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waiting to hear from insurance, i was told early november by the surgeon! from MI!

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Well my November buddies' date=' I start my 2 week liquid diet tomorrow (Monday) and I'm kinda scared! It's going to be hard and I'm going to be so cranky to be around! My poor husband and kids!

Just feel like I need a little love here...you all, better than anyone, know what I'm going through!

Thanks for reading. I just needed to vent.[/quote']

You will do great! I just finished day 4 of my 21 day liquid diet and my body is finally accepting what I'm doing to it. It will be hard for the first few days but hold on and don't give in! You will most likely find that yours constantly giving yourself pep talks...I am!

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Anyone wishing to join November sleevers support Facebook page just message me your email and I will invite you asap :-):-)

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Anyone wishing to join November sleevers support Facebook page just message me your email and I will invite you asap :-):-)

Will not let me send. Greenwoodman_26@yahoo.com

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I'm scheduled for November 20. I have all my pre-op stuff on October 28' date=' along with my three year scans and xrays for bladder cancer follow-up. Just to add to my stress level, of course!! Having mine done at Froedtert in Milwaukee. Has anyone else gone there?[/quote']

I am Nov 20 too!!! Surgery in Fairfax VA! Getting a lot of pre-op stuff done tmw, then EGD Friday! Will be thinking about ya with all your tests/follow up! We are ONE MONTH OUT! Ahhhhh! So exciting!

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Hi' date=' My date is Noveber 20, 2013...I'm excited and nervous...how did your's go? :)[/quote']

I'm also Nov 20! Looks like four of us so far if I've kept track correctly :)

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I'm already in it' date=' if you don't get an invite by later tomorrow, in case she's absent over the weekend, message me your email and I'll make sure she gets it as she is very active there. :-) Or some groups allow members to invite so I could try that as well. :-)[/quote']

Yes I sent a message but haven't heard back, figured I'd give it a week, then try again! Hope we get in soon!

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Well my November buddies' date=' I start my 2 week liquid diet tomorrow (Monday) and I'm kinda scared! It's going to be hard and I'm going to be so cranky to be around! My poor husband and kids! Just feel like I need a little love here...you all, better than anyone, know what I'm going through! Thanks for reading. I just needed to vent.[/quote']

I have the same worries you do about hubby & kids! I have thoroughly debriefed hubby that he may want to avoid me at the slightest sassyness in my part bc it wll do no good to bug a starving lady!

Fingers crossed these drinks fill us up! If anything we can think keep imagining our "after selves" and think "I can't have that with out this, bottoms up!" Good luck today, sounds like the first few days are the hardest then it eases up!

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I'm already in it, if you don't get an invite by later tomorrow, in case she's absent over the weekend, message me your email and I'll make sure she gets it as she is very active there. :-) Or some groups allow members to invite so I could try that as well. :-)

I would like to be in a fb group, my email is asbroc@outlook.com if anyone is willing to invite me.

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waiting to hear from insurance' date=' i was told early november by the surgeon! from MI![/quote']hey there! I'm from MI, too! Where are you going? My surgery date is 11.12.13. I start pre-op next Tuesday. I'm going through GHP in Grand Rapids.

Welcome!

Susan.

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Hello to all the new November sleevers and welcome!!! I'm also a November sleever surgery date was November 30,2012. This was by far the best thing to happen to me!!! I'm 11 months out and down 97 lbs and lost 15 inches off my waist alone!! Some days will be hard and there will be times when you have buyers remorse, but believe me it will pass when you see the weight melting off. Just wanted to wish you all good luck on your upcoming surgeries!!

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Top pic is day after surgery, bottom pic is what I look like now. Pre-op 258.8 CW 161.4

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Well my November buddies, I start my 2 week liquid diet tomorrow (Monday) and I'm kinda scared! It's going to be hard and I'm going to be so cranky to be around! My poor husband and kids!

Just feel like I need a little love here...you all, better than anyone, know what I'm going through!

Thanks for reading. I just needed to vent.

We are both going to go through it together today and for the rest of the 2 weeks. From what i have heard its hard the first few days and gets easier after that. Hopefully that's the truth for both of us. Good luck keep us updated on how your doing. I will do the same.

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      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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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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        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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