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YAY! We are the same day! I start Clear Liquids tomorrow. Are you getting nervous? I sure am. What type of things are you taking with you to the hospital? I am taking a pillow' date=' blanket for the car ride home. For the hospital: ear plugs, chapstick, deo, extra clothes, brush, phone and phone charger. Can't wait to get updates on how everyone is doing!

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I am same day surgery so only taking what I'm wearing, phone, ID and Ins card.

I have been on a pre op for 3 wks. I have to have my last "meal" between 4-6 pm and its has to be a Protein shake. I have to be at the surgery center by 7am. Not sure what time surgery will actually be since the nurse hasn't called me yet with that info.

I have had more surgeries than I care to count. So not nervous, but I'm sure as it gets closer I will be. Only concern is my liver not being small enough for the surgeon to be able to do the surgery.

Good luck and see you on the banded side! Only three more sleeps until its our turn!

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My surgery is the 20th. I'm considering going for the band with plication. Is anyone getting both?

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I am November 22!! Also in Chicagoland area turning 36 the day after (way to Celebrate yeah?) Would love to band together (no pun intended lol) if anybody wants to buddy up

I am until January I wish you all the best. I am in Chicagoland area as well.

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I recently got approved and surgery is scheduled on November 4th in Chicago! I'd love to talk to and meet others who are getting or have been recently banded. I'm 23 and living in the Chicagoland area. I'd really love to talk to all of you and track our progress together!
i am getting banded Nov 13 at CDH. where are you getting yours?

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I hope to be banded in November. My paper work went to the insurance company this week' date=' hoping it will be fast. I live in the Chicago western 'burbs.[/quote']i am in Chicago area too. ELMHURST. Getting banded at CDH, nov 13th!

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What is plication? DUH

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What is plication? DUH

Plication is defined as the act or process of folding. Therefore, as its name implies, in a gastric plication procedure the surgeon sews folds into the walls of the stomach to decrease its volume by approximately 70 percent. As a result, the stomach is unable to contain as much food as it did prior to the procedure so the patient will no longer be able to eat as much. No cutting or stapling involved, so it's reversible.

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Officially banded!

How are you feeling?

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I'm doing okay, I didn't get much sleep, I usually sleep on my stomach so it was hard to get comfortable. I definitely underestimated the gas pains. When I woke up from surgery it felt like an elephant was sitting on my chest and I could barely breathe. I have three incisions and the actual incision pain is minimal, but right under the left side of my rib cage which happens to be the largest incision where the port is sewn into the abdominal wall is really tender and painful. There is still some gas trapped in my rib cage and between my shoulders but it seems that the heating pad is definitely helping! I'm just glad for the pain killers! Hahaha

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Congratulations!!! Best Wishes for a for wonderful new life!

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    • 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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    • 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

        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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