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Congratz Jenn. I am in Miramar for the weekend. But live in Hialeah Gardens.

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South Florida in Wellington, Lake Worth, Boynton Beach area? I'm 5 days post op! Would love to find someone who knows my struggles. These normal stomach people don't get it!!!!

I'm in south florida but I'm not getting sleeved until June 28th

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Delray Beach. Surgery is June 30!

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Anyone in Broward county? Just had pre-op done today and scheduled for 5/24.

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Pembroke Pines here. Sleeved 3/14/16 by Dr. Eckstein at Memorial Regional.

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Hi there I live in Ocala and I am starting the process to get the sleeve surgery. I would love to chat with someone who has already gone through the process.

Thank you :)

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Hey there! I'm in Jacksonville. This Wednesday I will be 4 weeks out. I was a band to sleeve conversation and haven't felt this good in years. I have a ton of energy and no real hunger. I pray this lasts!! :) If anyone has any questions, ask away. I'm a newbie on here but will help however I can. Take care!

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Wow, great to see so many fellow Floridians! If any of you have any questions, please do not hesitate to seek me out, I am happy to assist you in any way possible.

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Hey Susan! I'm sorry I didn't see in the thread, how far out are you? Thanks!

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No worries, I am five years out.

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For some reason the site wont let me change to post op. I had the sleeve in Sept/2014 Highest weight was 315. Current 138 any floridians starting/in the middle or post op. Dont hesitate to ask me about anything.

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Oh i live in the Miami/Hialeah area

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@@Floridian79

Holy crap that's impressive. 8 weeks post op today, and I sure hope I have your wonderful results!!

Congratulations!!!

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Delray Beach. Surgery is June 30!

I'm in delray. Where you getting sleeved?

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Northwest in Margate. Dr. Wizman. Who was your surgeon?

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Hello, I'm in Orlando. Plan to get sleeved on July 12 by Dr. Shillingford. It can't come soon enough. :)

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I live in Brandon, FL (outside of Tampa, FL).

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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.

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        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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