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hi all im knew here,

3 yrs ago my health started to get worse & 12mts ago my walk started to go, at that stage I was told ID be in a wheelchair in 4yrs, I'm a diabetic type2, but 2 yrs ago it was getting worse and I was put on insulin & I started gaining weight rapidly, even do I was over weight it got worse, Last may I broke down & cried to my doctor told her I cant loose my walk please help me, I went to see the consultant and he accepted that I was a priority for the sleeve opp, he was hoping to have me in for the operation in January, but all the pr-op test haven't been done, so we are now looking at April for my operation which considering its still fairly quick, I look forward chatting and getting to know everyone that is on this journey also

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stay strong it will be here before you know it !!!

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Good luck .. you remind me of my cousin, a diabetic type 2 with high blood pressure. It took him about a couple of days after VSG and he threw away all his meds. Honestly, that is exactly what happened. :)

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Welcome!!! Good luck on your journey. Before you know it you will be post-op. Keep us posted.

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April will be here before you know it! I bet your diabetes improves almost immediately once you have surgery.

Good luck!

~Dana

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thanks everyone but my consultant now says it will be the end of may :mellow: now as there is a backlog on the waiting list so may here i come :)

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Annabelle

I too had a wait for my surgery. I started in Feb of 2012 and was sleeved Dec 5th 2012. I am really happy that I followed my NUT suggestion and stopped caffeine, carbonated soda, and empty calories back in early Feb. I read post of those who only stopped those foods when they reached the preop diet and they are miserable fighting craving while trying to adjust the sleeve.

I am only unhappy that I got so caught up in "let's hurry up and make this happen" I failed to look at the risk objectively. The surgeon's office is selling a product so they gloss over everything unpleasant. Those here on the form do not, so read about complications and find out the truth of what could go wrong. I got a pierced bowel because my surgeon made a mistake cutting scar tissue. It made for a week hospital stay but worst my family feared they were loosing me during the hours/days it took to get things under control. Read about leaks. Yes they are all rare but I a proof as are many others on here rare happened to real people.

With that being said I am a type 2 diabetic,and have hypertension. All meds were gone days after surgery.

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Thank you Junior Guru, like you I have type 2 diabetes, high b/p, thyroid, and a few other bits, its the clinical assessment and another test that's holding things up, today im buying some of the Protein Shakes so for 1 week each month im going to do the Protein, ive all ready started a few changes ive stopped all pop, im on decaff coffee im not a dairy person so i will be trying out some Calcium tabs also, is there any other changes i should make,

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You have the right idea! Switching to Decaf and halting bad foods. Are you a soda drinker? If so the sooner yu quit the better. I had to break the habbitts of drinking with a straw. I think your Protein shake idea is a good one. It makes the whole think mentally easier to practice the new lifestyle preop. Do you exercise? Starting now can help your body recover faster. Do you drink 64 oz of Fluid now, that was one I had to work on. I don't think I had ever drank that much daily.

Discuss with your doctor the possibility of scar tissue if you have had other surgeries in this area. Also ask him or her about complications they have experienced in their patients. Do not think I do not want a doctor who has had complications because if you do develope a leak you really do not want to be the first your doctor has ever treated. In the same thought a doctor with a high rate of complications could be a sloppy surgeon.

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no dont drink soda as im a diabetic, unfortunality exercise isnt much as i cant walk much but three times a week I do an hour's walk, he has had a few leaks but as ive never had surgery before and im a non smoker he says i should be good to go he plans in keep me in for a week to make sure im doing good :)

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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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      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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