So it is officially Dec1st!!! And i know just like me you guys are going crazy knowing that surgery is right around the corner...How are your pre-op diets going??? Who is going first? I saw some December 3rds and December 5ths ... good luck to you guys... i made this thread just to see how all my fellow dec sleevers wwere doing on their diets??? Have you cheated yet? Have you lost??? I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW.. Oh and u could put your sleeve date down to.

Getting ready to head to bed. Sleep tight 12/16ers - may we all have uneventful, successful, hassle-free surgeries and recoveries!

Heading to New Orleans god check in!

Good luck everyone going in today.

Had type and cross drawn today and will check in tomorrow for surgery. Hopefully will be discharged and headed home late Wednesday .

Less than 48 hours til surgery, so ready to go. Excited to start this new chapter in life. Wife (sleeved 11/11) is down 25 or so and doing great and now it's my turn. Finishing my Christmas shopping tomorrow and should get my surgery time sometime in afternoon. Everything's packed and ready have my last 4 hours of work tonight and that's it...

My op day is the 27 I am extremely nervous.

So I had my final requirement fulfilled today by attending a bariatric support group. I was the only Sleeve amongst a large group of RNY's. I was also the only newbie. It was interesting they didn't hear Gastric Sleeve because 30 minutes were the old dogs showing the new dog the tricks of RNY..... <sigh> I know their hearts were in the right place. Man o man though the stories of all the puking were a bit gruesome.

Anyways, in 8 days I will be sleeved.....yay!

****need guidance****

So I am getting sleeved on 12/18. 48 hrs from now I will be starting my new journey in life. Reasons for me getting the sleeve: my mother has high blood pressure and keeps having strokes. My grandmother (mom side) also has a stroke and a diabetic. My dad has high blood pressure. I don't want to follow so I figured the next step is to get the weight off. I don't like the way I look in clothes. I don't feel I dress for the age I am. Ladies, you know the bigger you are the more you start dressing like a grandmother... I don't want to dress that way! **********Things going on in my head: I feel I have an angel and devil starting inside of my head! the angel (skinny girl in me) is pushing me forward and on goal (obeying my pre-op diet) and reminding me why I am doing this process. The devil (fat girl) is telling me to cancel the surgery and stay fat, and to eat all the bad stuff I can and have been eating. I will not lie I love bread, rice, and pasta. And I think the fat girl don't want to give it up. But I know it will help me get weight I want to be at. I am 236-244 lbs (my weight fluctuates). I know I don't need to eat them but the tastes so good. I am scared of the new journey but I know if I don't force myself to get the surgery I will be in the same weight class I been in with no change. My self-esteem will be the same place! Did anyone else feel this way?

Hi,

I wanted to make you aware of a forum many of you many be interested in since it is devoted to people having their sleeve surgery in December 2013.

http://www.bariatricpal.com/forum/679-december-2013-sleevers/

Thanks,

ribearty

Surgery was this morning. Just made my seventh lap in hallway! All in all wasn't terrible. Had some nausea and took nurse a while to get my med to me so a lot of dry heaving but other than that just tired!

Will be on our way to the hospital soon! Just a walk across the hotel parking lot!

My surgery is 36 hours away!!!! Any and every emotion that you can imagine is how I'm feeling. My only fear is the actual procedure, which seems to be most folks fear. But, I know this opportunity is a gift from God and I refuse to allow fear to steal from me! That has happened long enough. Because of my size, my life has been filled with challenges! I started at 269 and am down to 245.

Once, a few years ago, my son and I were talking about amusement park rides and he asked, with such surprise, "you can get on rides?" I WASNT EXPECTING THAT!!! I said, "yeah....why did you ask that?", and he replied, "I didn't know you could get on the rides." He instantly realized what he said and kept saying, "never mind!" I asked him if he thought I was fat....he was silent! I said, "it's okay....I think I am too!" We never talked about it again and I haven't been to an amusement since. Tomorrow, I will be rewriting my future!!! Not only will I be on the rides next summer, but I'm getting a seasons pass!!!!!

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ON THIS RIDE FOREVER!!!!

This is hubby and I in August, 2013

Surgery was this morning. Just made my seventh lap in hallway! All in all wasn't terrible. Had some nausea and took nurse a while to get my med to me so a lot of dry heaving but other than that just tired!

Congrats!!!!

Up, showered, dressed, and eating my Popsicle! As soon as doc gets here, it's home for me. Feel AMAZING this morning. Very excited for a new, healthier me

Up, showered, dressed, and eating my Popsicle! As soon as doc gets here, it's home for me. Feel AMAZING this morning. Very excited for a new, healthier me

Yay, I had my sleeve and hiatal hernia repaired yesterday and am feeling very well. No problems. I am still in the hospital, gong home today. I am so happy to join the other slleevers on the other side! No regrets whatsoever.

Thanks for all the well wishes. Very excited to start my new life!