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Surgery is 12/17! Ahhhhhhh!

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Loving <3 Me    10

Loving <3 Me
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Hi everyone!! I am having my surgery on Dec 17, 2015!! I am so very nervous, excited, and scared!! lol. I'm am nervous about the surgery, excited about starting my new life and scared that it won't work. I have been overweight all my life. I have tried everything under the sun short of surgery. I finally decided it is time to take back my life! But I am scared that even this won't work. I'm scared that I won't know how to manage my new life and I'll end up staying overweight. Any advice for this newbie??? :D :unsure: :wacko: :o

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Shylarose    53

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Hi Loving!

My surgery is on December 15th. It takes a lot to make the decision to move forward with this surgery, so to have gotten to this point means you are strong and you can do it. I would love to have you keep me posted on how your journey goes! I look forward to hearing about all of the victories and challenges, big and small, along the way.

ShylaRose

Hi everyone!! I am having my surgery on Dec 17, 2015!! I am so very nervous, excited, and scared!! lol. I'm am nervous about the surgery, excited about starting my new life and scared that it won't work. I have been overweight all my life. I have tried everything under the sun short of surgery. I finally decided it is time to take back my life! But I am scared that even this won't work. I'm scared that I won't know how to manage my new life and I'll end up staying overweight. Any advice for this newbie??? :D :unsure: :wacko: :o

Hi everyone!! I am having my surgery on Dec 17, 2015!! I am so very nervous, excited, and scared!! lol. I'm am nervous about the surgery, excited about starting my new life and scared that it won't work. I have been overweight all my life. I have tried everything under the sun short of surgery. I finally decided it is time to take back my life! But I am scared that even this won't work. I'm scared that I won't know how to manage my new life and I'll end up staying overweight. Any advice for this newbie??? :D :unsure: :wacko: :o

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Maraki    23

Maraki
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Good luck im dec 18th

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Myrose9    28

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Yaaaaaaaay sleeve buddies, my date is Dec 17th too.....very excited and nervous as well, good luck to u ????????

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Austin1966    7

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Meet with my surgeon on Tuesday...,I pray my date is also around mid December ...,I will keep u posted....

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newmebithebypass    713

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dont worry about the overnight hospital stay its really not that bad and you'll probably be asleep for most of it recovering. and ive had 3 surgeries on my ears this year all out patient but my best advice for you is to ask for the motion sickness patch behind your ear to prevent nausia from the anesthesia and pain drugs its amazing and you'll feel much better than with out it. also if you use a cpap bring it with you. bring slippers to walk the halls with. and just try to stay calm if they put the iv in your hand it hurts but youll be ok

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Inner Surfer Girl    12,015

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Congratulations on deciding to take this big, scary step toward health. For me, the worst part of the whe process was the anticipation: not knowing what to expect and choosing to take that step into the unknown.

My advice: take it one day, one step at a time. Do everything you are asked to do, even if you think you can't, both in the hospital and when you get home. Do everything you can to get in all of your Protein and fluids as soon as you are cleared, and follow your surgeon and NUT's instructions

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slmullen    3

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I meet with my surgeon on 12/1 to get my surgery date for December most likely to be 12/21.

I'm super stoked to have my surgery. I have to be on a liquid only diet two weeks before surgery. If anyone is looking for a decent Protein Shake I have found Optimum Nutrition (vanilla ice cream )

I will post again when I get my surgery date confirmed.

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Susan Lewis    25

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Hi. Mine is booked for 10 th. So I feel exactly the same as you. Best of luck. We will follow each other's progress x

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slmullen    3

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Sounds good!

I'm in Missouri.

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Amy Wolfe    49

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I'm on the 14th and I'm nervous and excited too. It's going to be the best decision on our lives. And 2016 is going to be amazing.

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Kym Preslar    21

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Mine is Dec. 9th! So excited to start this new life too.

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Loving <3 Me    10

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Yaaaaaaaay sleeve buddies, my date is Dec 17th too.....very excited and nervous as well, good luck to u ????????[/quote

Yay! Sleeve buddies!

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Bayougrl    23

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Mine is the 16th! :)

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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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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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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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