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I went in oct 17 or 24, cant even remember now, had my scope today and I have a hiatial hernia and am set for surgery nov 14. I have been trying on liquid since 1st, not doing great. I have a whole new set of shakes to try and have been reading the forum to see how others are handling it and I just feel a little rushed. I wanted Nov so I would be semi-ok by Christmas but am just feeling weird??????????????????

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Are you unsure about having the surgery? I would recommend that you be 100% sure about your decision before proceeding since it is a major lifestyle change. Better to postpone surgery than to feel rushed into something like major surgery. Best wishes to you!

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You will be releived to have the hiatial hernia repaired. I had one and didn't even know it. What do you mean you feel WIERD???

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My entire process went FAST! Reading on here and even a friend of mine the process took much longer than for me, months as opposed to weeks for me. The reason mine went so fast was insurance approved me right off the bat! I was approved Sept. 12th and my surgery was Oct. 23rd - not quite two weeks ago.

So here is my experience and insight - hope it helps.

I wonder often if I could only have been strong enough to live on a sugar free fat free diet with little to no carbs - but the fact of the matter was/is I wasn't strong enough, now i have a medical reason not to eat those things. I believe I will do well now and so far so good.

I had a hiatial hernia repair, and doc told me on Friday at my post-op appointment that this is where most of the pain is coming from and that it does take a few weeks to recover - sharp pains in my shoulder, chest and neck, mostly in the front of me. The pain has subsided but it's still there - he said it is nerve pain - some call it gas pain - whatever kind of pain - it's painful but not horrific. Not sure if you have pushed out an 8lb+ baby before, but I believe that kind of pain prepares us for any kind of pain - so, in that light, it's tolerable. The hard part is the first week, your abdomen is cut open, hence any kind of sitting up or sitting back HURTS! That subsides a few days later but still there almost two weeks later. I believe that pain will be gone in the next 1-2 weeks. Again, tolerable.

I stayed in the hospital until they kicked me out or would charge me another day :) So my surgery was done around 8 pm Wednesday evening and I had my husband pick me up 24 hours later - I was happy to have the nurses to call on instead of my family - they got me the rest of the time. The worse part of the hospital was the upper GI where you have to drink this really awful stuff so they can Xray it go thru your system - this took about 10-15 minutes - but proved all ok so that I could eat something.

Ice chips saved me - and did so for about a week. For me, the chomping of the ice was soothing. I didn't really feel hunger until day 4 or 5 but i just kept drinking Protein drinks, Jello and cream of Tomato Soup. I felt bad, don't get me wrong, weak, and uncomfortable. Thank god for an understanding family and preparing meals before I went into surgery - they knew exactly what they were going to eat.

I'd be remiss not to mention weight loss... isn't that why we're all putting ourselves thru this :) I did not do ANY pre-surgery diet, doc said not to worry about it - so I started my diet the day I went into surgery - 12 days ago and I'm down about 9lbs. I believe my body is still in shock and believes that I'm going to cave in and give it carbs and sugars... but I'm NOT!!! I believe another 6 weeks and it will figure that it's got to burn the fat and not wait on carbs/surgars and I'll see a significant decrease in weight. I'm optimistic and trying to stay positive.

This IS a life changing drastic surgery for weight loss - damn straight that I'm going to follow the rules! Otherwise it would all be for Not... :(

oh - I'm 44, 5'5'' and started at my highest weight of my life (including all 3 pregnancy weights) 222, this morning I weighed in at 213 on day 12 post op. I look forward to 140lbs for the rest of my life :)

POSITIVE POSITIVE POSITIVE :)

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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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