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dravin77    10

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I've gone up and down with weight, highest 370, lowest 260. I'm currently at 320.00 and scared to death to go back to 370. my insurance has approved once before but I decided not to go through with surgery. I live in San Diego area, anyone have any advice or suggestions for me. Thank you

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starr1202    38

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Make a list pros and cons and really think about the benefits of the surgery and If u have any health problems that surgery will benefit you. I also backed out of surgery a year prior to my surgery. I had never had surgery and was scared to death about it an now even though I had gotten a leak and 1 surgery turned into 4 I highly regret that I didn't have my surgery sooner. It was the best decision I made. 10 months post op and down 92 pounds. Good luck ;-)

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T'snewstart    251

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I've gone up and down with weight, highest 370, lowest 260. I'm currently at 320.00 and scared to death to go back to 370. my insurance has approved once before but I decided not to go through with surgery. I live in San Diego area, anyone have any advice or suggestions for me. Thank you

I backed out of the surgery 2 times. The 3 rd time was the charm. Fear can be nasty sometimes. For myself I had to get in touch with what I was afraid of. When my fears of not having the surgery and what my life would be like without the surgery out weighed the problems with having the surgery it was easy. Gosh I hope that makes sense. Let me try to clarity this. The first two times I was afraid of the procedure and what complications I might have after ward. Then after time had past and I had lost and regained the weight several times other fears developed. This time my fears were ..what if I continue on the road.... this extra wieght will slowly immobilized me. The fear of living a more and more shallow.life out weighed everything else. Oh my I hope that makes sense and helps.a bit. Best Wishes to you.

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I backed out of the surgery 2 times. The 3 rd time was the charm. Fear can be nasty sometimes. For myself I had to get in touch with what I was afraid of. When my fears of not having the surgery and what my life would be like without the surgery out weighed the problems with having the surgery it was easy. Gosh I hope that makes sense. Let me try to clarity this. The first two times I was afraid of the procedure and what complications I might have after ward. Then after time had past and I had lost and regained the weight several times other fears developed. This time my fears were ..what if I continue on the road.... this extra wieght will slowly immobilized me. The fear of living a more and more shallow.life out weighed everything else. Oh my I hope that makes sense and helps.a bit. Best Wishes to you.

How long since your surgery? How much weight did you lose?

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T'snewstart    251

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How long since your surgery? How much weight did you lose?

Almost 11 months and I have lost 125 lbs so far. I have 39 lbs left to go.

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T'snewstart    251

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One of my biggest fears turned out to be the silliest. I was worried I would not be able to.give up.diet soda. I could easily drink a six pack a day. Now I do not even miss it at all. My tastes changed after surgery. I never thought I would see that day..

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T'snewstart    251

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Wow that's awesome! I have my orientation on wed, I have to do it again since it's been a year since I went through the process.

You got this... I am in your. Corner...

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Yay! Everything will go just fine. Congrats!

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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.

        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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