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'twas The Night Before my Sleeve Plication Surgery

Linda E

By Linda E, in Gastric Plication Surgery Forum

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Linda E    7

Linda E
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Well, here I am in the Marriott in Tijuana. Easy trip from the East Coast on Christmas day. I have been lurking for some time and I just wanted to make an appearance before tomorrows surgery. I'm scheduled with Dr. Ortiz. This has been a long journey for me. I have had an amazing year with my career, unfortunately it involves a lot of travel and public speaking to doctors. I am having trouble with the plane seats (I got upgraded on the way here. Thanks Delta for the Christmas present!) and I'm having trouble with credibility. It is hard to be the FAT doctor. So, my amazing husband is here in Tijuana watching one of three English stations on TV while I contemplate if I will sit with him at dinner.

I lost 19.5# in the last 7 weeks. The same weight I have lost over and over again. I think I have another 70 to go. I'm excited to see how is tool works for me and I'm happy to be part of this group. Thank you all for sharing and wish me luck!

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FatToPhat    83

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Merry Christmas, good luck with your surgery, and hope all goes well! KUP!

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Linda E    7

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I'm writing this 7 hours post op. no pain, easy transition to walking, feeling great. The only real discomfort I have is an intense feeling of hunger every three to four minutes. I think they are labor pains! My stomach doth protest!

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TijuanaPlication    87

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Congrats. You sound like you're doing great. I was way too sleepy from the anesthetic to be up to much the first couple of days.

I'm writing this 7 hours post op. no pain, easy transition to walking, feeling great. The only real discomfort I have is an intense feeling of hunger every three to four minutes. I think they are labor pains! My stomach doth protest!

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clovers    15

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Well, here I am in the Marriott in Tijuana. Easy trip from the East Coast on Christmas day. I have been lurking for some time and I just wanted to make an appearance before tomorrows surgery. I'm scheduled with Dr. Ortiz. This has been a long journey for me. I have had an amazing year with my career, unfortunately it involves a lot of travel and public speaking to doctors. I am having trouble with the plane seats (I got upgraded on the way here. Thanks Delta for the Christmas present!) and I'm having trouble with credibility. It is hard to be the FAT doctor. So, my amazing husband is here in Tijuana watching one of three English stations on TV while I contemplate if I will sit with him at dinner.

I lost 19.5# in the last 7 weeks. The same weight I have lost over and over again. I think I have another 70 to go. I'm excited to see how is tool works for me and I'm happy to be part of this group. Thank you all for sharing and wish me luck!

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Linda E    7

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We are back in San Diego. I'm still feeling good, my best description of how my stomach feels is that odd feeling the day after you had food poisoning. You don't feel bad but you are definitely not up to eating. Getting better by the hour! ???? Thanks for good wishes, they are working!

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TijuanaPlication    87

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Congratulations. Give it a few weeks and you'll barely feel like you had an op. I feel completely normal and was reminded when we went out for a Christmas meal with work (it was a set menu) and people were saying things like "what's wrong, don't you like it?" Normally I'd choose a Caesar salad and nobody would notice me leaving behind the potatoes LOL! tongue.gif

We are back in San Diego. I'm still feeling good, my best description of how my stomach feels is that odd feeling the day after you had food poisoning. You don't feel bad but you are definitely not up to eating. Getting better by the hour! ???? Thanks for good wishes, they are working!

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Linda E    7

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The journey back to Atlanta on day 4 was fairly easy. I drank 32 oz on the plane which seemed to help my gurgles. I don't recommend any lifting or too much walking at this stage. The plane seat could be difficult as it tends to slump you forward and put pressure on the top of the abdomen. Fortunately for me the Gods are looking out for me as my husband and I both got to sit in first class with seats that could fully recline and raise the legs too. It was nothing short of heaven!

On the way home we stopped at Publix and stocked up on broth and juice, so now I have a serious selection of liquids to choose from. Tonight I find my emotions are excited, happy and grateful for the OCC. I was definitely treated like a rock star!

Thanks for the replies here and the private messages. Please feel free to write me if you have any questions about this first phase of the journey. Remember to take care of you!

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Linda E    7

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I've started a blog on this site for all those people lurking on his board like I did for months. I'll chart my journey there. I want to say thank you to all my new friends here on the board.

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Linda E    7

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I'm having trouble posting to my blog so I wanted to put up an update for those of you who are contemplating this kind of intervention. I am moving from liquid to mushy today. I am currently trying to eat a puréed hard boiled egg with a little mayo in them. I have been drinking kefir (a drinkable yogurt) and can only get 2-3 oz of it down at a time. I feel very restricted. I got 2/3rds of the hard boiled egg down and had to take a break. My number one problem is getting calories in. I am averaging about 600 calories a day, which isn't enough so I get fatigued with longer, more physically taxing days. My weight this morning is 218, down from 230 just 20 days ago. I am VERY happy with my progress as I would never have gotten to this point on my own. For me, this is just a way to sustain a lower quantity of food. It is still up to me to do all the work including eating right, drinking all my Water and exercising with intention! I'm so grateful today for taking part in this journey. I know it is up to me to take advantage of this tool.

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FatToPhat    83

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Thanks for the update. I'm glad you are doing so well.

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Linda E    7

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Yesterday I started eating real food that I puréed. I was so happy to make egg salad, chicken salad and mushy squash! It took me 1.5 hours to eat 1/2 cup of chicken salad. I was SO FULL! But I was happy to eat slow while watching football and a few hours later had a vodka and cranberry juice which also took me three hours to drink 6 oz. But I felt completely satisfied and thrilled with how physically satisfied I felt. I found that my food and drink intake is self regulating. I know when I'm hungry and I absolutely feel the need to slow down my spoonfuls of food as I get fuller. At this point, if I wanted to over eat, there is no way I could. After 2 oz or so, I am so full I feel like I couldn't swallow it if I wanted to. I hope this pleasantly full feeling continues! it is very gratifying, even on an emotional level. I feel relieved to know that I made a good choice for me.

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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. LeighaTR

        LeighaTR

        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • Alisa_S

      Alisa_S

      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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        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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