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claudiaisabella    9

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I'm having my surgery on March 25th with Dr. Nadler in Washington DC. Is anyone else getting their surgery around that time? Looking for support! :)

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KateAnth    11

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I'm having my surgery on March 25th with Dr. Nadler in Washington DC. Is anyone else getting their surgery around that time? Looking for support! <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

Hi! I am planning on having my surgery in mid February. So we are kind of close! I don't have my date yet but I should be getting it in the next week or two!

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claudiaisabella    9

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Hi! I am planning on having my surgery in mid February. So we are kind of close! I don't have my date yet but I should be getting it in the next week or two!

That's so exciting :) My doctor let me pick my surgery date, but he only works on Monday. I was so lucky because my parents didn't want me to miss to much school, and I only have to miss 2 days because of spring break.

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KateAnth    11

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That's so exciting <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> My doctor let me pick my surgery date' date=' but he only works on Monday. I was so lucky because my parents didn't want me to miss to much school, and I only have to miss 2 days because of spring break.[/quote']

That's awesome! What grade are you In? Or are you in college? I'm a senior in high school.

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claudiaisabella    9

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That's awesome! What grade are you In? Or are you in college? I'm a senior in high school.

I'm a freshman, I'm having my surgery at children's national medical center. Where are you having yours?

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KateAnth    11

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I'm a freshman' date=' I'm having my surgery at children's national medical center. Where are you having yours?[/quote']

I'm having surgery at Bryn Mawr hospital. Are you excited?

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claudiaisabella    9

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I'm having surgery at Bryn Mawr hospital. Are you excited?

Yes, I can't wait

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claudiaisabella    9

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I'm having surgery at Bryn Mawr hospital. Are you excited?

Are you nervous at all?

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KateAnth    11

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Are you nervous at all?

Yes. I think about it a lot and sometimes my anxiety gets the best of me. But I'm getting more excited! Are you nervous?

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claudiaisabella    9

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Yes. I think about it a lot and sometimes my anxiety gets the best of me. But I'm getting more excited! Are you nervous?

I'm nervous about the anesthesia, I've had general anesthesia before but never for over an hour. And I'm worried about the pain after, and if I can ever eat normally. I'm such control freak it's weird that I'm letting a surgeon remove 80% of my stomach. What are you worried about?

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KateAnth    11

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I'm nervous about the anesthesia, I've had general anesthesia before but never for over an hour. And I'm worried about the pain after, and if I can ever eat normally. I'm such control freak it's weird that I'm letting a surgeon remove 80% of my stomach. What are you worried about?

i've had surgery before that was the same amount of time that this should be so i'm not as worried about that. but i get what you mean about the pain. i hate it and i know that it is going to be bad. but i mean what are we going to do about it, we are starting new lives. i'm a control freak too so don't worry!!! and i was between getting the band and the sleeve for a long time. the reason i decided on the sleeve was because of college and not wanting to have the lap band for the rest of my life. but the 80 percent of my stomach being removed is scary. i'm worried about that. i'm also worried about the liquid diet and not eating real food for a month.

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claudiaisabella    9

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i've had surgery before that was the same amount of time that this should be so i'm not as worried about that. but i get what you mean about the pain. i hate it and i know that it is going to be bad. but i mean what are we going to do about it' date=' we are starting new lives. i'm a control freak too so don't worry!!! and i was between getting the band and the sleeve for a long time. the reason i decided on the sleeve was because of college and not wanting to have the lap band for the rest of my life. but the 80 percent of my stomach being removed is scary. i'm worried about that. i'm also worried about the liquid diet and not eating real food for a month.[/quote']

I'm not worried about the diet too much because I don't eat to much now, I have ADHD so I take concerts it takes most of my hunger. But after the surgery I'm extremely scared of the loose skin and hair loss.

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KateAnth    11

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I'm not worried about the diet too much because I don't eat to much now, I have ADHD so I take concerts it takes most of my hunger. But after the surgery I'm extremely scared of the loose skin and hair loss.

oh yeah the loose skin and Hair loss is scary too!

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Youngun    53

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Be careful with concerta after surgery! Definitely talk to your surgeon about it and say it already reduces your appetite! 4 weeks post-op I took mine and it hit me SO much harder and I couldn't eat all day or Breakfast the next day! I just couldn't get anything down! It was even hard to drink water! So make sure you have an open dialogue with your doctor about concerta because you need your nutrition!

Best of luck with your sleeves ladies! I was sleeved on dec 18 2012 and I'd never go back! It's been amazing!

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    • Alisa_S

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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

      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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