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ussacadia2    3

ussacadia2
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I was sleeved on April 18th and started at 282 lbs

Day 3 I was 272

Day 5 I am now 268.

I too was excited and scared to go thru with the surgery. Now I am so glad that I did and would do it all over again. I am now on day 5 and have gone back to work since yesterday. And that was with a hernia that was fixed..

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mtpatter    2

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So you are back to work already? I'm scheduled for April 30 and getting scared really need to be back in work but took 10 days. Do you feel different?

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Hwynbrwneyes    16

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I am also scheduled for the 30th!

Excited & scared all at the same time, I know it'll be worth it in the end :)

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Hwynbrwneyes    16

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Mtpatter

I also took 10 days

I had a friend who took 7 buy she ended up having to go in for IV fluids and take an additional 4 days off

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Hwynbrwneyes    16

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My dr wrote me off for 4 weeks! I work in heathcare and my job can require heavy lifting' date=' pushing, etc.[/quote']

I too am in healthcare, they wrote for me to be off for 6weeks but I told them I wanted to go back after 2 weeks.

I don't have a lot of lifting so I should be good to go as long as everything goes as planned

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New me after 7    7

New me after 7
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I'm up right now too but my surgery is tomorrow. So many things going through my head. I've had surgeries before but somehow this feels different... I don't even know how to describe how I feel...

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lexib    8

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I definitely understand its a new beginning, its the unknown make sure you take your time dont rush it relax ask questions if something dont feel right let your nurse/doc know, my 1st night I threw up blood b/c the pain med they prescribed me "morphine" was to strong so it made me nauseous so they took me off that immediately and prescribed me liquid lortab which is nasty but if u mix with crystal light in your beverage taste great and im feeling much better!

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aparker28110    7

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I had my VSG 4/16

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Asrisan69    3

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I definitely understand its a new beginning' date=' its the unknown make sure you take your time dont rush it relax ask questions if something dont feel right let your nurse/doc know, my 1st night I threw up blood b/c the pain med they prescribed me "morphine" was to strong so it made me nauseous so they took me off that immediately and prescribed me liquid lortab which is nasty but if u mix with crystal light in your beverage taste great and im feeling much better![/quote']

Thanks. 8hrs to go...

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Truetxredneck75    4

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I had mine on April 12th. Doing great so far, as of now I'm walking around 2 miles a day. Only problem in having is that I'm still on the clear liquid diet and feel well most of the time. I go on soft food after I go for my two week check up on Friday. Then I'm sure my energy Lvl will go back up and I can go back to walking 8 miles a day and working out without feeling like I am completely drained.

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New me after 7    7

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Hello all, I report to the hospital in the am @ 7:45...

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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

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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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