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SweetPotato    142

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that's awesome!!!! welcome to the club!

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Nurse_Lenora    903

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Congratulations!!!

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skinnyrita    188

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Congratulations! Your life is surely going to change for the better????

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Lexigurl82    160

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congrats!!!

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Sajijoma    1,324

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Pre op done today and turns out I don't have a pre op diet at all! He said that studies have shown the liquid diets don't really help that much and it's more torture for no reason. He said if he had a 600lb patient maybe he would do it, but I'm in the range of it not being necessary. He says that all Bariatric surgeons in the US will be phasing it out over the next few years probably so good news to those with a 6 month wait! So I only have liquids the night before surgery and 1 bottle of magnesium citrate to clean out the ole bowels til then just keep on doing what I'm doing!

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Blueeyes66    11

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WHEEEEEW WHOOOOOO..........WELL....YOU KNOW IT MAKES ME WANNA SHOUT...KICK MY HEELS UP AND SHOUT...THROW MY HANDS UP. AND SHOUT ..THROW MY HEAD BACK AND SHOUT.. ......IVE BEEN APPROVED.....NOW I CAN SAY HIT THE ROAD FAT AND DONT CHA COME BACK NO MORE NO MORE NO MORE NO MORE..... I AM DANCING ON THE MOON. I HAD ACTUALLY GIVEN UP HOPE. :D I STILL CANT BELIEVE IT.

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Joymarie333    41

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WHEEEEEW WHOOOOOO..........WELL....YOU KNOW IT MAKES ME WANNA SHOUT...KICK MY HEELS UP AND SHOUT...THROW MY HANDS UP. AND SHOUT ..THROW MY HEAD BACK AND SHOUT.. ......IVE BEEN APPROVED.....NOW I CAN SAY HIT THE ROAD FAT AND DONT CHA COME BACK NO MORE NO MORE NO MORE NO MORE..... I AM DANCING ON THE MOON. I HAD ACTUALLY GIVEN UP HOPE. :D I STILL CANT BELIEVE IT.

. I can cry with joy with you. I'm so happy to be approved also

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Blueeyes66    11

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:D Congratulations :D

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Sajijoma    1,324

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Congratulations ladies! It's so exciting!

I realized today is the last Monday I will be doing my normal routine! Next Monday is surgery day!!!!

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borg/assimilated    576

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Best of luck to you on your surgery and I hope your recovery is uneventful.

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ImBringingLisaBack RNY    70

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Yay!!!!! I came on here specifically looking to see how your approval was going!i am SO happy for you! I had my surgery on the 29th and so far doing great and your going to do great too!!!

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betterme38    275

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Congratulations !! Quick question, isn't the 6 month diet from the ins? Our ins stipulates that not the surgeon I didn't think.

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Sajijoma    1,324

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Congratulations !! Quick question, isn't the 6 month diet from the ins? Our ins stipulates that not the surgeon I didn't think.

I'm referring to a liver shrinking diet, not the insurance requirements. I was excepting to have to have one for 2 wks or even 1 wk, but he said I don't need one at all which has made the whole experience really that much easier on me. I only have to switch to a liquid diet the night before and drink 1 bottle of magnesium citrate. That was a lot less painful than my colonoscopy clean out! ????

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    • Alisa_S

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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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