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So I spoke with my surgeons office today and yay I passed my Pysch evaluation. Not that I didn't think I would but still excited. So! He tells me my date will likely be the 17th or 18th of December. This makes me extremely nervous as Christmas is only a week after this and I have a 1 year old. Well at christmas she will be almost 2. I am so scared I will either be in too much pain or tired and miss her Christmas or even worse something go wrong and me be in the hospital. I know this is what I need and want and I have worked to hard to get here. He is going to try very hard to make it the week prior but if not..I will be a hot mess! My last PCP visit is 11/25 and due to insurance deductible I dont want to go into January. Ugh!! How where you a week after surgery ??

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I was okay until the night before, I thought about if it was really worth it if something went wrong . I have 4 daughters and I just didn't know...I also was going to miss food but in the end , whatever will be will be...you have to go in knowing your doing this for the right reason and as long as you do everything you should, it should be ok

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I was back to work in a week.. but everyone heals differently. My recovery time was super fast and I did very well.

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Thanks everyone. Its just the mom in me nervous in ruining her holiday. Of course I know she wont remember and we will make it through whatever happens but its just really getting to me. My husband was amazing in helping me with this today because I was a mess!

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It sounds like you have a good, supportive husband behind you. I'm sure he'll be a great help to you when you need it. Think of this as a Christmas gift you are giving to yourself, your husband, and your daughter. For yourself it's the gift of good health, stamina, long life, and self-confidence. For your husband it's the gift of a more active, happier wife (looking better and feeling sexier is a bonus!). For your daughter it's the gift of a healthier mom who can play with her and be an active part of her life for many, many years to come!

And I also had an easy time of it after surgery. Little pain, no complications, quick recovery! Good luck to you! :-)

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It sounds like you have a good' date=' supportive husband behind you. I'm sure he'll be a great help to you when you need it. Think of this as a Christmas gift you are giving to yourself, your husband, and your daughter. For yourself it's the gift of good health, stamina, long life, and self-confidence. For your husband it's the gift of a more active, happier wife (looking better and feeling sexier is a bonus!). For your daughter it's the gift of a healthier mom who can play with her and be an active part of her life for many, many years to come!

And I also had an easy time of it after surgery. Little pain, no complications, quick recovery! Good luck to you! :-)[/quote']

Thank you so much!! I absolutely know I am making the right desicion and I guess no time is a good time for surgery or being out of work or not able to pick up your child ! I truky think when I got the news I was cleared from my Pysch eval that it made it real...I still have 2 more PCP apoointments but Ive already been cleared but still have to go to those appointments and again not as if I was expecting to fail but I think it made me realize Omg this is actually going to happen. I knew I could come here and get support!! My husband is amazing and I an so thankful for him but having support of people who have already been here really helps!

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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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