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I am feeling much better! I had a lot of gas pain but that is gone now. Just some soreness around my incisions. I'm trying to work my way up to walking longer' date=' but I start feeling a little faint. I think it's lack of calories due to the Clear Liquids. I had my one week follow up today and have been released to soft foods so I just made my grocery list lol. I have lost 13lbs since surgery so I am very happy![/quote']

That's good. I'm sure when you start eating you will feel a lot better, and have at least a little more energy hopefully. Dang 13 lbs that's great! I'm happy for you keep it up. I'm glad your doing good and its good to know your very happy. You made a good healthy life changing desistion. Best of luck in everything. Keep me posted on your wonderful new journey. Take care.

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Thanks! You too!

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Tuesday seems to be coming fast. The more I think about it the more nervous I am about being out. In my mind its like being dead. God be with me

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Tuesday seems to be coming fast. The more I think about it the more nervous I am about being out. In my mind its like being dead. God be with me

Yes Tuesday is coming fast. It is normal to be nervous, see it as taking a nap not dead. When you wake up you will be the same person but with a new tool. Take care don't lose faith God is always watching.

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Tomorrow is your big day lchatman best of luck. May your surgery go smooth. Take care. If you feel up to it let me know how it went and how your feeling. Again best of luck on the new you.

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Tomorrow is your big day lchatman best of luck. May your surgery go smooth. Take care. If you feel up to it let me know how it went and how your feeling. Again best of luck on the new you.

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Tomorrow is your big day lchatman best of luck. May your surgery go smooth. Take care. If you feel up to it let me know how it went and how your feeling. Again best of luck on the new you.

You are so awesome for thinking of me.I will keep in touch. I'm nervous and scared ask at the same time. Now I can't remember what to pack

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You are so awesome for thinking of me.I will keep in touch. I'm nervous and scared ask at the same time. Now I can't remember what to pack

You're welcome. LoL! It's ok. Right now you have so many things running through your head that your blank. You'll be fine.

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You are so awesome for thinking of me.I will keep in touch. I'm nervous and scared ask at the same time. Now I can't remember what to pack

You're welcome. LoL! It's ok. Right now you have so many things running through your head that your blank. You'll be fine.

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I am pre-op going for my last nutrition class in another week. Dr. Robert Davis is my surgeon.

Hi Mike,

Dr. Robert Davis was my surgeon. I had surgery on 2/6/13. You are in great hands!

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Good deal. I am starting a high Protein diet tomorrow one week in advance of my 3 month completion of the supervised diet. I really hope we can get the insurance approval quickly.

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You're welcome. LoL! It's ok. Right now you have so many things running through your head that your blank. You'll be fine.

By the way I wish you the best off luck... some moments I find my self getting discouraged and referring my choice, I guess one I get to the solid stage I will be fine.

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By the way I wish you the best off luck... some moments I find my self getting discouraged and referring my choice' date=' I guess one I get to the solid stage I will be fine.[/quote']

Ty. I guess that happens sometime, remember your stomach has changed and now you have to get to know it again. I know you can do it. I have faith in you. How is your healing going?

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By the way I wish you the best off luck... some moments I find my self getting discouraged and referring my choice' date=' I guess one I get to the solid stage I will be fine.[/quote']

Ty. I guess that happens sometime, remember your stomach has changed and now you have to get to know it again. I know you can do it. I have faith in you. How is your healing going?

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    • Alisa_S

      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

        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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