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Ohmygoodness,

I can't believe it's only 6 short days away. I hadn't thought of it that way! I can start thinking of what I need to do now that my husband is doing well. One shock and the heart was beating properly again! Modern medicine is amazing.

I have sugarless popsicles, some Protein drinks, lots of Protein powders, lots of tea. I need to look at my lists from all you experienced people. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that I'm not postponed. I'll have my Mom and my husband to run to the store for me thankfully. I need to get Gas-X for sure - make sure my heating pad is working properly. What else?

I feel like I'm packing for a trip and I am! Getting ready for a new life!

Marie so glad you and your husband are doing so well. They can drive ya nuts but what would we do without them!

Thanks for all the support you all.

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Denise, shave your legs before you go. You may not feel like bending over for a few days afterwards. We're trying to talk Ryan (Whipple Daddy) into doing that, too. LOL

That is absolutely wonderful news about your husband! Now, get your band! Don't we live in an amazing time?

You ARE going on a trip - a fantastic adventure called "Living life"! Can't wait to hear about your episodes!

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How about Nair?

Shaving the legs isn't so bad, as long as I do it and not that crazy woman from the hospital. She'll be sanding THEM next!

I have a little hoop to jump through again, tho. The Echo had some little thing in it, My family Doc just wants to discuss it, no emergency or anything.

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Boy, Ryan, you're really making this doctor earn his money, aren't you? LOL When do you find out about the Echo? How's the "diet" coming along?

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Ryan - Good luck with your test. They sure are keeping you on pins and needles. Find out everything you can though, I didn't know about my Hiatal Hernia until I was in surgery.

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Denise, I really enjoyed chicken broth. It was warm and soothing and seemed almost like food. :rolleyes: Do you have a nice little coughing pillow? I think those are good for hugging :D It sounds like you are ready. So glad you husband shocked back to normal.

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Thank you guys for all your suggestions. I had the last of my pre-op retesting today and everything is fine. :banana I'm a go on Thursday barring anything else getting in the way.

Ryan I had that sandpaper and alcohol thingy today! Ouch! Turned out okay though so I guess the irritation was worth it.

Three more days and counting.

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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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      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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