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December 17th surgery. Anyone else?

trd59

By trd59, in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A

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trd59    5

trd59
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Hi all,

I'm new to the forum. Had a lap band for 5 years now with less than good success. Has been football player. 6 feet, 320 lbs, was a high of 350 at one time. Nervous about the surgery but my knees and blood pressure need it.

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mttopma    17

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My surgery is Dec 12. My knees and blood pressure have also been begging me to lighten the load a bit. Good luck to you on your new life changing surgery.

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trd59    5

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Thanks. Good luck to you as well.

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TriRN11    11

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Hi all,

I'm new to the forum. Had a lap band for 5 years now with less than good success. Has been football player. 6 feet, 320 lbs, was a high of 350 at one time. Nervous about the surgery but my knees and blood pressure need it.

My surgery is the 17th as well! Congrats on making this change ???? When do you start your pre-op diet?

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Jeevez    3

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trd,

my surgery date is also around 17th.. to be finalised in a week's time!! going for the pre-op tests soon!

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anneeo    13

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17th for me, as well. My dr just requires a 3 day pre-op diet.

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downsizingdiva    460

downsizingdiva
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Me too on the knees and bp

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trd59    5

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Starting full blown pre-op diet on Decmber 2nd or 3rd. I'vre been slowly working my way towards it now though with transitioning to Protein drinks and cutting down on my caffeine. I can't go cold turkey on caffeine. Too many headaches.

Just waiting on insurance to finalize everything. That is the biggest pain in the but. Let's all keep in touch.

Have a good day

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Rosemarie_1968    11

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My surgery is scheduled for December 18th.

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TriRN11    11

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I just got the call from my surgeon's office and the insurance approved it! I am soo relieved and thankful. I start my pre-op diet on December 10th!! Waiting for the insurance has been agonizing. Have you guys felt the same way?

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trd59    5

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I'm still waiting. Totally know what you are talling about. Good luck!

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harleyphleb    35

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Waiting for approval is the worst!!! December 17

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Skywalker    170

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Hi all,

I'm new to the forum. Had a lap band for 5 years now with less than good success. Has been football player. 6 feet, 320 lbs, was a high of 350 at one time. Nervous about the surgery but my knees and blood pressure need it.

Nice to meet you. I'm going in for surgery around that date too.

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pw725    12

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My surgery is December 17 as well. Good luck to all of us!

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    • Alisa_S

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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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      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

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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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