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Can't believe I'm doing this....this is my mid-life crisis :). So I finally got the courage to start the process of WLS on my 50th birthday. I'm so excited but scared at the same time!!! Due to insurance req I have to go thru supervised weight program for 6 months. I thought it was going to seem like a year but it's flown by cuz of all the appts I've had to go thru. Now I only have one month to go. I just got my surgery date of September 4th. I'm soooo psyched!!!!! I'm doing the "skinny dance". Can't wait to be able to do more things with my family that I just can't do now.

So I was hoping to connect with people that will be having sleeve surgery around same time so we can support each other. Also I live in Massachusetts. Is there anyone out there from MA?

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Welcome! This is an awesome site and you will find lots of support. It was my looming 50th (in August) that spurred me to take control as well. I'm not as far along in the journey as you are...I just started my 3 months supervised diet and because of a preplanned vacation/work load I'm shooting for surgery in early December. I'll look for your posts! Beth PS am in AZ where it is finally raining some!

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I turned 49 on June 3rd and had my surgery on June 27th...I smoked 2 packs a day, had out of control diabetes and was 100lbs overweight!!! After 2 weeks, I have lost 16 lbs, my diabetes is near perfect and I haven't smoked in 16 days...I am so darn happy, I looking forward to being 50 and the healthiest I've ever been in my life!!! I cant wait for you ladies to join me on this journey :D

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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"><span style="color:#800080;">I turned 49 on June 3rd and had my surgery on June 27th...I smoked 2 packs a day, had out of control diabetes and was 100lbs overweight!!! After 2 weeks, I have lost 16 lbs, my diabetes is near perfect and I haven't smoked in 16 days...I am so darn happy, I looking forward to being 50 and the healthiest I've ever been in my life!!! I cant wait for you ladies to join me on this journey :D</span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128);font-family:'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color:rgb(128,0,128);font-family:'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"> </span></p>

trusting God u is doing so good keep up the good work .

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Congrats for making the decision for WLS. You will not be sorry. This is a great site, I follow it often but usually don't respond. I read your post and wanted to affirm that 50 is a great time to make these changes. I started my journey last November after turning 56. I was 245 and so unhealthy and unhappy. I lost some weight pre-op and went to surgery on April 9th 2014. I was 215. I have had no complications and today weigh 162. I can't tell you have much better I feel. I HONESTLY feel and look 15 years younger. I wish I had did it earlier! Oh and by the way, I live in Western Massachusetts!

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Thank you to everyone. I'll keep reading so I can focus on the positives and hopefully overcome the down falls that may happen along the way. I love hearing the good stories!

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To debralucey; where did you have your surgery?

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Hi there! I hope you're doing well, I flew in from China to have my operation in Houston where my parents live. I did a lot of research on which doctor I wanted to perform the operation, which I am so happy I did because. He did a phenomenal job. I had my operation on June 25, that was a Wednesday, Thursday I was still in the hospital, Friday and Saturday I had discomfort but walked around the house and I stayed in bed, but Sunday I was ready to go out, still taking it slow, and have a good time.

Today make 2 1/2 weeks postop, and I am still feeling fantastic. My discomfort has gone, I have no pain, and no nausea. I am pretty much able to take down anything I want.

I am lactose intolerant, so in that retrospect I still cannot have anything with dairy, which isn't a big deal because I couldn't have it before. :)

My doctor wants me to do three weeks full liquid, three weeks puréed, and three weeks soft.

The problem is, I feel so fantastic that I want to just skip to the next level and do two weeks, and then skip to the next level do two weeks. I am having such a hard time sticking to just full liquids.

So far, I have lost 24 pounds (SW 245) since the operation on June 25.

As far as Protein drinks goes, I am using Isopure which is lactose-free, and they actually taste great. I've been buying the package portions because I do travel a lot and it helps me to actually just have it in a pouch portioned where I can just shake it up and drink it.

All in all, I wish you the best of luck. I think this is the best thing I have done so far and hope you feel the same too. ^_^

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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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      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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