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I am having my surgery March 28. This will be my second go round with bariatric surgery. I had the band for almost 7 years. Not gonna say it failed. Think it was a combo of me and the restriction. The band wouldnt let anything go through....I did maintain my weightloss for about 6 yrs. Then it all of a sudden started coming back. I am now able to get the sleeve. My insurance didnt cover it last yr. So soon as this yr started, I went back to my same dr who did my band and he got me approved for the sleeve. I am in the pre-op part right now...which for me isnt that bad. Mainly just no meats, heavy stuff , candy, or very fatty stuff. I still eat veggies, fruit, Decaf coffee and tea and boca burgers....so far so good.

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ok I feel like I need to retract my last post. I had not started drinking the Magnesium Citrate before posting that, Actually I was just going off of every ones accounts of it including the pharmacist. I'm either plum Loco, cuz it's actually kinda good, I bought the lemon one, put it in the fridge and got it all cold, put a straw in it, cuz I can now. It is almost refreshing, Like a tart sparkling lemon aid. I have a glass of ice Water to help chase it, but I don't really need it. All that fuss for nothing. Just wanted to let others know, incase you are as apprehensive as I was. Once again Good Luck, I'm on at 12:30pm tomorrow afternoon.

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ok I feel like I need to retract my last post. I had not started drinking the Magnesium Citrate before posting that' date=' Actually I was just going off of every ones accounts of it including the pharmacist. I'm either plum Loco, cuz it's actually kinda good, I bought the lemon one, put it in the fridge and got it all cold, put a straw in it, cuz I can now. It is almost refreshing, Like a tart sparkling lemon aid. I have a glass of ice Water to help chase it, but I don't really need it. All that fuss for nothing. Just wanted to let others know, incase you are as apprehensive as I was. Once again Good Luck, I'm on at 12:30pm tomorrow afternoon.[/quote']

I used the grape and it wasn't to bad either

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I'm so sorry this happened to you...I've read all your post and you were very encouraging to others. It's no secret that their are risk however I'm so sorry you we're taken away so soon..RIP lifesaveremt :"(

Wait. , what happened?

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Wait. ' date=' what happened?[/quote']

Lifesaveremt had a blood clot as a complication of surgery. It went to his heart and he passed away.

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I am for 12:30 tomorrow afternoon also, have been on clear/full liquids for 7 days now. Counting the minutes until I go to bed and can't have anything. Plan to drink a big ole glass of Water before bed! Lol. Good luck and prayers for tomorrow's sleevers!

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Gosh my surgery is scheduled for March 28th, really on about 10 days away and I STILL haven't gotten the final approval from the insurance, they said they have a pre-approval but not an official approval, therefor I haven't had my pre-op appointment to even find out if I need to be doing a pre-op diet or anything! Sorry for my vent… I just can't believe I haven't heard from them… I called Friday the 8th to see is they had everything they needed to submit to the insurance and she said she did and she had submitted it the previous day and thats when she had already gotten the pre-approval then she said it would be about 3-5 more business days until the official approval came, this past friday was 5 more business days… I hate to call her because her voicemail says please wait for us to contact you about surgery approvals. :(

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Good luck!!! Are you on strictly liquid? I feel like every doctor has a different request of their patient for pre op. Its driving me crazy because some people have two shakes a day and a meal and some (like myslef) can only have four shakes a day and Clear Liquids or Jello (which i hate!)

My surgery date is March 26th too. I start my pre-op liquid diet tomorrow I tired Muscle Milk Protein Powder and it was the worst thing I have ever drank. Is there any better Protein powder that you like?

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My surgery date is March 26th too. I start my pre-op liquid diet tomorrow I tired Muscle Milk Protein powder and it was the worst thing I have ever drank. Is there any better protein powder that you like?

I'm the 26th also and dislike muscle milk. Yuk. I like Chike with soy milk. I only tried the chocolate. It's pretty good

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Lifesaveremt had a blood clot as a complication of surgery. It went to his heart and he passed away.

Omg how long after?

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Surgery in the morning I have to be at the hospital at 545. Good luck to all my March 18th sleevers, as I say prayer for myself I will also say a prayer for you all.

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Surgery in the morning I have to be at the hospital at 545. Good luck to all my March 18th sleevers' date=' as I say prayer for myself I will also say a prayer for you all.[/quote']

Same here!!! Good luck and lots of prayers being said for all of us!!

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      1. Selina333

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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. LeighaTR

        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • 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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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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