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I had family, husband and support group! But, I found this site helping me through some of my darkest times. It's amazing when u are experiencing something and someone knows the answer. Or, when you get angry at others for eating something u like. We r here for u!! Send a private message if you have to, but talking/ chatting gets u through it.

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Hi all I have just found this Forum & am I glad to be here !

I have really enjoyed reading some of your posts

This year I have had massive re-gain in weight

Stress drove Me 2 all my old habits

It's not great being here so it's time to do something about it I'm 5 years post op

I'm going to do 5DPT plus I will go for a walk

I have been so depressed its been awful

Will keep u posted with my progress

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Welcome Butterfly and you have come to the right place. We are like a little family here and really better, family can be pretty hard on us sometimes, lol. But we are here for each other no matter if it is a good day or bad. Loads of support and info, And people at all stages of their journey. Jump in, share with us some of your tirals and triumphs I just know you can help us as much as we can help you, Again Welcome

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Welcome Butterfly and you have come to the right place. We are like a little family here and really better' date=' family can be pretty hard on us sometimes, lol. But we are here for each other no matter if it is a good day or bad. Loads of support and info, And people at all stages of their journey. Jump in, share with us some of your tirals and triumphs I just know you can help us as much as we can help you, Again Welcome[/quote']

Thanks Vicki !

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Just had my surgery on da 2nd n every 2hurs I have to get up and walk to prevent bloodclats! Wat I wanna is, is there other ways, or did anyone doctor told them how to prevent it!

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Just had my surgery on da 2nd n every 2hurs I have to get up and walk to prevent bloodclats! Wat I wanna is' date=' is there other ways, or did anyone doctor told them how to prevent it![/quote']

Yep I had to do the same !

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you need to get up and walk around to prevent blood clots....

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Hi, It is very important to walk!! I was non compliant and suffered 3 hospital stays due to infection and pnuemonia. Walking also helps wake up the bowels and keep things moving on the inside. I felt like crap but once I started to comply thing turned for the better immediately. Now I am 6 weeks out and feel fabulous. Good luck.

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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.

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