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Thank you, thank you, thank you....I don't know how to act right now, but when the office calls, ima act all mellow.....lol...but we know the truth !!!!!

haven't received a call from my surgeons office yet....but went online and it said APPROVED....june 17 baby!!!! Yesss!!!!!!!!!! Im so freaking happy it not even funny right now!!!!!! 6 months of dedication paid off!!!!!

Congratulations!!!!!

Lol that's funny!! I got my call today I have to be at the hospital at 5:30 I'm nervous but excited my day is finally here

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My date is June 20th unless they get a cancellation between now and then. I am so ready!

I even started the liquid diet early so that I would be ready in the event they get an opening.

And if they don't, I'm just adjusting to a change in my eating thought process.

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Nine days left for me!! I'm also getting nervous, but using the nervous energy to get prepared for surgery. I've completed all my puréed food stage cooking and soft food stage cooking, as of today. I also have spring cleaned and reorganized my entire house. My eldest daughter moved into her own apartment, so I've been busy converting her old bedroom into an office/guest bedroom. The feeling I have is quite similar to the nesting instinct that I experienced in the last month of all three pregnancies. My mother in law to-be is coming to visit for a few weeks after my surgery, so I felt compelled to get things up to her standard, lol. I wonder what I'm going to do with the next nine days?!? Anyone else doing something interesting to keep their mind occupied?

I couldn't stand the wait... Surgery is June 17th. Booked a trip to London to get through the last few days. Walking and sight seeing has helped me keep my mind busy and away from surgery thoughts. I will be back in the states on Sunday eve. Surgery is Tues. so not much time for nerves when I return! I want to move over to Post op side of this journey! :-)

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Thinking about everyone who's having surgery this week. I"m a week post op today and doing great. hardly any pain at all haven't used any meds since i left the hospital and already lost 14 lbs.

Just try to concentrate on what's on the other side and how it's going to improve life for you. :)

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There is no turning back now. Paid all my fees, got all my supplements. I'm ready to go. Pre-op diet starts next Wednesday. June 25th here I come.

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Praying for all the June surgeries. My gastric bypass is June 27th but I do not have the time yet. I start two weeks of Protein liquids this Friday, June 13th (omg just realized that is "Friday the 13th"; glad that is not my surgery day lol). Going for a little Mexican food tonight with friends from work but I will be eating light but might have to have a Margarietta lol! Please keep me, and all of our June surgery friends posted on how everyone is doing. PM me if any of you can. God Bless all of you!

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Hi! I'm new here. My surgery date was 6/30, but they called last week to ask if I minded if we went with 6/23 instead. I'm so excited.

Today is the first day of my liquid diet-- I was on vacation when they moved me up, so they said just to start the minute I came back.

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Good for you! At least you were able to get your vacation in and relax before your surgery. Please let me know how your surgery went and I want to know the good, the bad and the ugly! Good Luck

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I was reading my handbook and my pre-op diet consists of two Protein Shakes and a small salad with two tablespoons of fat free dressing. I can also have low fat string cheese as a snack. It's going to be hard but I think I can make it thru it. My sweet hubby is going to cook and make his own lunches for work that week so I won't be tempted to eat anything I shouldn't. Good luck to all who has a June surgery!!

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@@masonjk38 Hope all went well for you! I was thinking of you as 1:00 Monday came and went. My surgeons were running behind and I ended up not going into surgery until almost 5:00 pm! I was starving and actually having a lot of nausea because of so much acid building up with no food or drink.

Came home today around 2:00 -- doing well. Lots of gas pain at time but nothing unbearable. Feels good to be home.

Good luck to everyone else with dates coming up. You can do this!

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I am scheduled for June 23rd if all goes accordingly! God willing! Good luck surgery buddies!!!

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Ginger snaps

Glad to hear you're home and doing well. I'm still in the hospital. See post/op forum for reasons why I am still here.

Now to drinking our liquids and Protein begin!!!

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GingerSnaps, I too came home yesterday. Slept well in my own bed. Minimal gas too. Walking and drinking. I have to take three Protein Drinks a day and in between all the Jello, broth, Popsicles and Water I want. So far so good. Good luck to anyone rose going in this week? It's not bad.. I cried right up to going in the OR then I was laughing. The procedure was less then an hour I guess but I was away from my family from 12:50 -530 ..they were getting nervous. I of course had no clue. I didn't sleep much Monday night due to back pain and my heart rate dipped down to 40s. I was on Oxygen but not my c pap. The O2 I was on had a monitor at the desk. On Tuesday I used my c pap and took many c pap naps. It was amazing.. And I slept well Tuesday night.

So I'm on the other side. Can't wait to be healed. I have walking only orders . No lifting, no swimming or bending. I go to post op appointment in two weeks.

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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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      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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