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Hi glad to hear somebody from north philly. I lived in nicetown area. my insurance required that i do 6 mos weigh in. all of my testing is done . I just have to take a 2 hr class... What hospital u getting yours done at. Am getting mines done at temple....

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Hi glad to hear somebody from north philly. I lived in nicetown area. my insurance required that i do 6 mos weigh in. all of my testing is done . I just have to take a 2 hr class... What hospital u getting yours done at. Am getting mines done at temple....

Im at hannehmann hospital. ..Im from port Richmond. ..i have done all testing accept sleep study n i have to attend two support groups. ..i dont think they'll give me a date anytime soon

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@ lilyannah that good i decided to get the surgery do to my back problems and border line high blood pressure. statrted weight was 291 when i went this monday i weigh 266 and am 5 foot 6 inches.and am only 39 yrs old.

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im schedule to do my sleep study and i hope that they dont put me on a 6 months diet cus then i wont need the surgery lol but i was told that i had to lose atleast 10 pounds. im very anxious and i want a date already. i dont want anything to stall my surgery i'll be very upset and it will discourage me

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Hi I'm from PA. I'm getting my surgery through Hershey Surgical Weight Loss. My surgery is in April. I had to do 6 months with my family doctor before starting the 6 month weight loss program. I was told that I had to lose 15% of my starting weight in the program. You won't be put on a diet per say but they expect you to eat healthy and make better choices in what goes into your mouth. Also they don't want you go go over your starting weight. The "diet" is to show them you are able to consistently make wiser food and drink choices. The weight loss surgery is a bonus too to lose weight you have to put in the work and effort or getting the surgery will not help you lose weight and keep it off in the long run.

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Hi if all goes well I should have my surgery sometime next month. I'm wondering if there is anyone around pgh, pa? Would love to have support close by.

Hi, I'm from Pittsburgh! Surgery date on 2/24. Would love local support as well!

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Hi I'm from beaver county near pgh airport. Surgery 2/28 hope bariatrics sewickley

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Hi if all goes well I should have my surgery sometime next month. I'm wondering if there is anyone around pgh, pa? Would love to have support close by.

Im from philly my surgery date it on 3/6

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Im at hannehmann hospital. ..Im from port Richmond. ..i have done all testing accept sleep study n i have to attend two support groups. ..i dont think they'll give me a date anytime soon

Im from north philly and im getting my surgery at abington hosp. My date is 3/6

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Hey everybody! I've been really busy! My surgery is next Monday! Idk how I really feel. I've struggled on my two week liquid diet. But I keep pressing on, I've come too far too give up now!

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Im from north philly and im getting my surgery at abington hosp. My date is 3/6

Hi every one ok i done my sleep study now all i need is two support groups n my bloodwork came out that i have h.pylori so they put me on meds now i dont know wen they'll give me date

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Hey everybody! I've been really busy! My surgery is next Monday! Idk how I really feel. I've struggled on my two week liquid diet. But I keep pressing on, I've come too far too give up now!

Congrats! !!!im excited for u. I could just imaging how hard the liquid diet is. But keep me posted

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@ lilyannah that good i decided to get the surgery do to my back problems and border line high blood pressure. statrted weight was 291 when i went this monday i weigh 266 and am 5 foot 6 inches.and am only 39 yrs old.

Omg how did u lose all that weigh in still fighting to lose mines

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Hi all you Erie people! I have checked in here every so often but have never seen local people. Could really use some support as I'm struggling staying motivated a year out from lapband. I still want to lose 70-100 pounds more even though have lost 65 already. I had my surgery at Hamot by dr arreola

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Congrats! !!!im excited for u. I could just imaging how hard the liquid diet is. But keep me posted

I have started my liquid diet yesterday also. I started volunterly. I have my last group session on the 24th. Im so pushing myself and im not giving up.. came too far to give up now..

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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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