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Success in lapband    0

Success in lapband
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One more thing....

The chicken stock at night makes all the difference to me. Without that I would be grouchy!

I am encouraging my husband to eat lean cuisines for dinner with an extra serving of vegtables telling him IF he ate something I really wanted I don't think I could do it. Soooooooo, maybe he might drop some weight too ~he could lose 100 pounds too but is not interested in the band.

My daughter is totally complaining about me NOT cooking dinner, she is fit and thin, maybe she will learn to cook for herself. :D))))

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Does anyone remember what the percentage formula that we are supposed to use to figure out how much we are supposed to lose before surgery? I can't find where I wrote it down. Thanks!

Oh my gosh! I am so excited, Michelle just called me to schedule my surgery! WOO HOO! I am scheduled for March 7th. Oh man I am going to have to get serious now!!!! I have to order my Bariatrix, I have been holding off because I was doubting that everything was going to be approved! Woo Hoo again!!

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you need to lose 10 % of the excess between what you weighed at initial visit and your goal weight.

Chris

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Oh yeah! Fill us in! Did you read my good news Pam? Michelle said I had to bring a support person to the teaching class. Did I understand her correctly? What does that person do all that while?

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Woo hooo is right!! You just made me smile REALLY BIG!

So if you want.... you can have your husband stop by my office and I will give him samples of my powder and you can sample before you buy.

I would IF I were you get started immediately, and try towean yourself onto the shakes, replacing a meal at a time. What the heck, you only have FAT to lose!! ha ha

March 7th that is fantastic!

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My preop isn't until next Thursday. Man, I gotta start proofreading what I write:)

All I did today was Laptop shop! Gotta have a new toy to take to the hospital with me

Chris

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Are you going to get wireless internet or do you think the hosp will have WAN? (i think that is what it is~means you can log on through their internet connection)

Are you going to Reno Surgery Ctr. or SCORE?

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Chris...

Do you ever get hungry on the shakes? I am telling you I have to keep slapping my hand because I am reaching for "stuff" I am not suppose to put in my mouth.

Thank god my daughter keeps me accountable, but I sure do make deals with myself; telling myself that "just one" nobody will know....

Do you have any special tricks? I am not "hungry" just not full, know what I mean?

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Gail,

That support person is a great idea, Chris brought his wife, I brought nobody and they did not have a problem with me not having somebody, but if you husband could go it would be great, or I am 100% totally available for you if you want me there.

That is the seminar that I did not like the information presented and I really think your husb should go. It is alot of what COULD happen, and I hate when they tell me what CAN happen.

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Gail when you go pass out information on lapband.com so you can talk to all the people that you sat with during the seminar.

They will take your picture and get you to sign the necessary paperwork for the surgery.

They tell you post op you need to chew chew chew chew chew chew chew chew chew your food before you swallow.

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I have a couple more days till I start the shakes. Mine have not gotten here yet so I am going to try a couple first.

The new LT I am looking has has wireless so I am hoping to pick up Saints signal. I am having it at SCOR. Thats where my Mom works part time. She aslo works at northern Nevada's ER

If I come up with any tricks, I will tell you. Make sure you do the same

Chris

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gailannr    1

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Ok, I have to so a search on that ticker thing. I know there is a bunch of info on here how to do it. I am on CLOUD NINE! Excited!

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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

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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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