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Watching The Hours Tick By Until Surgery - 7/31

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Dallas_P    34

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Got the call from my doctor's office this morning. I need to be at the hospital tomorrow morning at 6:30 am for my procedure at 8:45. Very excited and a little nervous. Feel like I'm saying good bye to an old friend (85% of my stomach). Had a nice Breakfast this morning and now It's just liquids.< /p>

I started this journey in December of last year and now it's finally here. Feels strange yet exciting. Can't wait to drop the weight and get my health back. Looking forward to getting into some form fitting business suits and feeling like i want to look in the mirror again. Looking forward to looking forward to being in a picture when they are being taken instead of making excuses to be out of them. Looking forward to catching a glimpse of myself in a window or mirror reflection and being proud of what I see.

I know that the next few days won't be the easiest but will be well worth the pain for the lifetime of gain.

So tonight I put the patch on behind my ear, take a my blood pressure medication before leaving the house in the wee hours of the morning and head into a brighter future.

I've decided to wear my Superman baseball cap to the hospital tomorrow because that is how I hope to feel when I reach my goal.

Best of luck to everyone having their surgeries. See you all on the post op forums.

Dallas

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good luck!

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No doubt everything will go smoothly & you'll continue this journey to a healthier you!

Good luck!

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Hey there "SUPERMAN!!"

You go get this done and destroy the weight like Superman. I still have 6 plus months to wait. My first Apt is Aug 6th with My surgeon. Keep that High spirit and give us all an update. Keep in mind why you are doing this and use it. While I take my journey I look forward to watching yours. Much love!

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Good luck Superwoman you got this.

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Dallas_P    34

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Well i made it through surgery and am now at home. I feel very blessed that my surgery was relatively pain free. No pain from the incisions and no gas pain at all. I have not had to take any pain medication. I'm struggling a little getting my liquid and Protein in. I'm using Isopure for that. I can only take it in small doses.

I was released from the hospital yesterday afternoon. I slept a little bit in my bed last night but after about three hours I got up and switched to my La-Z-Boy recliner and had a very nice sleep until 7 am this morning. I jumped on the treadmill and did about 10 minutes of slow walking. I'll repeat that process throughout the day. I gained 5 lbs from the IV solution in the hospital but have since dropped that weight and three pounds more.

Best of luck to everyone that has had their surgery or is about to have surgery.

Dallas

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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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      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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