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tagster    10

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Long time stalker, first time poster!

I'm having my VSG on Weds 7/10/13 at NWWLS in Everett, WA. Good luck to all you other lucky July folks!

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Long time stalker, first time poster!

I'm having my VSG on Weds 7/10/13 at NWWLS in Everett, WA. Good luck to all you other lucky July folks!

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Congrats to you! I'm at the same clinic, but not until the 23rd. Chock is my surgeon. Who did you pick?

Best of luck! Hope you are doing okay with your pre-op diet! I've tried to do a practice run a couple times. First try was an epic fail (I hadn't figured out which Protein shakes I was willing to drink...), and today, I nearly made it to dinner! (I'm sure my failure to adhere had nothing whatsoever to do with it not being critical until next week!)

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Long time stalker' date=' first time poster!

I'm having my VSG on Weds 7/10/13 at NWWLS in Everett, WA. Good luck to all you other lucky July folks!

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Wow I am also going to Nwwls in Everett! My doctor is dr chock. My paperwork was submitted to insurance last Wednesday waiting impatiently to hear back! I have to have my surgery at evergreen hospital for insurance reasons do it might not be till August

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Congrats to you! I'm at the same clinic' date=' but not until the 23rd. Chock is my surgeon. Who did you pick?

Best of luck! Hope you are doing okay with your pre-op diet! I've tried to do a practice run a couple times. First try was an epic fail (I hadn't figured out which Protein shakes I was willing to drink...), and today, I nearly made it to dinner! (I'm sure my failure to adhere had nothing whatsoever to do with it not being critical until next week!)[/quote']

Dr. Chock is my surgeon too!

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Congrats to you! I'm at the same clinic' date=' but not until the 23rd. Chock is my surgeon. Who did you pick?

Best of luck! Hope you are doing okay with your pre-op diet! I've tried to do a practice run a couple times. First try was an epic fail (I hadn't figured out which Protein shakes I was willing to drink...), and today, I nearly made it to dinner! (I'm sure my failure to adhere had nothing whatsoever to do with it not being critical until next week!)[/quote']

The pre-op diet hasn't been too bad.....trying to keep my eye on the prize! The sheet Sarah gave me said to lose 10 lbs in 7 days, and I'm down about 8. I'm glad this is the last day for that though. I have varied the Protein Shakes from the list though, but kept with the sugar free, low carb, high Protein variety. My surgeon is Michaelson. I've only heard good things a out him and NWWLS. I can't believe it's tomorrow!

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Wow I am also going to Nwwls in Everett! My doctor is dr chock. My paperwork was submitted to insurance last Wednesday waiting impatiently to hear back! I have to have my surgery at evergreen hospital for insurance reasons do it might not be till August

Congrats, I had both of my kids at Evergreen. It's a nice hospital. I didn't get covered by insurance because my BMI wasn't high enough (which is such a joke) so I think that's why my process moved so quickly. I hope you hear good news back from yours. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!

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I'm July 10th as well!!!

Yeah us!! Good luck on yours! I found out I don't check in until 11am which will be a killer since I can't eat or drink after midnight tonight. I'll have to swish Water in my mouth and spit it out!

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Congrats' date=' I had both of my kids at Evergreen. It's a nice hospital. I didn't get covered by insurance because my BMI wasn't high enough (which is such a joke) so I think that's why my process moved so quickly. I hope you hear good news back from yours. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you![/quote']

Thanks and good luck to you. I too have a low BMi but have high blood pressure and sleep apnea so hopefully my insurance will pay.

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Well, I survived! I'm home now and trying to take small sips of Water and clear Isopril. The pain feels like I did about 2000 crunches. It is a little sore to move or shift in bed, but walking seems to feel pretty good. One weird thing is being able to feel the sips hit the sleeve. It is pretty uncomfortable at first. i met Dr Chock today for my leak test. She had me take a sip of this really vile liquid so that we could watch it go through the sleeve. I found out that my idea of a sip equals about 3 sips to her. The big sip I took ended up refluxing. That really put perspective the size of my stomach.

For the NWWLS patients, the nursing staff was awesome. They only have 2 people at a time overnight so they are really there to serve you.

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hi i also had my surgery on july 10. how ae you feeling? wishing you well.

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hi i also had my surgery on july 10. how ae you feeling? wishing you well.

I'm still sore and having a hard time getting fluids down. I'm not sure the volume I should be drinking. I keep telling myself that its only for a few days and then I should be able to drink more.

How about you? Feeling ok?

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same thing. i am in some pain. had an umbilucal hernia taken care of as well. i have 8 small incisions, the one buy my belly button hurts the most. that is where they stitched the hernia. just try to stay hydrated. my doc said by saturday i should be able to get 4 Water bottles consumed. hydration is key right now. try some sugar free Jello too. hang in there.

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Thank you for the update! I hope that each day gets easier for both of you! Glad to hear that the nursing staff was great and that they only have 2 patients at night. Knowing that your idea of a small sip is 3 times what it should be will be helpful as well. I'll hopefully remember to adjust my perspective. Keep up the good work on fluids. There are tons of stories of people ending up in the emergency room with dehydration. I expect it will get a little easier every day as the swelling decreases. Hope to hear updates as you recover! I'm only about 12 days out now, myself. Starting my pre op diet on Monday. I can do anything for a week, right?

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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.

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        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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