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MAY 4th

jurema

By jurema, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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jurema    0

jurema
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I finally got my surgery booked... MAY 4th 8am wooooohoooooooooo

I am so excited I can't wait. I met some great women today in the waiting room at the TLBC. One was in the same boat as I am and the other three had already been banded. They both gave me so much information and they made me feel very comfortable (by the way they looked amazing). It was so nice to talk to people who understand what I'm going through and why this surgery is so important to me.

If those ladies ever read this... thank you for answering my silly questions and sharing your experience with me.

3 weeks to go.

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Doddie63    6

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Hi Jurema: Congratulations, welcome soon to the bandsters legions. I know you have made the right decison. Doddie

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joe7777    1

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WOW!!!!!!!! 3 of us on this board are booked for the 4th at tlbc...You have 8 am, I have 12 and Mr. Yoda has 4pm i believe. Crazy!

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We will all be in the same stages at the same time, now at least we will have people to talk to who are going through the same things (aka, suffering through not eating real food for 10 days)

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Heldie    0

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Robgoblin - I have been on solid food for the past week (was banded on March 9th) but the pre-op and post-op stages are still fresh on my mind!! I am very glad that I went through the stages - it gives me a sense of accomplishment and also helped me prepare myself for the changes I had to make (eating habits etc.)

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jurema    0

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Robgoblin,

Are you from Toronto? My sister will be in the waiting room... make sure you say hi and tell her that what I'm doing is a great thing she still has a few worries about the surgery with any surgery at that.

I can't even put into words how excited I am about this, I'm sure your feeling the same way.

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Yoda    0

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actually, Mr Yoda's is at 2:00....and there is a fourth person as well...I believe Cat is booked (I think for 10:00)....she can confirm.

I believe Mr Yoda is the last one of the day...purposefully so since he needs to stay overnight at the clinic.

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Congrats Jurema. I am 2 days ahead of you on May 2nd. but I am having the surgery at Scarborough Grace. I started my preop yesterday...

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joe7777    1

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Ah, thanks yoda, yeah, i knew it was later...just didnt feel like checkim my pm's :). Yeah, I will see how everything goes, but i will probably talk to some people in the waiting room....especially now that we all know eachother lol

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Cat    1

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Yes, Yoda is right. I am also booked at TLBC on May 4th at 9.00 a.m., right after Jurema.

Cat

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joe7777    1

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When i was on the phone with Nisrene, i told her i wouldnt be going, so she sent me the slides along with my panflets and that whole package thing. I would LIKE to go, but i have 2 exams tuesday and one wednesday. But i feel confident anyways, hearing people here talk about it....TLBC sounds great. Also, as per the operation, i feel comfortable about it...i've done SOOO Much research and lurked on this forum for hours (which i should've been studying lol). But yeah, if you can make it i would do it.

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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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