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I am starting my journey

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caitiegirly07    31

caitiegirly07
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Hello everyone. I am happy to say that I have started my journey.

I took my seminar,

enrolled in the program,

had my initial visit with my doctor,

Decided on rny

met with financial,

Had my first nutritionist appointment

Passed my first psych evaluation, (two more to go)

Schedualed my sleep study and EKG,

And started my new diet.

I have 5 more visits with the nutritionist... And a ton of tests... But I am so excited to start this journey toward taking my life back.

Can anyone offer and advice or wisdom? What can I expect? And tips?

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mzshay35    215

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I HAVE DONE ALL MY REQUIREMENT WAITING TO SEE MY SURGEON MAY 21 I SO EXCITED AND SCARED AT THYE SAME TIME

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TinyMamiOf3kids    1,280

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Good luck & all the best. Advice always keep hydrated.

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caitiegirly07    31

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Thanks so much ladies :)

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Shannalee    65

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Congrats on taking the steps to starting this journey. We are all here to answer your questions and help you get through this. First things first....remember to breath. Someone told me that in the beginning and it has helped. You will struggle but you will do great and you will feel great.

Keep us posted on your progress :)

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caitiegirly07    31

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Congratulations :-D and hold on for the ride of your life :-D

Thank you so much! I'm so excited but so nervous

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caitiegirly07    31

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Congrats on taking the steps to starting this journey. We are all here to answer your questions and help you get through this. First things first....remember to breath. Someone told me that in the beginning and it has helped. You will struggle but you will do great and you will feel great.

Keep us posted on your progress <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

Thanks so much!!! I'm so nervous but I am excited to start this journey and to finally love myself

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Shannalee    65

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I've been in this process for almost 9 months so the excitement in the beginning has turned to nervousness. I'm 11 days away from my surgery and I never thought I would get here. Everything will be worth it and you have admitted something that a lot of us have put in the background.....you want to love yourself. I think we all had that problem in the beginning but we all are doing this for ourselves and we all will do great :)

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caitiegirly07    31

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That's so exciting that you are so close ill be praying for you! It seems like six months is a lifetime away... Thank you for your kind words and advice and I wish you luck and success. :D

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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.

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