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Just a quik check in made it to the other side

Yay Smiley!! Hope you're doing well!

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Hi! I just joined this site and have been through all the pre-op stuff and have a surgery date of Oct. 27th!! I'm currently on the liquid diet and so afraid I'm going to eat/drink the wrong thing and my liver won't shrink enough! lol I am SOO happy to see others having theirs done around the same time as me. I just don't know what to expect pain wise or recovery wise. I guess I'll keep reading the forums and asking questions :)

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So, my office is having the ice cream social right now. I am hiding in my cubicle eating my little 2 cup salad. Ugh...

good job girl!!!

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Hey ladies! No pain, no gas, no appetite.

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I am itchy though, and been doing laps on my floor.

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Wow, I am feeling overwhelmed with joy right now. I don't even know where to start. I read all the posts but can't possibly answer every one. But, but, I want to. So proud of all the girls who made it though surgery like only gladiators could. It is so fun to read your updates and how you are healing, feeling better, step by step facing your new life. All the rest of us are awaiting our turn and doing our diets like only gladiators can.

I want a pink Victoria Secret thing too. Actually, I want a bra as well. Imagine how it's going to feel trying one on and the size will fit. I hope I don't cry!

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@brookecmeyers

Welcome to our little group. We are a fun bunch you'll love it. Brooke, your the first with the same date as me. I won't go through alone. I'm in VA (Northern VA) by the way, were are you?

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@@GFord889

Welcome to our little group. You'll love it. Looks like you are going to beat me to surgery by one day.

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@@brookecmyers (correct spelling now)

Welcome to our little group. We are a fun bunch you'll love it. Brooke, your the first with the same date as me. I won't go through alone. I'm in VA (Northern VA) by the way, were are you?

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@@Beni , I hope I did that right.... anyway, thank you so very much! I've been reading the posts from the beginning and have almost all of them read. I feel like I know some of you pretty well by following your stories and your journey to where you are now. I'm excited, scared and READY! Ready to get my life back, one pound at a time! Jan

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Me too. It gets to a point that enough is enough, right?

Our group has been going strong for a while. Everyone has contributed so much. We ask questions and support each other in a lovely way. We need each other especially because I feel like no one else knows what we are going through.

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I got my surgery date!! 11/11/14. Preop testing and dietician class on 10/31. Surgery is scheduled for 8am and I'm glad!! First one of the day so Dr. Ditslear will be good n rested ;-)

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@@brookecmyers (correct spelling now)

Welcome to our little group. We are a fun bunch you'll love it. Brooke, your the first with the same date as me. I won't go through alone. I'm in VA (Northern VA) by the way, were are you?

I'm in Oklahoma. :-)

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I am itchy though, and been doing laps on my floor.

Oh! I forgot about the itchiness! I had that too at my last surgery. From the anesthesia, right?

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Welcome all the new ladies to the group!!

Beni has a spreadsheet of when everyone is having surgery and gives us a daily update. :D

Who's next Beni?

I just finished up day 9 on my liquid diet. I filled out my food journal through Sunday night. I've pretty much had the same exact thing (with popsicles and Jello varying each day, lol) every day! I have a real hard time getting in all 1000 calories, which is just crazy to me! But getting in a lot of Protein, so it keeps my full.

I had an amazing massage tonight. Aahhhhhhh. I need to see if I can sneak in a pedicure before Monday!!

Tomorrow morning at 8AM is my pre-op consultation appointment, then I see my surgeon at 9:30. Getting closer!!

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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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    • 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

        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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