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EGD today - feeling discouraged and don't know what to do

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RedDirtRoads    64

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@@docbree, checking in on you . . .

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docbree    199

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Thanks, @@RedDirtRoads - that is very kind of you. Getting biopsy results today and will let you know! I'm in good spirits,

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docbree    199

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Thanks for all the good wishes and prayers! The polyps are benign! (Happy dance) :). I'm so thankful!

I see my surgeon this Thursday and will see what he says about this and ramifications for surgery.

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JustWatchMe    7,117

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Yay!!!!

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Nurselori    37

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Awesome!!!

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lose4life2    152

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Wonderful News!!

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kyrickchick64    468

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Glad to hear it! found out mine were benign as well...

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JustWatchMe    7,117

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Glad to hear it! found out mine were benign as well...

Hurray!

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RedDirtRoads    64

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Yay! Looking forward to your update after you see the surgeon.

Thanks for all the good wishes and prayers! The polyps are benign! (Happy dance) :). I'm so thankful!

I see my surgeon this Thursday and will see what he says about this and ramifications for surgery.

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pik    262

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I have RA also. I did have the bypass surgery. I stopped taking any IBU probably a month before my surgery. I had never been told I could not use steroids.

I would be more concerned with the GERD that can occur with the Sleeve, I think.

I am glad the polyps were benign. Did they say it would be normal for you to have them return? The reason I ask is because 4 years ago my GI dr found colon polyps which were pre cancerous (2 of them) and he removed them. Then 2 years later he found 4 more. Also pre cancerous. My father had colon cancer so I have to stay on top of it.

If you have the surgery I wonder if they would have to allow for more room in the case that they return. I don't know if that makes sense or sounds weird. I just know that there is not much room in the stomach after surgery for food and if there are polyps which grow back, well you get what I am saying.

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Jordan861    124

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I hope what ever is decided is the best for you. I had horrible heart burn and Gerd before the sleeve surgery (even to the point of having a chronic cough from it), I was on Rantidine and it didn't work without the help of tums and gaviscon. After the surgery and up to day 57 (today) I have not had one problem with heartburn. No waking up at night in mid vomiting of fire. They do have me on protonics since surgery for the healing effect (was on it prior and it did not control the heartburn). In my past when I lost weight the heartburn went away, so I am thinking the pounds shed has fixed the heartburn/Gerd.

I hope you can get some relief and some answers.

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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
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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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        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.

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