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April 6th sleever!

LadyVSG

By LadyVSG, in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums

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LadyVSG    23

LadyVSG
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I booked my flight! I fly down to San Diego on April 5th to check in and get all my pre-op testing done, and then I have my surgery on April 6th. I'm heading down to Tijuana for my surgery, by Dr. Ariel Ortiz. One of my friends from nursing school is going to come to Mexico with me as my support person. She had her VSG done by Dr. Ortiz, and speaks very highly of him and his facility. Being able to bombard her with questions since she's been through all this at the same center has been such a blessing for me. I'm really excited, I can't wait for my new life to start!

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disneydreamer    12

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Hi!

I also hope to be sleeved on April 6th!

I will be having my surgery done locally. I have heard some great success stories from Mexico. It must be extra daunting to do all the research. That is great to have your friend with you for support!

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Mangotruck    3

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My date is 4/23! :) Nervous and excited.

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newalysseonlife    7

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hey! I got sleeved as well on April 6th! Congrats to everyone. Officially one week post op and feeling pretty good. Haven't been able to get quite my Protein and Water goals in, but getting closer each day.

How is everyone else doing?

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rp1980    116

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April 6th sleever here! I'm doing amazingly well. I returned to work yesterday and I have my post-op appointment today. Very little pain, and just a little bit of gas pains occasionally. I do try to walk everyday (hoping to get to the gym starting next week). I'm still on liquids, so I have managed to get my 64 oz in the past few days. Ready to move on to Protein shakes! Congratulations to the rest of you!

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cara342    10

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Hi! April 6th sleever also. Every day I seem to improve but still cannot meet the Water or Protein goals. Going to work tomorrow for a couple hours and hope I can maintain.

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rp1980    116

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I was able to get in my Water and Protein goals once I started back to work on April 13. I was on a schedule, and it made it a lot easier. Good luck!

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LadyVSG    23

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Went back to work yesterday. It was strange feeling so run down at the end of my shift, but I'm assuming that's due to still have 3 days left on liquids, I'm hoping I get my some stamina back once I start on purees/mushies and can start exercising a little bit. Overall, I'm feeling great though! Still have to make a conscious effort to get all my fluids in, but between my Protein shakes and Isopures I'm getting my Protein in!

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slowbutsure    6

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Just wondering how everyone is doing now...I'm slowing down in my WL but I can eat more comfortably now and the nausea has gone since I cut out my Iron pill (Dr. approved).

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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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