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Hi Meredith, I am sure we will catch up at some stage. One of my brothers lives in Wagga Wagga NSW, so I could even hitch a ride with him over to Canberra, which is not too far from there, to meet you when I am next visiting him. Or when you are next in Melbourne we could arrange something, If I know in advance I will make sure not to have anything else on.

Goanna, great stuff with the weight loss mate.

I am finding that I can only have the tiniest bit of any kind of Fluid now. If I have more than that my stomach hurts. Anybody else find this? I have to have something to drink, and then wait more than an hour until I can eat brekky etc. Wow, this sure takes getting used to.

Susannah

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Meredith - find out which suburb you are staying in and it might be easier to catch up for a coffee at a local cafe rather than the city.

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Susannah - I'm so sry to hear about ur port. Hopefully it won't fully flip and u won't have to much more complication with it. With regards to ur ticker - I think u should be able to click on it in anyone of ur messages and it will redirect u to website. Then u make the changes. I think u have to put a password in thou.

Bronnie - Good luck with ur operation, hope all goes well for u.

As for me, I spoke to my OBGYN who recommended a new Dr to me who happens to be at the same hospital. So my first appointment will be on Tuesday and I'll find out what can/cannot be done then. I was also told that if the complications persist with the lapband, then i'll probably have to be induced early. I'm getting really scared now:cry

Angel

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Hi all

Bronnie..i hope you managed a nap in there sumwhere! Good luck for tomorrow! i am absolutely sure it will all go fantastically well with no probs.

Susannah..sorry to hear about your complications. Hopefully it will sort itself out for you with no major dramas.

Meredith..would have been great to catch up with everyone and put faces to names.. hopefully next time. we will all have to work on a good date for all.Have fun while you are down here tho

Anna .. well done on the loss. That is great news.Keep it up

Angel..hope this new doctor is able to wok things out for you. All the best with the visit.Did they say how early if they have to induce you?

hi to everyone else.hope you are all having great week

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Hi all

Bronnie....good luck for tomorrow, It will all go well for you, just have something to keep your mind occupied while you wait for your surgery that helped me while I waited.:biggrin1:

Sussannah... I'm sorry to hear about your port, but glad to hear your keeping your chin up.

Magii

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:girl_hug: Good luck Bronnie,

I,m sure all will go well tommorrow.

Just remember the hard part ( Optifast ) is almost over .

Best wishes

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mmmmmmmm... well i didnt have to do Optifast so im happy i missed that if its the hardest part.

Thanks everyone and i'll speak to you on ' the other side'

Bronwyn

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Thank you everyone... I am a walking zombie... couldnt sleep.< /p>

Leaving for the hospital in 1 hr 20 minutes.

Todays my day!!!!

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Hey All, I wonder how our Bronnie is tonight. I thought about her today while I was at work. Susannah

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Hey all

Me too Susannah. I Wondered how she was going a few times today. Hope all went well which i am sure it did. She was sooooooo excited.. and nervous as well. Hope her recovery is quick and easy

take care all

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      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

        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.

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