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I'd love to have a buddy to text with through this. Please let me know if you are interested

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Hi Miss Lisa

I am having surgery on August 8th so we are almost on the same date. Sure I would text with you. Of course on your first day after I won't be available.

Stephen

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That sounds great Stephen thanks! I will im you my number. The day before yours I'll be tied up but I'll check in with you if i can

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Good Luck I'll be in touch with you...

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I am having surgery on August 7th at 9 am.

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Hiya! We are in the home stretch eh? Part of me is nervous but part of me is saying can we just do this already please? I want to get on with it, get through it and get healing. Then I can focus on skinny lol. How are you doing? Are you on the liquid diet?

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I am doing good...yes I have been on Optifast for 2 weeks . Tomorrow it is Clear Liquids. I am not nervous ...yet!

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NayNay209 is having hers on the 6th.

~Leticia **HW: 259**PreOp: 216**SURG: 3/21/13 **Discharged @: 221** 3 mons post op. CW: 160.0 lbs. --- Only 10 lbs to my goal ---

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I'm nervous but more numb I think. Before I thought this day was so far away and now I can't believe how fast it got here. You and I have similar stats. If you need a weight loss/surgery buddy I'm here!

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Thanks..that would be great.

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I'm on the 8th! I can't believe it's almost here! Ahhhhh! :)

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It certainly does stir up a lot of emotions.

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Hi Lisa, I had my surgery on the 7th and ai was home on the 9th. The first 2 days I could hardly get 2 tsp of anything down but now I can get a little more in and tolerate most of what I've had. I started having massive headaches and felt nauseous + felt like my lungs were closed. I went to emergency but they couldn't find anything and said it was likely to be anxiety or stress related. I woke up and felt ok this morning, more energetic and I drove for about 15 min. The same headache/ nausea symptoms came back and so I took Gravol and went to sleep. They were gone for a bit but now they're back again. Have you had similar symptoms?

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Wow that's scary! No, it hasn't happened to me. I'm sorry it took so long for me to respond to you but i didn't see this. I find the setup of this forum very confusing in regards to new posts. Its even worse on my phone. I hope you feel a lot better now! I have caught with nausea since surgery and i still feel lightheaded but don't know why. My followup appt is Friday.

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