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"Frogjlr"

I'm feeling nervous and excited and ready and then nervous again. Ooooohhhhh. I hate needles. Prayers please

You definitely have my prayers. I felt the same way the day before my surgery.

Thank You so much. Man, just want it to be over with. Lol

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OK. Surgery on Monday. I've not been nervous till now. Had all my food Funerals today. All liquid tomorrow. Not really required, but I thinks its best. I really need prayers. I'm a needle-a-phobic and am very nervous about the IV and multiple shots that I'm gonna get. Not afraid of pain or the surgery, just the needles. Lol. I know I'm weird. Super excited about my future though. God Bless.

You GOT THIS! And of course, our support. Perhaps you can distract yourself somehow during the shot/needle process? My ideas are silly but you never know...you could envision something silly like an injection of slim slime going inside your body, (I know-sounds goofy) you could also practice counting something on the opposite side of the room like tiles, or even trace the lines of a picture with your eyes somewhere in the room, (that takes focus). But I'd for sure tell them about your nervousness-and because they do this so often I bet they have ways of helping you to relax. This part will all be over soon and you'll take that walk to the losers bench!

Best of luck and many prayers coming your way!!!

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Im at ease right now... i have an education class on tuesday and surgery on wednesday!!!

That's awesome! Wednesday is my "chug-and-run" day. :[

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Frogjlr I understand. It'll be over with soon. I still can't believe I'll be 3 months post op on the 17. Remember to walk as much as you can after surgery. Laying in bed will do nothing to help with recovery. And let those who want to help you help.

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"Frogjlr"

I'm feeling nervous and excited and ready and then nervous again. Ooooohhhhh. I hate needles. Prayers please

You definitely have my prayers. I felt the same way the day before my surgery.

Like I told Frogjlr-you will also do great! I don't know what works for everyone else, but you'll figure it out and face your fear-you've come so far already! Best of luck to you.

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PRE-OPS for less than a week more (woot woot): How are all of you doing/feeling that have surgery scheduled on Monday?

Jessica9190 - Jan 10

OMG. I feel a TOTAL mess. Nothing is ready I started taking Vitamin k today but barely remembered. Just feel disorganized. My work has been extremely strenuous lately and I just haven't had any time to think about my upcoming surgery. (Kinda good because I'm not focusing on the worries). I just feel scatterbrained.

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Good luck to everyone with upcoming dates. I hope for a fast recovery for each of you

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OK. Surgery on Monday. I've not been nervous till now. Had all my food Funerals today. All liquid tomorrow. Not really required' date=' but I thinks its best. I really need prayers. I'm a needle-a-phobic and am very nervous about the IV and multiple shots that I'm gonna get. Not afraid of pain or the surgery, just the needles. Lol. I know I'm weird. Super excited about my future though. God Bless.[/quote']

I am afraid of needles too, prayers!

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You GOT THIS! And of course' date=' our support. Perhaps you can distract yourself somehow during the shot/needle process? My ideas are silly but you never know...you could envision something silly like an injection of slim slime going inside your body, (I know-sounds goofy) you could also practice counting something on the opposite side of the room like tiles, or even trace the lines of a picture with your eyes somewhere in the room, (that takes focus). But I'd for sure tell them about your nervousness-and because they do this so often I bet they have ways of helping you to relax. This part will all be over soon and you'll take that walk to the losers bench!

Best of luck and many prayers coming your way!!![/quote']

LMBO..I will be thinking about that now. Thanks. Lol. Can't wait to be on the losers bench. Waaahooooo

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Frogjlr I understand. It'll be over with soon. I still can't believe I'll be 3 months post op on the 17. Remember to walk as much as you can after surgery. Laying in bed will do nothing to help with recovery. And let those who want to help you help.

Oh yes. No laying around with me. I'm ready for the walking and looking forward to it. Thanks for the help

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Quick check in for our Jan post-ops and the next round of surgeries scheduled...

POST-OP: How are you doing since surgery? Hope you are all feeling well and are as pain free as possible. BTW-congratulations!!!!! (insert cheering noise here)

MrsPolk - Jan 2

Nikempster - Jan 3

Thynnlynn - Jan 4

PRE-OPS for less than a week more (woot woot): How are all of you doing/feeling that have surgery scheduled on Monday?

Preacherswife26 - Jan 7

Frogjlr - Jan 7

Truebind - Jan 7

Jmaromano - Jan 7

MollyB38 - Jan 8

Teka2011 - Jan 9

BrattyAsh - Jan 9

BigMike - Jan 9

Ducky07 - Jan 9

Ready2Smile - Jan 10 (nervous :unsure:' date=' scared it won't happen :huh: , READY to BRING IT!!!!!! :D)

Jessica9190 - Jan 10[/quote']

I'm excited but sooo hungry! I'm having a hard time getting my liquids in, the weirdest feeling like I'm fully but empty (unsettled)

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I am afraid of needles too' date=' prayers![/quote']

I'll be praying for you. Everyone is like its just needles, but that's the worst part for me.. My thoughts and prayers are going out to ya

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I'm so thankful I scheduled two semi-slacky days at work next week before I take off Wednesday for my chug-and-run day, then surgery on Thursday. I already feel like a cross between a tornado and 10 second Tom ("50 1st Dates"); can't focus on one thing or one spot, and CRS unless it's related to RNY, or contains my name, DOB, and medical record # ....GRRR! Constantly daydreaming (cause Lord knows I rarely sleep) about joining the losers bench...right now I feel like I'll be wobbling over, too many food funerals-how many times can I kill my stomach?

HOWEVER-I'm ready...sorta, still need to get some things and pack...(it's tough being a procrastinator of this level) :ph34r:

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I'm excited but sooo hungry! I'm having a hard time getting my liquids in' date=' the weirdest feeling like I'm fully but empty (unsettled)[/quote']

How's the liquid diet going? How much have you lost?? It's been tough for me! No cheating, but I'm just STARVED lol

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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.

        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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