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Im getting ready to leave for the hospital now. Prayers sent up and blessings coming down! :)

I hope all goes well with your surgery. I just got to the hospital. There are no rooms available, so I guess I will be sitting in the waiting room for a few hours dying of thirst. Why would they have me come in at 8am if they don't even plan on seeing me until after noon? I'm not in a very good mood right now.

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I hope all goes well with your surgery. I just got to the hospital. There are no rooms available' date=' so I guess I will be sitting in the waiting room for a few hours dying of thirst. Why would they have me come in at 8am if they don't even plan on seeing me until after noon? I'm not in a very good mood right now.[/quote']

This happened to me too. Stay strong! Had me come in at 7am and I didn't go to the OR until like 11:30. Good luck.

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Weighed myself this morning. I've lost 15 pounds exactly since surgery day last Wednesday! Crazy!

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Weighed myself this morning. I've lost 15 pounds exactly since surgery day last Wednesday! Crazy!

So exciting!

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Weighed myself this morning. I've lost 15 pounds exactly since surgery day last Wednesday! Crazy!

Did you gain weight after surgery?

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Hello everyone' date=' Im officially on the losers bench, my surgery was Monday, June 10th, I'm doing ok, I have alot off mucus build up I guess from anastcian, Im scared to eat,I don't want to hurt, but I got to, one thing for sure I was surrounded by a great team, Dr. Cahill and Tony Romano, they are the best. Well talk to you ask later. Peace[/quote']

I am glad you are doing okay. One day at a time, girl! You got this!!

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Did you gain weight after surgery?

Yeah- I gained about 6 pounds and lost that pretty quickly after surgery. I am counting from my surgery morning "pre-op" weight.

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Yeah- I gained about 6 pounds and lost that pretty quickly after surgery. I am counting from my surgery morning "pre-op" weight.

And i'm jealous! I gained 8 lbs post op lost that and now 6 more... I don't know if it has to do with my all clear diet or what... but at least I'm losing

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I feel like I am losing slow. Maybe I just had big expectations. I think I have lost only 6 pounds since my surgery a week ago. I still feel good about everything, but wish the scale would move more. I think I will try more Water today. Also, we have been having lots of rain,so I haven't been able to walk as much as I should.

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And i'm jealous! I gained 8 lbs post op lost that and now 6 more... I don't know if it has to do with my all clear diet or what... but at least I'm losing

I wouldn't worry about it! 6 pounds in a week is VERY good! Keep in mind that your body is going in to shock and may be trying to hold on to fat for a few more days before you start burning it because it thinks you are starving. Everyone's system is very different in how long things take.

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I wouldn't worry about it! 6 pounds in a week is VERY good! Keep in mind that your body is going in to shock and may be trying to hold on to fat for a few more days before you start burning it because it thinks you are starving. Everyone's system is very different in how long things take.

Thanks for the encouragement! I do know that it is a good number for a week, but I guess I started thinking that it was going to be so much more post op, I am doing everything they told me, so it will come off eventually.

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Thanks for the encouragement! I do know that it is a good number for a week' date=' but I guess I started thinking that it was going to be so much more post op, I am doing everything they told me, so it will come off eventually.[/quote']

Exactly! Try to think about it this way-- if you happened to lose 6 pound even every Other week, by this week next year you will have lost 156lbs! That's insane!! We are doing this for our futures, the little losses in the present are just bonuses! :)

*someone remember this for when I hit my first plateau and get down. Lol*

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I just had my one week follow up. I've lost 14lbs in a week!! I'm so excited!! The pa said I'm doing great and I'm cleared for everything (driving, exercising, etc). It took me two months to lose 20lbs before surgery. I'm blown away!! ????

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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

        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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