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Getting my staples removed today!

LynRey70

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LynRey70    56

LynRey70
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I was sleeved June 10th and today I see my surgeon to remove my staples!... I have been on liquids but a few days ago was the first time hunger hit me and man was it rough. It was a mental struggle, followed by a few days of me feeling out of sorts! And slight freaking out when reality hits that this is how it is from here on out! Im hoping my Dr. tells me I can start pueed foods and I begin to feel better soon!????

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CowgirlJane    14,261

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Sounds like you are doing good!

Where are you having staples removed from? i had little stitches on my lap incisions.

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Sara51692    162

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I was so weirded out when one of my bandages came off and I saw staples instead of stiches on the incisions! I knew they were using staples for my stomach, obviously, but I just assumed the incisions would be stitched. Strange!

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Miss Mac    6,262

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pureed foods will help. Glad you are recovering well. Yeah, I was surprised, too, that you had staples. When I first read the title of your post, I thought it said "Getting my nipples remved today!" Now the staples don't seem so bad. :D

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Sara51692    162

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"Getting my nipples remved today!"

:o :o :o I laughed out loud when I read that...then cringed.

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jane13    2,256

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no stitches - SUPER GLUE! it was weird because I didn't realize until a day or so later that he had removed my stomach through my bellybutton. I figured it out on my own and clarified with him at first f/u appt. I had three tiny little holes glued shut and a bandage. the belly button started itching and then I realized why - glue. Thought I had sleep walked into the kitchen of the RV we were living in at the time and ate something I shouldn't have! glazed doughnut? icing off something...Pillsbury cinnabon rolls!!!!!!

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LynRey70    56

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Sounds like you are doing good!

Where are you having staples removed from? i had little stitches on my lap incisions.

@ CowgirlJane im having it done in San Jose Good Sam!

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LynRey70    56

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hahah thats funny Wait did I say nipples. Yeah my staples ! !!

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LynRey70    56

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me too funny thing is I have my nipples pierced and I had to take them out for surgery lol but Ive had them pierced for so long that it was kinda of strange not having them in lol!

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Sara51692    162

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me too funny thing is I have my nipples pierced and I had to take them out for surgery lol but Ive had them pierced for so long that it was kinda of strange not having them in lol!

I have my tongue pierced and had to do the same thing! SO weird. I put it back in as soon as I was able to in the hospital because I was scared the hole was going to close up!

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Miss Mac    6,262

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Referring to posts 4 and 5

Sometimes things do look weird when I read them, especially road signs. Before I retired, I used to take the commuter train into the city. There was a sign by the boarding platform that said:

"Do Not Walk In Front Of Stupid Trains"

I took that train 5 days a week for months before I realized that it really said:

"Do Not Walk In Front Of Stopped Trains"

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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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        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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