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I'm Feb11th as well in Fort Worth!

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@@KatieD6982, the malabsorption would also mean that you may experience difficulty absorbing nutrients from food, thus it increases the risk of nutritional deficiencies. Therefore, after surgery, ti will be important to follow your doctor's guidelines for nutritional supplementation (i.e., Vitamins, Calcium, Iron, etc.)

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Yes. I plan on following the program to the letter. The thought of nutritional deficiencies is scary to me.

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@@KatieD6982

I would love to have the full bypass. Everything was going good for it till my doc saw that I had once had kidney stones. And didn't think it would be a good idea since that is a complication. She told me that in her experience that the sleeve and full bypass results in the same amount of weight loss. (I hope she is right) I didn't want to argue since things were going so smoothly. :D

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Ok I have a question for yall.

I started my journey back in sept. Had a meeting with a nutritionist, a phys eval, a physical therapist, then I had my mandatory 90 day wait with weight checkups. Dec they sent the info to the insurance, month later got approved, got call with the date (Feb 4th), got another call for a phone pre-op class (next week), surgery is the following week.

They mailed me a packet yesterday that had info in it for after the surgery.

My question is this. Where you all told to do a pre diet?? There is nothing in my packet about this. Just the usual stuff about only liquids the day before , nothing after midnight. Start taking a stool softener a couple days ahead of time.

What exactly is your prediet?

Thanks

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@@mdlange

How's the lethargy today? I guess my dietician knew what she was talking about- no headache today (day three of pre-op diet)! I hope yours has left too.

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I'm scheduled for February 6th. Oing for pre op on the 28th.

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I am having my surgery the week of February16th. On Monday they will give me my definite date!

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February 5th 2015 in Baltimore @ Johns Hopkins Bayview campus and like everyone else I'm nervous and excited. Good luck to everyone in the struggle and keep pushing and praying!!!????????????

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Scheduled for Feb16th in Michigan! Prayers appreciated! :huh:

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My husband just got a sleep study last night and after having told me for months that he would NEVER use a CPAP, they titrated him because his sleep was so bad (50 minutes of stopped breathing in two hours) and he said he had the best sleep ever.

Man, I love a convert.

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@@mdlange

How's the lethargy today? I guess my dietician knew what she was talking about- no headache today (day three of pre-op diet)! I hope yours has left too.

Much better! I think I have hit the "sweet spot" in this diet! No more headache, no more weariness. I actually thought I was getting sick for a few days there. But, now everything is going just fine. And, I haven't stepped on the scales yet, but I KNOW I have lost weight! The top roll under my boobs is much smaller! Had to snap my bra on the next set of hooks this morning! YAY!

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Who is your doc in Mexico? I'm seeing Garcia.

I am using Alejandro Lopez at Vida Hospital.

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@@mdlange

Not down to the next set of hooks yet, but I am down four pounds in four days. Hooray! You are probably down even more.

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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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      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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