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Ivanova8    77

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I'm 5'3", 207 lbs and I have high blood pressure and arthritis. My BMI shows 35.5 on the mayo Clinic's calculator. Just a 5 lbs lose would put me at 34.7 BMI. Ugh!

I love your advice on being honest. What you said about lifestyle changes etc. certainly hits the head on the nail. I'll for sure let them know all of that.

I think I need to stop worrying about all this because I'm driving myself crazy. If it's meant to be fantastic! If not, well then losing weight some other way will be a definite challenge. :(

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Ivanova8    77

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Thanks BriWLS. I'll keep you posted.

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RuthFour    15

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Hi, I reside west of Ottawa, Ontario. Great to see other Canadians on here. Am doing my Optifast right now in prep for surgery in 1 week and a half. I'm nervous and I just read something about "DS" surgery or "duodenal switch". No one mentioned it to me and am just wondering if anyone knows anything about this?

I can't believe I'm saying this .... but looking forward to smoothies.

Ruth

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Ivanova8    77

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@@RuthFour Hi RuthFour! Welcome!

The DS isn't offered here in Canada under OHIP.

So are you a RNY or VSG gal? Congrats on your surgery being just around the corner!

By the way which Optifast are you taking? Is it the Optifast 900? I see there are a few different product lines for Optifast.

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anewme2015    345

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Hello! Ancaster Ontario here! Early in the process and very excited to see Canadians talking. This information is so helpful. I'm curious abt wait times. I'm getting done at Hamilton's St.Joe's if I'm approved.

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Ivanova8    77

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Welcome anewme2015! I'm at Toronto Western so I can't help you with wait times.

Good luck on your journey!

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RuthFour    15

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Thanks Ivanova8, I'm having RNY and am on Optifast 900. They sell it to you at the hospital before surgery.

Welcome "anewme2015". My wait was fairly long but it probably differs from one city to another. They also need to run tests and make sure that you are otherwise healthy. Found out I had sleep apnea so had to get a machine for that....my Iron was low so had to resolve that. Cyst in uterus, endoscopy, etc. etc. And we are now good to go. You can help it along by asking your GP to get started on blood work, etc., sleep clinic and so on.

Good Luck,

Ruth

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Ivanova8    77

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Thanks Ruth for the Optifast info. I wanted to see if it was the Kosher one that they made available and it is! So that's a big plus for me.

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anewme2015    345

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Welcome "anewme2015". My wait was fairly long but it probably differs from one city to another. They also need to run tests and make sure that you are otherwise healthy. Found out I had sleep apnea so had to get a machine for that....my Iron was low so had to resolve that. Cyst in uterus, endoscopy, etc. etc. And we are now good to go. You can help it along by asking your GP to get started on blood work, etc., sleep clinic and so on.

Good Luck,

Ruth

Thanks Ruth! I'm slotted in for a sleep study already and all of my blood work is in order.

I'm going to start calling weekly to see if I can take people's cancelled appointments. Many people have said that can help speed up the process.

I've heard Hamilton has fairly decent wait times, as Canada goes, with people waiting between 3-9 months- although it seems closer to 9 is typical.

I don't have other health issues, as far as I know so hopefully that moves things along. I don't wait well. Haha.

I'm trying to use the time to meet Bariatric "friends" and to research. I'm think bypass over sleeve but I'm not sure if that is a surgeon decision or patient. Anyway, thanks for the welcome!

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cab127    65

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Welcome anewme2015! I'm at Toronto Western so I can't help you with wait times.

Good luck on your journey!

I am also at Toronto Western. Where are you in the process?

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Ivanova8    77

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@@cab127 I've done orientation, the social worker and the nurse practitioner. I'm scheduled to see the psychologist on Friday. My blood work and EKG have also been done.



My NUT info session and dietitian appointments are in November and I have a surgeon consult in mid-December. I wonder how long after that will they schedule the surgery? Providing of course all else goes well.



What about you? Do you have your date yet?


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Lallylocks    111

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I'm from rural SE Saskatchewan. Sleeved September 24 (one month ago) in Victoria BC. I've lost 22 pounds since surgery. I'm a 35 year old RN. Height of 5'8", highest known weight of 374, presently 305.8.

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Ivanova8    77

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@@Lallylocks Welcome! Lucky you, you're already on your way. It's nice to see Saskatchewan does the gastric sleeve. I wish they did it here but only under special circumstances.

How are you feeling? Congrats on the 22 lbs gone!

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BriWLS    12

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Long waiting list for the surgery eveyone BUT some advice CALL The OFFICE everyday for cancelations ! You will get in much much faster I did this and it worked ????

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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

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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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