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October Buddies wanted

Marianneva

By Marianneva, in Gastric Bypass Surgery Forums

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Megan Rigg    3

Megan Rigg
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My surgery is scheduled for October 1st, so excited!!

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Stephanie Rodriguez68    34

Stephanie Rodriguez68
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I talked with my insurance advocate today. My surgery date has been moved up to October 1st. I go to my pre-op class Friday, then start diet.

Im so excited!!!!!

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walkin'onsunshine    225

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I talked with my insurance advocate today. My surgery date has been moved up to October 1st. I go to my pre-op class Friday, then start diet.

Im so excited!!!!!

Yeah Stephanie!!!!

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robbinp    8

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I started blended diet yesterday. Day two was harder but not as hard as I thought it would be. Already concerned about variety. My dr wants blended food not shakes. Anyone have suggestions?

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Megan Rigg    3

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Karen who's your Dr?

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zoepoodle    64

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I had my pre-op apt today. I am not required to be on a liquid diet prior to surgery, except for a bowel prep the day before. I am surprised, as I thought everyone had to do that. Yay.

How are things progressing for everyone else?

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IncredibleME    4

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Surgery scheduled for October 13th, ready to own this!

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wlswarrior    19

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I had my second appt with the surgeon today. No pre op diet required. My surgeon has pioneered a mini open RNY gastric surgery that does not require shrinking the liver. He has performed over four thousand over the years. Post surgery he only requires two days of liquid diet then 8 weeks of puréed food. Then start adding solid food one at a time. I am scheduled for October 8. I still have to get endoscopy, medical clearance, see the nut one last time, attend the bariatric class at the hospital, pulmonary function test and cardiac clearance. So much to do and so little time, I hope I can get it all done in time. See the surgeon one last time on October 3. It is starting to become real and I am getting excited! I am not telling anyone at work, including my manager, but it is getting harder given the amount of time I will need to take off to get all the pre op tests completed.

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Stephanie Rodriguez68    34

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I had my pre-op appointment today. I have to do a pre-op diet consisting of 2 shakes, at least 64 oz of liquids, and 1 meal (protein & veggies-no carbs) until day before when it switches to Clear Liquids. I also have to do a bowel prep with mag citrate the day before.

October 1st will get here before I know it. I can't wait to tell my boss how soon my surgery date is. She knew I was waiting on a date, but we had 2 people quit and work is getting hectic, plus I just came back mid August from 6 week medical leave due to bladder surgery.

I can't wait to read about everyone's progress throughout our journeys :)

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AuriP    420

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October here too, the second. From forms being submitted for aprroval and to schedule surgery date was 4 days, I have fast approval insurance. My surgeon was booked all of Spetember plus my son's 4th birthday was coming so I didn't want to be gorked out on pain meds for his day.

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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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    • 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. 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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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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