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April 22 surgery date. Anybody else?

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HEALTHYLEE    5

HEALTHYLEE
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Dr Garcia April 24th.

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Edavidson    84

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chickenbugg: Best of luck to you and keep me posted on your progress. I will do the same.

You want believe how much better you will feel. I think when we are overweight for so long we don't

even realize how much our body hurts. I was on major narcotics just to be able to walk and get to

work. I had congestive heart failure, chronic back and leg pain. Now, with so much weight gone, eventhough I have had a hard time, I am a different person. I am off almost all of my medicine and havevery little join pain. Take care and good luck to you.

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Einsteinsmom    2

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I am also extremely excited, anxious, nervous, scared, etc.....but very much looking forward to the changes. Edavidson I'm sorry to hear this has been such a tremendous "ordeal" for you. I'm glad you can see the positive and it's great that you are reminding all of us that what we expect is not always what we get. I hope things are better for you sooner rather than later.

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Einsteinsmom    2

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chickenbugg I am one of the fortunate obese people that doesn't have comorbidities with my weight. I'm very lucky in that respect especially considering my father and my sister have a plethora of health issues. I'm looking forward to not dealing with the constant pain in my hips, knees and feet.

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Edavidson    84

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Fortunately 99.9 percent of all surgeries go without incident. I am so happy for those who are

about to have their surgeries. The difference in the way you feel is so dramatic that you wish you

had done something sooner. I am 61 years old and have been overweight all of my childhood and adult life. For the first time I can see my feet while standing up straight. Even though I have had a

rough four months, I am not sorry. My PCP is trying very hard to get me back on my feet and she is

always reminding me of what I have accomplished. If you hit a snag after surgery, rise above it. Be

strong and keep a positive attitude. Like my beautiful daughter is always telling me, "it is what it

is" mom. This too shall pass and you will be a stronger person for seeing it through.

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Davina's Journey    24

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I'm due April 23rd and would like to keep in touch with people so we can compare notes and just help eachother

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Band07    374

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Who is doing your surgery ?

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Davina's Journey    24

Davina's Journey
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I'm in the uk and being operated in by Dr mannur

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Band07    374

Band07
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Mine is the on the 23rd

Who are you going to ?

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Dawn Turpin    4

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Yes chickenbugg I had to have bypass over sleeve my stomach was full of bile and inflamed ???? I am 6 days out now and feel like crap I hope it gets better

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Kathrine1970    7

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I'm scheduled 4/23, anyone else going to Mexico? I'll be with Dr. Rodriguez.

Just had my surgery with Dr Rodrigues on April 11th in Juarez. He and his team are amazing. Only thing is that the nursing staff does not speak a lot of English so if you download a translator app on your phone it makes it a lot easier to communicate. I'm only a few days post op and feeling great.

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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

      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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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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