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@@arialuvr I am the 16th! Are you ready?

I'm getting ready! Drinking my shakes. Cleaning house. I'm excited and scared to death @ same time. Thank God for my boyfriend, he's been so supportive. Daughter thinks I shouldn't go through with it. She's only a teenager and I'm sure she's scared for me.

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My Surgery is the 15th! ???? I am on day 2 of my liquid diet!! What an eye opener this is!!! I've been making videos and taking pictures for my own use to look back on, I look at the 15th as the first day of the rest of my life!

My mom had gastric bypass in March and is down 70 lbs, and her BMI is 29 now! She's totally off all of her diabetic, BP, and other Meds and doing awesome, so we really have a lot to look forward to!!! ????

You go girl! My surgery is 9/15 too!

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You go girl! My surgery is 9/15 too!

Are you excited? I am!

I'm in day 5 of my liquid preop diet and today, just to be honest, today is horrible!!! I've done well the other days just for today to feel like I've been hit by a bus!!! ????

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wow you have given me new inspiration. I had been doing so well then I gave in to my old self you are right on and I will start the battle over from this minute on. Surgery scheduled for 10/7. Thank you so much!

you're welcome! And you can do it. No one is 100% but try to stay in the 90% and you will get there! ????

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Yay! So tomorrow is my last day of thqr liquids! Almost over and I just completed my per surgery appointment- blood work and etc. Can't believe I have 2 days left until surgery. So for the next two days I'm going to relax and not stress about anything. I hope everyone is having a great day/night! ????

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Yay! So tomorrow is my last day of thqr liquids! Almost over and I just completed my per surgery appointment- blood work and etc. Can't believe I have 2 days left until surgery. So for the next two days I'm going to relax and not stress about anything. I hope everyone is having a great day/night! ????

. Do something nice for yourself, you deserve it. I will be thinking of you and please keep us informed.

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Are you excited? I am!

I'm in day 5 of my liquid preop diet and today, just to be honest, today is horrible!!! I've done well the other days just for today to feel like I've been hit by a bus!!! ????

I don't know about anyone else, but I've had a hard time not eating. I can only have banana and sugar free Jello. I despise both! Yuck! So, I have been hungry since day 5! Don't get me wrong, I am not all out eating, but I have cheated a bit(no sugar or caffeine only salads and proteins)! I know that is not what my dr wants to hear, but I was starving! Ugh! Anyway, I am back on the wagon and I hope to make it through the next 6 days without cheating.

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My date is set for 9/22, but that was originally for a sleeves after my endo, my surgeon said he recommends the bypass. I meet with my surgeon tomorrow so I hope this won't change the date. Today I'd day two of my preop diet. I was really hungry yesterday, but I'm feeling better today. Let's do this!

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I don't know about anyone else, but I've had a hard time not eating. I can only have banana and sugar free Jello. I despise both! Yuck! So, I have been hungry since day 5! Don't get me wrong, I am not all out eating, but I have cheated a bit(no sugar or caffeine only salads and proteins)! I know that is not what my dr wants to hear, but I was starving! Ugh! Anyway, I am back on the wagon and I hope to make it through the next 6 days without cheating.

I have found the black cherry in the Sf jello is the only one I like! I would probably just kill for a scrambled egg right now- funny how your brain works. I know most is mind over matter but dang it I'm a little hungry!!! I haven't cheated or strayed once, and that's hard considering I have to cook for my son & pack his lunch. I just wanted to lick the Peanut Butter off the butter knife so bad but I fought the urge.

This constant headache too, that stinks!!

But enough of my complaining- day 5 is in the books, I've prayed for the last year for this surgery, I'm not going to let 5 more days stop me!!!

Y'all are right, we've got this!!! Let's keep each other going, esp since it's getting tough on us!! ????????

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Im having surgery September 15th next Monday

Great! There are a bunch of us on here with that date (myself included)!

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So I just got my confirmation yesterday for my Sept. 30 date. I'm both excited and scared! Questions started whirling around in my head! What ifs, shoulds, shouldn'ts...then I remembered the reasons I'm on this wonderful life-altering journey and I calmed down. Still nervous and excited but confident as well. :)

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My date is set for 9/22, but that was originally for a sleeves after my endo, my surgeon said he recommends the bypass. I meet with my surgeon tomorrow so I hope this won't change the date. Today I'd day two of my preop diet. I was really hungry yesterday, but I'm feeling better today. Let's do this!

You can do it! My surgeon says he fixes a lot of esophagus issues post sleeve so if your endoscopy came back with issues I would take his recommendation. There is a lot of gas & reflux with the sleeve a lot more then with the bypass, plus he feels more confident with the bypass results where as with the sleeve it's still "new". I wish you luck I would think you'd still get the same date the operating date the time from what in understand is the same for each surgery in the OR.

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Hi September surgery friends! Is anyone else worried about the statistics for total weight loss after surgery? I'm obsessing, worrying... The stats say average weight loss after one year is 62%! I have 100 lbs to lose so applying that stat to me would mean only 62 lbs. I think I really need a support group to actually go to for help. Anyone else have this concern? Do any of you know of a support group in Orange County, CA?

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