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By aaamom, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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Bandida    0

Bandida
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How do you get all your great little creative things in your posts? like the trackers , etc?? love it.

Hi Cheri!!!! Trackers you can get at tickerfactory.com or choose2loose.com..They walk you right through it..

the cartoons I use my space alot and get them from the FREE graphics websites...if you google the cartoons or graphic name and add gif to the end they usally come up : ex: hellow kitty gifs and click on images..The sites usually, not always, walk you through it..let me know if it works!!!:rolleyes:

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Hi SherryW, Thanks for the eating suggestions. This is a worry for me.

To Cheri52, I am in Dennis, not toooo far. I'm waiting to be banded, too. Going to Beth Israel. Good Luck to you. Keep us informed

Nanaviv

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Hi Bandida, thanks for the lead, went to "glitters" lots of cool stuff, but getting from A to B is another thing!! I 'm not that computer savvy.guess I'll stick to the basics for now! thats great that you got your date, you must be getting excited. Good Luck :>)

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Nanaviv!! do you know when you go? Dennis isn't too far, but from here with the great Water divide it feels like it. I had hoped to find a support group on the cape that the Dr's. would accept they are really strict! keep us posted.

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Hi cheri52, I have a few things to overcome. I am allergic to the ingredients in most Liquid Protein. The nutritionist told me about some that have a whey base and another base that I could try, which I am about to do. Also, I am waiting for insurance approval. If this all happened before mid Feb. I could be done then., otherwise my husband had made plans for a March trip to Florida. The plans were made assuming I would be done by now. So, in that case, I would have to wait until early April. To me, the sooner, the better. But I have to wait and see. I don't know anything about doctors on the Cape. The psychologist at Beth Israel did say there was a support group on the Cape. I could get details if you want. I find this forum a big help. What are your issues???

Nanaviv

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Hi Bandida, thanks for the lead, went to "glitters" lots of cool stuff, but getting from A to B is another thing!! I 'm not that computer savvy.guess I'll stick to the basics for now! Hi Sheri!! no problem..anytime!!

thats great that you got your date, you must be getting excited. Good Luck :>)

Thanks!!! I'm SOOOOOO excited..had my pre-op testing today (ekg, bloodwork, and chest exray, plus they had me fill out a questionaire 2 pages (both sides) long!!!! Questions about even my grandma!!!! I'm just glad it's done and now just waiting until next friday!!! Keep me posted on your progress and good luck to you too...

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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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