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irshangel    13

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Hi everyone, Im still in the early stages of my journey, I have 2 more visits to my doctor before the paperwork is sent to my insurance . I'm hoping for a July date .. I hate this waiting !! I'm glad to have found this site it helps to see that I'm not alone in this.

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Jessica89    16

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Goodluck with everything!! I just got started, should be doing the surgery in August is what were thinking. I love this site too! Its very helpful. How quick did your process go from start to now? I just had my insurance appointment and then Wednesday I go to my appointment where I get my metabolism tested and do some other tests. I don't know if it is the same at every place or not.

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irshangel    13

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Thank you, and good luck to you too. I started this in November 2011, I went to a seminar class ,the my first appt. with the doctor was in December 2011, my insurance has you see the doctor for 6 months before they will give the approval. I did not have to meet with my insurance , the doctors office will handle all that.

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Jessica89    16

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Ohh ok. Yeah my insurance stuff is all set ...my BMI just had to be a certain number for them to cover it. Which it was so that sped things up a little. Im just hoping everything can get done fast so I can have surgery in august. Its hard to plan out things when your not sure when surgery is. I run a verizon store here in Michigan so its hard to be away from work for something as big as surgery.

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irshangel    13

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My BMI was boarder line, I had all the nessasary test done, so know I wait !! My doctor wants me to loose 15 pounds beffore surgery , so I stared the Protein Shakes for Breakfast and then a light lunch and dinner , I'm down about 9 , but it's hard!!! I'm anxious about getting the surgery date also, I work in an office with 2 other women and they are going to want vacation time in the summer, I just hope I'm not out more than 2 weeks.

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Jessica89    16

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Yeah I am planning on taking two weeks off. I can't imagine it'd be more than that. I had my gallbladder out and was out for a week and I think the surgery is similar to that. I just had a lot of pain from the gas rising into my shoulders and getting stuck there from all the air they put into you. I just have to remember to walk alot. My doctor said after surgery when you can finally eat food you eat 1 cup 6 times a day. Im a little concerned on how I am going to get in all my fluids and my food throughout the day with how busy I am on the sales floor. Not like I can eat in front of customers lol. Its almost like you really have to plan out your day on when to eat and drink because of the 30 minute rule.

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irshangel    13

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I was thinking the same thing, to stay hydrated you have to drink a lot, and I'm sure that will fill you up fast. I guess we will have to wait and see.

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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.

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