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Marissa424

By Marissa424, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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Betsyjane    2

Betsyjane
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I'm not young, so I don't belong here, and I promise to get out. Just a thought. There are bandsters who switch "additions" from food to alcohol, and end up in major trouble. Also bandsters who lose their hair because of getting empty calories and not enough Protein. Just a thought.

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Marissa424    1

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I'm not young, so I don't belong here, and I promise to get out. Just a thought. There are bandsters who switch "additions" from food to alcohol, and end up in major trouble. Also bandsters who lose their hair because of getting empty calories and not enough Protein. Just a thought.

I understand but i am not talking binge drinking - i want to know if it is possible to drink one or two beers when i am out with friends

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JDru    0

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I drink Guinness bc it's hardly carbonatd at all. My doc says absolutely NO carbonation...but I was a big beer drinker before so it's hard.

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j_war06    0

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I sneak a budlight or corona every now and then, but I usually stick to cocktails....I admit that I was on the way to alcoholism, but I havent been drinking as much lately which is great....its partially because im scared because they think I may just now be developing diabetes! After all Ive gone through, not having any signs or anything...then I lose weight and it hits me! Ridiculous!

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bwaydiva    4

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did any of you self-pay? I was just denied by my insurance company... I guess I'm really hoping it's worth it. 15,600 is a LOT of mula.

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bwaydiva    4

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Derek and Jodie... was it worth it for you? I'm trying to come up with a reasonable budget right now... it's a little painful.

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Louisianagirl    0

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Hi Marissa, I am 27 fixing to be 28. I wish I would have done this a long time ago but it was really exspensive when I first looked into it. I don't think you would regret it. Let me know what you decide.

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kyethra    0

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After I got married and got the new insurance I made the apointment to see the surgeon for the consult about three months later- it was something I had thought about for a while. If insurance didn't cover it (my old insurance woulnd't have. It didn't cover a lot of stuff I needed treatment for like sleep disorders either) I wouldn't have been able to afford it on my own as a poor college student. Starting out a marriage wanting 15 grand for surgery when I make very little wouldn't necessarily have been the best idea, I think. So I am very very glad that my insurance is covering it :)

Because there is a catch 22 to things, weight affects health and health affects ability to work which affects ability to make money which affects ability to lose weight...

I suspect I would've self payed eventually if it were not covered, but I am glad to have it done now.

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sleepyjean    0

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Does This Say That I Am Giving Up To Early?/QUOTE]

Absolutely not! Many of us here would've had the surgery at your age if we could have. I'm 32, and if I'd had the surgery 10 years ago, the last ten years of my life would've been totally different.

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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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