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Well its done. I am officially part of the band wagon. I am doing great. I am hoping to meet with a new band friend from hawaii, her screen name is lisa_hawaii and I hope to meet with her and mescla today after our appts with Dr. Fowler. Hope to meet you others as well. If any of you see this message, we are meeting at windward mall, in front of sears, near the couches??? at 4:30 pm. Just look for the group of us who look like we need the band. LOL. Hope to see you if you can.

Aloha Kaohinani (beverly) and Big Wave Dave (dave)

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Ok, still at work, but i will see you later.. My stomach is a mess today... i will welcome the band... just feel junk sitting at my desk...

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don't worry,you'll be fine. We all do what we have to. I happen to have a high tolerance to pain. But I know you will do well. I cannot wait to meet with you today. Have a good day.

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Aloha Gals,

wow did I miss the boat on this gathering today, so sorry. Kaohinani, for some reason I had it in my head that you would be at Castle today so I was going to visit you tonight or tomorrow am. I was thinking that your surgery was early this morning. I am so sorry to have missed you. I just opened my computer to find that you gals were just up at the mall this afternoon. Oh, so close, yet so far. I really want to meet as many people as possible. Soon enough I guess. I am glad you are doing so well. It has been 2 weeks for me and I am doing mushies. My challenge is enough Water and to exercise.

Take care!

Aloha, Kathleen

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Oh sorry Kathleen, I was hoping to meet with you also. It was nic meeting with Lisa and Miriam. Its nice to have a face with a name. Onward ladies to our final goal. Keep up the good work, and good luck to all. I don have my next appt with Dr. Fowler Sept 28, maybe another meeting with the ladies?????? check your schedules...aloha....bev

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hey kathleen, im in kaneohe.. getting my band on sept 12. are you close to the mall too? there is a grp meeting at castle on sept 5th, do you guys want to meet up and attend?.. Bev, wish you were on Oahu to attend as well!!

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ok i know this may be repitiscious but what is your food intake like.. i understand th shakes, but is there anything else... i have such anxiety of not knowing how to eat the first few weeks.

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Lisa, you will do fine. Just keep taking the Protein Shakes, anything liquid, I am enjoying the cream of wheat at the moment. I am having some lactose intolerance, but nothing imodium won't help. And the way i look at it, its only liquid for 1 week. How is your pre-op diet going? I have had any kind of Soup I can think of. But it is getting boring. Thank Goodness i will be on mushies soon enough. Take Care..

bev

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Yes, im going to the meeting. I will have to get my kids into the docs first then i will head out. My baby has her 9 month old check and my 5 yr old needs shots.. then im off...

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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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      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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