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anyone getting sleeved in DECEMBER?

taniamatts

By taniamatts, in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums

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Edavidson    84

Edavidson
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I am getting sleeved tomorrow, had my pre-op at the hospital yesterday.

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Edavidson    84

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Thank you for your best wishes. I will make sure i get the sugar free popsicles. I am so excited... My new life begins tomorrow.

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Susan909    52

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Take it really slow after surgery.... The pain and discomfort shocked me it was so intense.

Follow your Drs orders and what and when to drink as best you can. Getting dehydrated is a big problem post op. Your going to get thru this!

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Edavidson    84

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Thank you so much for your welcomed advice. I will do exactly what you have said. I want to get through this as quickly as i can. I will keep in touch after i get home. Well, i am signing off, when i get back on i will have had my surgery. Here we go...

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KMendez325    31

KMendez325
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You too momma. 1st Christmas we will be losers instead of gainers

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Ceilidh Mor    3

Ceilidh Mor
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Sleeved on the 4th Dec, a totally painless experience, 4th day home and blood sugar seems to be stable around 6.5 unmedicated, it is early yet but feels great, not really interested in food, but i do enjoy the liquids. I have had type 2 since 2007 so it looks good atm. Best advice i had was from another sleeved patient who advised me to take only half-teaspoon sized sips after the op. Best advice from the forum was to walk, walk, walk. All good wishes to those about to start.

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GaryPetti    12

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Got my sleeve Dec 10th. Had some bad gas pains, other then that alls going well. Today I can feel my appetite returning, I guess that's a good thing.

Good luck to all and enjoy the holidays.....:)

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cd0727    32

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Did anyone else get scared and the "oh my gosh, am I really doing this?" Feeling before their surgery?? I start my liquids tomorrow for surgery on the 22nd. I think it's finally hitting me and I would lie if I said I wasn't scared. I'm not really scared for the life after more so the surgery it's self..

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Susan909    52

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I had all those feelings and some more! I think if we didn't we'd be in denial. I was ready to jump up and leave right up to the time they wheeled me into the O.R. But knowing that I was doing this for my health kept me from running. A few weeks learning to Adjust to this change will be worth it.

Now, for two days post op I wasn't saying that lol! My Ins has support groups pre & post op I attended those and they helped a lot.

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Texas Woobie    6

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Hi! I am glad to see this post....I'm a newbie, and am set to have my sleeve December 22nd.....has or will anyone had the trans-esophageal endoscopic sleeve weight loss surgery? I'm having surgery in Plano, TX, but live 2 hours away-so thought maybe someone might be having the same thing performed. Thanks in advance and good luck for all!

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KMendez325    31

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I'm being sleeved December 22nd as well. I am on week 2 of restricted diet. If I think to much I scare myself with the what if? Then I push that out of my head with what if I don't? This gets me right back to where I need to be. Good luck and so thankful for this site.

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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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      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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