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krispye    9

krispye
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hi everyone. Just thought I'd heck this out. I am almost to my surgery. Have my meet the surgeon appointment on the 21st. Has take almost a year to get to this point so I'm super excited.

Where is everyone at in their process? How long has it taken you to get here? What was the big factor in making this decision?

Look forward to hearing from everyone

Kris

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pattidunn    2

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Hi Kris,

I'm new here too, I too am in Ontario, I am scheduled for surgery Tuesday December 15, my processes has been super fast so I'm still trying to wrap my head around all of it. I'm on day 8 of Opti Fast, have lost 8lbs on it, miss food like crazy but hanging on!

I was referred in June of this year, but I have been thinking of doing this for 2 years so I had all the stuff I needed done before hand done.

I was so sick and tired of being sick and tired and fighting with my weight, no longer liked who I saw in the mirror so here I am!

Hope you get your date soon!

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MrsSantiago    27

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Hi im 5'9 weigh 320 pounds my surgery is on december 29. I started to consider wls in january of this year and was recommended via a friend. I started the process in june of seeing all the specialist and by sept 8 i was approved for surgery. Ive been yoyo dieting for years and im sick of it ! Need something permanent to fight obesity. Best of luck in your process.

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Cervidae    2,389

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Hello and welcome! :) I had my RNY in August and I'm down about 70 pounds since then. I started thinking about it last year, and the program took about 7 months once I got going. Feel free to friend/message me if there's anything I can do to help you. It's a great site full of awesome people here.

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krispye    9

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Hi everyone thanks for the responses. For me the process will have taken just over a year from referral to surgery. Like everyone else I have always struggled with my weight up and down. Being an ex smoker who never quit quiting as they say didn't help the weight much. (Smoke free for 13 months)As my son got older and more active I found myself lacking the energy or drive to keep up with him. I had quit smoking so I could be around for his future so I finally decided to do make a drastic change with my overall health and seen my family doctor who recommended the clinic in Windsor. Bypass had been something I thought about in the past but never thought I was large enough for it. Turns out I was and then some. I look forward to receiving my gift and making the best of it so that I can be around for my son and hopefully grandkids one day.

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Threetimesacharm    1,400

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Hi Krispye,

I had my gastric bypass on September 4, 2015. I live in Windsor Ontario but had my surgery in Mexico. Any questions you have feel free to PM me. I have previously had the lapband and sleeve so I am a wealth of knowledge!

Good Luck!

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pattidunn    2

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I too quit smoking 7 years ago, that DID NOT help with weight, but I don't for one minute regret doing it. And oh by the way I just became a Grandma! Super awesome best thing ever! So I want to get my health back for my kids and grandchild as much as I want this for myself

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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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      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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