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I have 3 appointments today. pre-op at 9 am. Post -op Do's and Don'ts at 11 am then pre-admission at 12:45 pm. I'm going to pack my cooler with Protein Shakes and Water and head out at 8 am! Feeling anxious and excited all rolled up together!

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@kashco - good luck!

we are here....let us know how you are doing.

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Good luck keep us informed

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Oh the dreaded three in one. You'll do great! Trust me!

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I am new and don't even know if I'll get to the point ur at but good luck and keep us posted

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I have 3 appointments today. pre-op at 9 am. Post -op Do's and Don'ts at 11 am then pre-admission at 12:45 pm. I'm going to pack my cooler with Protein shakes and Water and head out at 8 am! Feeling anxious and excited all rolled up together!

can you let me know what to expect please Im so fliping nervous mine is next monday.

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Thanks for all the positive thoughts and feedback. I will let you know what happened at my pre-op appointments but keep in mind, my surgery is at a military hospital. My first appointment was with my surgeon. After I checked in and they took my vitals, I met the chief resident, followed by the intern then the surgeon. I was able to ask them any questions and they went over the expectations. My next appointment was with the head bariatric nurse. She went over all the do's and don'ts of surgery before, during and after. That was about 45 minutes, and it was also a question and answer kind of forum. My last appointment was pre-admissions and it took me over 2 hours. I checked in, signed forms...waited...had my vitals taken...waited....signed more forms....waited....got called back by a nurse and went through Hippa, privacy, authorization forms and had more blood work ordered....waited.....then had my pre-anesthesia appointment. Finally, I went to the lab for some last minute blood work. Having blood drawn has never bothered me but since I've been on all liquids for 11 days, it made me very nauseous and light headed. I was at the hospital for about 6 hours total. It was a very long day but it beats making several trips back and forth. Sorry for the lengthy post!

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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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    • 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

        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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