high Protein diet and low fat but admittedly now that I can eat again I have just gone a little crazy eating junk. But I will go back to eating better after this weekend. My Dr doesn't want me to gain weight before surgery.

Thats the same here mine wasnt either cause my band had a major slip

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Amiee    16

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December 4 with Dr. Nicholson in Dallas!

Hi Cadilex-

My surgery is Dec 4th with Dr. Davidson at Forest Park Medical Center.

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Cadilex    52

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Hello Amiee. Will you be at the Forest Park facility in Dallas or Frisco?

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Dcline    23

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So I have a question for all you Dec. sleever's ! Is there anything that you would like to do that you havent got to do while being heavy once you loose all your weight? This is probably silly but I have lot's of things i want to do like I love doing zumba and one of my goals next year as soon as I get enough weight off is i want to become a zumba instructer my second and this is the silly one the day my husband can pick me up with out any trouble !

Zumba is on my list, too.

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kjntwins    59

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My surgery is December 17th. My pre-op starts on December 3rd

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Amiee    16

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Hello Amiee. Will you be at the Forest Park facility in Dallas or Frisco?

Hey Cadilex-

In Dallas? How about you? My surgery is at 7:30, I figured the earlier the better since I'll be without coffee :-)

Amiee

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Amiee    16

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So I have a question for all you Dec. sleever's ! Is there anything that you would like to do that you havent got to do while being heavy once you loose all your weight? This is probably silly but I have lot's of things i want to do like I love doing zumba and one of my goals next year as soon as I get enough weight off is i want to become a zumba instructer my second and this is the silly one the day my husband can pick me up with out any trouble !

Get pregnant! I miss roller coasters and wearing my wedding band. Flying hurts because I try to hug myself so I don't spill over into someone else's seat and strange enough cleaning the house without having to stop and rest :-( it's a long list

I love to Zumba MandyMo, what a great goal!

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Mortensenmommy    8

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I have a date of Dec 3rd. Finally appointment with Dr. Is on Nov. 29th.

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lilac lass    34

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I have my surgery date of Dec 6.

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ladyhummingbird    13

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Dec 28 !!!! Can't wait!!

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jazzyjay    33

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December 12th for me tentatively. I've got one more doctors visit and then they will submit my paperwork but the surgical coordinator says she doesnt think I will get denied. i'm starting to get a little nervous though

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Ima Loser    197

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December 12th for me tentatively. I've got one more doctors visit and then they will submit my paperwork but the surgical coordinator says she doesnt think I will get denied. i'm starting to get a little nervous though

I am 12/12/12 too!!! Don't get to worried about it... I was getting myself all worked up about it and then my approval came in less then a week! I am so excited now... I feel like it is getting so close and with Thanksgiving being only 2 weeks away then we will start all of our Christmas prep so I am hoping the next month goes by fast. I have all my pre-op testing on 11/15 and my EGD on 11/20... I am suppossed to start my pre-op diet a week before my SX date but I think I am going to start it sooner.

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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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        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.

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