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Designer Edit    41

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Hi Alberta ladies! I'm in Calgary and getting sleeved in 24 days. I'm actually kind of pumped to feel cold all the time since I'm so sick of feeling hot all the time and instantly breaking a sweat at the thought of physical activity!

Also, camping on May long?? Pretty much guaranteed to freeze!!

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bonnyr    2

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I thought I would feel that way too but now I am just hoping there will come a day that I don't have to wear my wool socks to bed .

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Designer Edit    41

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I thought I would feel that way too but now I am just hoping there will come a day that I don't have to wear my wool socks to bed .

Haha... Yeah, I can see how that could swing to the other side in a hurry. From what you all have read or experienced, does everyone get cold?

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Andream33    0

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Looking for anyone that has gone to the Red Deer clinic in the last year.

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MissRobin    93

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HI Alberta Ladies !

Anyone from the Edmonton area?

I am scheduled for surgery in September in Mexico.

I am so excited and looking for local support.

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MissRobin    93

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@@Designer Edit where are you getting your surgery done?

I am scheduled for September. I am from Edmonton.

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onthefencejenny    204

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I'm from just outside of Edmonton I had surgery last July in Mexico!! I'd be glad to help you with any questions!!

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bonnyr    2

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I am about an hour and a half north of Edmonton. Had my sleeve done in Mexicali in December and have not had one minute of regret. Best medical experience I have ever had by far. Just about 80 pounds gone.

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MissRobin    93

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I am going to Tijuana Bariatric's.

I am taking 3 weeks off of work to ensure a fuller recovery than just 2 weeks. A friend of mine was good to go back to work after 9 days.

I am quite nervous about the nausea and 2 oz eating.

I HATE Jello and broth just doens't appeal to me so I am not sure how I am going to do with the first couple weeks.

68 days until I fly out. IT cant come soon enough !!

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shiftymcgee    4

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I was very tired at the beginning. But it evened out. Post op your tastes totally change ad well as your attitude toward food. broth and cream Soup weren't appealing to me but post op I was loving them. Congrats on your upcoming new life.

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Designer Edit    41

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I'm not a fan of Jello either but I suspect it will become a sudden favourite when it's 1 of 3 things I can eat!! I'll probably make my own broth because I like to add lemon and cumin for a boost of flavour to my chicken broth. But I'll have to check if lemon is okay... I'm sure it's fine in the quantity I'll use.

I'm most concerned about the flight home. We fly to San Diego on Monday morning, have surgery at dinner time, spend that night at the clinic, second night at the recovery house, and then leave for San Diego the next morning. That sounds like a lot to me plus stomach pains, gas, nausea... I hope no one sits with us! We'll probably be groaning all the way home! But I had a c-section 2 years ago which is far more major and with exception of tenderness and tiredness, I was okay, dealing with a new born, and up on my feet that same day. It's the gas pains that freak me out for this surgery.

Let the count down begin! T minus 11 days!!!

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MissRobin    93

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@@Designer Edit that sounds like a really quick turn around. I am there for a total of 6 days. One day prior, surgery date 2 days at the hospital and 2 days at the hotel.

IT would defiantly suck to have gas pains on a flight. Now im not looking forward to that.

Hopefully I can get it all out the 4 days before.

11 days that's so exciting !!! I leave in 68.

I read that freezing broth in ice cube trays in 1-2 oz volumes makes it easier to prepare especially if you have a helper with you at home. Pop one out, put it in a mug and pop in the microwave for 1 minute. voila... lunch !!

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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. LeighaTR

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        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • Alisa_S

      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

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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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