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I'm scheduled for the 26th. Getting nervous!

Good luck!

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Doing good! I've only took a bite of something once but I actually don't mind the shakes right now. Where are you from? Kentucky here m

I am right outside Grand Rapids, MI. Amazingly I have not cheated one iota--yet! I like seeing the scale go down. But I have very little energy by the end of the day!!

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Well' date=' tomorrow is the big day and I get to be the first patient of the day for my Dr. I have to be at the hospital at 5:30am. I am so ready to start this new chapter of life. Yes there has been nerves and second guessing but in the end, I know I am making the right choice. I have lost around 23 pounds during my pre op diet and I am slowly starting to feel a difference already. All my chores are done, yard is mowed and I have made arrangements for someone to mow for me next week. Now it is time to sit back, relax, enjoy some lime Jello, chicken broth and Water (I am on Clear Liquids only today), and get ready. Good luck to all my August 19th surgery mates! I hope and pray that we all have flawless procedures followed by minimal pain and discomfort! Speedy recovery to everyone. Now bring it on!!![/quote']

Good luck to u...my day is Tuesday...and I'm getting nervous...my pre-op diet has been going pretty good no BIG cheats but almost my last day and my stomach started growling.... So just praying I get through these next two days...

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Well, tomorrow is the big day and I get to be the first patient of the day for my Dr. I have to be at the hospital at 5:30am. I am so ready to start this new chapter of life. Yes there has been nerves and second guessing but in the end, I know I am making the right choice. I have lost around 23 pounds during my pre op diet and I am slowly starting to feel a difference already. All my chores are done, yard is mowed and I have made arrangements for someone to mow for me next week. Now it is time to sit back, relax, enjoy some lime Jello, chicken broth and Water (I am on clear liquids only today), and get ready. Good luck to all my August 19th surgery mates! I hope and pray that we all have flawless procedures followed by minimal pain and discomfort! Speedy recovery to everyone. Now bring it on!!!

best wishes to you for smooth sailing and a speedy recovery. RTR

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I came home yesterday. The first 24hrs were tough' date=' killer gas pain and all of the poking and prodding at the hospital allowed for no rest. Home now and feeling much better. How about you?[/quote']

ohh i know the first 24hrs were horrible. I couldnt wait to get out of the hospital. Doing so much better now still have gas pains but nothing like the first day

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48 hours to go !!!!

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Well I'm home. I had surgery on August 16th. The first two days were the worst but today I am feeling much more like myself. Just trying to hang in there.

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Yes! Day 4 and nothing :/

Day 5 and nothing. But there's nothing there - it's all liquids.

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I'm on day 2 of the diet but I have to go 7 days of 3 Protein Shakes and 1 frozen entree but it has to be between 300-400 cals, then 3 days if clear liquids and my surgery is 27th

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I'm on day 2 of the diet but I have to go 7 days of 3 Protein shakes and 1 frozen entree but it has to be between 300-400 cals' date=' then 3 days if Clear liquids and my surgery is 27th[/quote']

Good luck! Mine is the 26th!

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Good luck to you too hun

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Aaahhhh, tomorrow is the day August 19th'ers!

SOO nervous but yet excited at the same time...might have something to do with the Valium...love my surgeon! Can't wait to hear everyone's updates and praying for us all to have smooth surgeries and quick recovery! :)

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Just ordered my new scale that measures weight, body fat and hydration, a food scale and the big gastric sleeve book.....ordered my Vitamins too......I'm ready for my surgery.....aug 29th coming quick.....good luck to the 19ths

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Just ordered my new scale that measures weight' date=' body fat and hydration, a food scale and the big gastric sleeve book.....ordered my Vitamins too......I'm ready for my surgery.....aug 29th coming quick.....good luck to the 19ths[/quote']

Hey my husband and I were talking about that type of scale, if u don't mind me asking but what is the cost of that type of scale???

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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

        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.

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