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marleymom    0

marleymom
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<p>I an scheduled for September 9th ! I'm excited and scared. I have wanted to do this for a long time now. I hope everyone has a safe and successful surgery ! :)</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

I am also scheduled for Sept 9th. Are you doing the Liver Shrink Diet yet?

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reboundlife2014    9

reboundlife2014
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i start on sept 1st the shrink diet anf my birthday is 9th and surgery is 15th lolol good luck friend

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LoriDee    11

LoriDee
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What is the "Liver shrink diet"?

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reboundlife2014    9

reboundlife2014
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its a liquid diet ms lori that you are on for 2 weeks to reduce the amount of fat in the liver so that when they move it during surgery they do not tear it

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LoriDee    11

LoriDee
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Oh Ok, then my doctor will tell me when I have to do this?

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Shauna29    47

Shauna29
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Do all of you who are scheduled on Sept. 8th and 9th have to do a liquid fast before surgery?

If so, we should start a thread so we don't get lost in the suffle and we can buddy up from pre-op through post op.

It will be nice to hear about everyone's experiences and to "feel" like we are in this together even in the hospital.

If you guys start a thread please let me know Im sept 8th as well.

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reboundlife2014    9

reboundlife2014
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let me know also id join the thread

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angelicHG7    118

angelicHG7
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I started a new thread for sept. 8th and 9th surgeries in the buddy section but it seems like it can't be seen.

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Shauna29    47

Shauna29
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I started a new thread for sept. 8th and 9th surgeries in the buddy section but it seems like it can't be seen.

You can see It I found It ...

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caroline40    10

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I live in Brisbane Australia but luckily this site makes it possible to overcome great distances and still support people with the same issues. My biggest fear is that they cannot do the removal and bypass in one go, oh and I don't know if you also experience the "I need everything clean and sorted at home, just for incase". Don't know if it is the realisation that this is my final hope or what else but I am quite scared this time. I had my pre-op appointment today at the hospital, received my stockings and breathing thingy (to help with deep breathing). Excited and scared :)

I understand the concern about getting it done in one surgery! I have experienced a form of the "I need everything clean..." only I don't care if it isn't clean....I just wrote letters to my daughter and husband "Just in case." I felt a strange sense of relief after having done it and no longer thing I'm going to die :wacko: but now I worry about having horrible complications that result in me skinny but very very ill and a huge burden on my family. Am I helping to cheer you up? :)
Lol, our emotions are playing havoc with us. I need to lose another 5kg (about 10 pound?) In the next two weeks and it is such a struggle. I don't know if you are a christian but prayer is what keeps me sane with this whole pre op thing. We are on a massive joy ride lol

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Ramuse    55

Ramuse
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Anyone having surgery in September? Just got my date and overwhelmed with emotions!

yessss my surgery date is September 11th very excited! And for you too! ????

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Fab@Forty    24

Fab@Forty
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Any more mid-sept folks out there. I need a support TEAM! I start my liquid diet on the 2nd and I have my surgery on the 16th. OMG!

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Bingcherry    18

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Any more mid-sept folks out there. I need a support TEAM! I start my liquid diet on the 2nd and I have my surgery on the 16th. OMG!

I'm having mine on the 16th as well and will be starting my pre-op diet on the 2nd too!!!! I am having a revision so I'm crossing all my fingers and toes that my surgeon will be able to remove my band and do the bypass at the same time. :) I thought about starting my pre-op diet today but changed my mind quickly. I'm afraid it's not going to be as easy for me as I thought. :(

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Hannah Melinda    1

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I am having my surgery on the 16th also! I am so nervous! I would love to have some people to talk too!

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Notinks    91

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Any more mid-sept folks out there. I need a support TEAM! I start my liquid diet on the 2nd and I have my surgery on the 16th. OMG!

Also starting liquids on the 2nd for surgery on the 15th. My dr. doesn't require it but I want to do whatever I can to make surgery go better. Might be harder to do knowing he's not requiring it!

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    • Alisa_S

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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

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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.

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