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snowblue    50

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I'm from Chattanooga

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breehuskins    18

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OK I'M ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AWAY FROM CHATT. Have you had your surgery yet?

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No not yet. It has been a long road to get here. I was all approved (I thought) last Thanksgiving time, but the surgeon couldn't do it the week I needed, and I couldn't take any time off until January. Then I had planned to do it the first week in March, but the psychiatrist had said I should go to therapy, and so the surgeon wouldn't do it then (not sure why it was OK in November, but not March) *sad trombone*... So here I am, after having 6 months of therapy, and my appointment with the surgeon is on Thursday, 9-11-14. I saw my PCP last week and got all of my pre-op lab work done, and I had an EGD last October and the surgeon's office said I would not need another one since my heartburn has gone away with prilosec. I already have approval because I work at the hospital where I will be having the surgery, and there is an excellent program. I am automatically approved, and I work with like 11 other nurses who have had the surgery. So I quit smoking 3 weeks ago, I stopped caffeine on Sunday, and I started the liquid diet over the weekend (I have cheated a bit, but done better with each successive day). On track so far today!

Have you had your surgery yet? :)

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breehuskins    18

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I start my liquid Thursday. In having surgery on the .18th. I started the whole process in July Si I have been very fortunate not to run into any problems. What types if things are you drinking for your liquid diet? I'm a food addict I know it's gonna be tough in me to do this but I want to live a long life.

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snowblue    50

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Ya I know! I have had a problem with substance abuse in the past, and I honsetly didn't have much trouble quitting that, or with quitting smoking either... that said, I went nuts last night and found some really old cream of wheat in my pantry... I made it w sugar and butter... all of which I threw away this morning--I now have nothing in my house that in unapproved... tonight will be really hard... I would suggest trying to half-ass do the diet tomorrow, I have found it is much easier to taper off and onn things like that :) I have seen some posts on here about carb/sugar addiction, and then in class this morning the professor showed a slide of a MRI of someone's brain on sugar and on cocaine... the areas which were lit up were exactly the same, and they were the exact same color...

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snowblue    50

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So have you had your surgery yet? :)

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oooops you already answered that, sorry. I got distracted from the feed by having to pay attention in school hahahahahahahahahaha

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catdaddy    232

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Hi, I'm all the way down in Valdosta. I had my WSL in Gainesville, Fl. Best of luck to you.

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snowblue    50

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You too! Maybe I can stop on by for a Protein shake the next time I go to Miami :)

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catdaddy    232

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That would be nice. I'm now on phase 3, very soft foods and everything is going as planned. I did have internal bleeding after surgery and needed to go back to the hospital for a few more days but it was stopped with medication. Please try and stay on your diet before surgery and again best of luck.

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snowblue    50

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Thanks for the support merckman :) I have done really well since that cream of wheat incident! Hahahaha

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Roostertail2    98

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I'm in villa rica...down 20 past douglasville

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Angel❤️    45

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Hi! I'm about 20 mins outside of Atlanta in Covington. Had surgery on July 8th

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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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      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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