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workshop78009
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Hello all !

My name is lauralee, 46, South Central Texas and am scheduled for surgery on May 18th at AIGB in San Antonio, Dr. Gonzales. My insurance approved the surgery practically overnight which from what I've read is amazing. My story is probably a very common one here, been overweight since day one, overweight child, teenager and adult. Have lost 100's of pounds over the years. The lowest I've ever been as an adult was 150 (I'm 5'3 btw) at about age 30 via Nutrisystem Program. My highest weight ever was 275 about four years ago. I dropped down to about 200 three years ago and have since creaped back up to 240. My first diet was probably around 14 or 15 years old, so I've been battling this for over 30 years and have just decided I need to do something different. At 46... it's do or die time... seriously... that's the truth of the matter. I've got to get it off and keep it off for good.

So, since I've less than a week to go before surgery, I'm trying to get all my little ducks in a row and prepare myself and my cupboard for the next few weeks ahead. I've got chicken and beef broth, clear fruit juices, sugar free jellos and still have yet to pick up the sugar free popcicles. I hear those are a high point post surgery...

I know I've probably forgot something or haven't thought about somethings at all... Any advice and/or suggestions to help me make the next few weeks as easy as possible would be greatly appreciated.

Also, is there any place where one can find statistics on success rates, complication risk factors, etc.

Looking forward to the journey,

lauralee

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AnotherMe    0

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Hi Lauralee! Welcome to LBT ;)

I'm in Houston, we're practically neighbors! Of course, follow your Dr's recommendations... but I also had Jello, applesauce, yogurt (love the Light & Fit Dannon drinkables), V8, carnation instant Breakfast on my list.

You might go to the manuf website.. Inamed is now Allergan. http://www.lapband.com/lapband/portal.do The have a News & Resources section where you can request information... they might be able to help you get any data you're looking for. I've heard they're good at responding to questions.

'Course LBT has many forums you'll find useful information. And, we're all here to help when you need it.

GREAT news on getting your insurance approval in a speedy fashion. I was self pay so it took me about 6 mo to convince myself to go ahead. I would do it again.

All the best,

Karla

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shell850    0

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I'm having mine on the 18th also,it seems like it will never get here but it's only 5 days away! hope everything goes well for you good luck.

AND to all those Motherbanders HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

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Iluvharleys    15

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Welcome to LBT! You sound like you are ready to go so the only thing I might suggest is to take a small pillow with you for the ride home. I took one and it really helped me with the bumps!

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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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        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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