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MouseOnTheMile    186

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Say hi and state your date if you have it or your results if you're post op :)

I'm from Alberta, surgery date set for November 12th in TJ, Mexico with Dr. Ortiz at OCC! So excited! Though I start my liquid diet on Monday for 15 days so that's a bit intimidating!

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I'm in Alberta too, having surgery in Medicine Hat on the 28th of Nov. Pre-op starts on the 6th... Admit I am at the very tail tip end of 30's though lol. Good luck, you'll do great! :-)

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I'm in Alberta too' date=' having surgery in Medicine Hat on the 28th of Nov. Pre-op starts on the 6th... Admit I am at the very tail tip end of 30's though lol. Good luck, you'll do great! :-)[/quote']

Did you have a super long queue for surgery here? I know I've been on a list for a year and having even gotten a call to go for preliminaries yet so I said "Screw this!" Lol

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I did wait 7 months after my referral for my first visit. To be honest I had pretty much written it off during that time. But once I had my first consult in March it was really fast moving as their center is relatively new so their list is not typical. I managed to drop the required weight really quickly so they offered to put me in over the summer due to cancellations but because I was doing so well I thought I'd just continue to do it the old fashioned way but it didn't last long after that so I changed my mind in Sept and they pencilled me in. I realize how spoiled I am compared to the majority. It is a 3 hr drive one way to apt's but so worth it.

Are you nervous about being so far from home? And are you going alone?

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I did wait 7 months after my referral for my first visit. To be honest I had pretty much written it off during that time. But once I had my first consult in March it was really fast moving as their center is relatively new so their list is not typical. I managed to drop the required weight really quickly so they offered to put me in over the summer due to cancellations but because I was doing so well I thought I'd just continue to do it the old fashioned way but it didn't last long after that so I changed my mind in Sept and they pencilled me in. I realize how spoiled I am compared to the majority. It is a 3 hr drive one way to apt's but so worth it.

Are you nervous about being so far from home? And are you going alone?

Nah I'm not nervous at all, just excited, as far as I'm concerned I am going to be see the best surgeon I could have hoped for. His credentials are amazing and the others on this forum who have seen him have nothing but good things to say. My father decide he wanted to come with me so that's nice :) they've been very supportive through out this process

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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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    • 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.

        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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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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