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Patti K    98

Patti K
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I begin my pre- op diet tomorrow (all liquids) and the citrate of magnesium at 2 p.m. I have a friend going with me to the hospital because she has already been through this. I'm feeling awkward about telling my family. My kids are all out of town.

anniebunce

Good luck Annie!!!! Praying for a smooth transition from ild u to new!!!!

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CorvetteGirl    78

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The time has finally come!!! All packed and leaving at 8 am for the hospital. Not nervous at all, but excited for this step in my journey. Can't wait to be on the other side. :)

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flyme_places    99

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The time has finally come!!! All packed and leaving at 8 am for the hospital. Not nervous at all' date=' but excited for this step in my journey. Can't wait to be on the other side. :)[/quote']

Best of luck. I was the same way. Calm and excited at the same time. Day two sleeved and feeling good. Still have tugging pains in my belly but that's normal. Take it slow and follow doctors orders :-)

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JIllette    57

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I would not be afraid to tell your family. I am glad that I did.

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smjuroska    60

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OK July Sleevers we are all either sleeved or getting ready for the big day. Hope all the "Sleeved" are doing well and recovery nicely. Good Luck to all that are getting sleeved today. To all the sleevers tomorrow hang in there and don't let the nerves get you! (me included, I am so nervous. I cant believe tomorrow is THE DAY!) Hope we all have smooth surgeries and easy recoveries. To all after the 23rd good luck to you too! Yay for July! Can't wait to hear how we are all doing at 6 months!

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CorvetteGirl    78

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The time has finally come!!! All packed and leaving at 8 am for the hospital. Not nervous at all' date=' but excited for this step in my journey. Can't wait to be on the other side. <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />[/quote']

This is Jeff, Paula's husband.

I wanted to let everyone know, Dr Gersin just came out and told me all went well and he was pleased with everything. She is in recovery and I will be able to see her in an hour or two.

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lanuzaanac    36

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This is Jeff' date=' Paula's husband.

I wanted to let everyone know, Dr Gersin just came out and told me all went well and he was pleased with everything. She is in recovery and I will be able to see her in an hour or two.[/quote']

I am so glad she is doing good :)

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juswant2bhealthy    33

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My date is July 31 I'm super excited. I start my pre-op on the 24 I have a question did any have to meet with the anesthesiologist before surgery and if so what did the do or discuss?? I have to meet mine the day before surgery

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luvladyj    23

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My date is July 31 I'm super excited. I start my pre-op on the 24 I have a question did any have to meet with the anesthesiologist before surgery and if so what did the do or discuss?? I have to meet mine the day before surgery

I met with them right before surgery on the day of. They discussed my medications asked if ive had to be put under anesthesia before, and explained what they were there to do before, during and after surgery.

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Wags    549

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Can I drink crystal lyte in the clear liquid phase or just Water? The term clear is really throwing me off. Thanks.

Yes to crystal light. Just don't use the "energy" flavors. They have caffeine. :-)

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Kieshart    73

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Yes to crystal light. Just don't use the "energy" flavors. They have caffeine. :-)

Great thanks. So, I'm assuming that I can start adding it to my Water as soon as I have surgery also? Call me nuts, but I really can't tolerate the taste of any water since I started this darn liquid diet. It has changed my taste buds completely.

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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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      1. LeighaTR

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        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

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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

        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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