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Due for sleeve in four days and having second thoughts. On my PreOp diet I am desperately hungry and know I'll be on similar diet for weeks post op.

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jewels77    11

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I know how you feel I backed out of my surgery now I regret it and I'm trying to get back and be strong you can do it if I can do it you can do it and I'm a weakling

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justaboutme    42

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Hang in there! This is what I tell myself every day for the last 6 days. Just keep thinking how great your life will be at the end of the journey. I'm scared of the pain also, but figured I had a baby naturally and if I can deal with that, I can deal with this. Both kinds of pain are temporary and each day will get better. On day 2 of my liquid phase, I would have given anything to suck the salt off a potato chip but I held strong and the urge passed. Yours will too, just keep positive.

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thecamiraye    26

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Please don't back out! The liquid diet is much harder pre op than it is is post op because right now you have your whole stomach that isn't getting full, you have hormones that are constantly telling you you're hungry. Once you have your sleeve done, those won't be issues. You will only have head hunger, which is tough to deal with but you won't have your stomach yelling at you too so it is much more manageable.

It will be completely worth it, I promise! Plus these few weeks that you have to go through this will be nothing compared to the amazing feeling of the months and years to come after you get through it.

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M!@    320

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Yearning for that satisfaction from decent food. Plus worry about misery of nausea or pain.

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Anything worth doing is not going to be easy. It is going to take work...but I know you know this part. What you are feeling is common; most of us were anxious about one aspect or another. And there are some of us who almost backed out.

But you have to ask yourself what it is you want from this and how it is going to benefit you in the long run. And don't forget to consider how you got here in the first place.

For most the gas you experience after is the worst but walking helps to move this along. Pain at least for me was minimal, in fact, I did not take any pain meds after having my IV out, there was no need. I did have some nausea, but it wasn't bad and it was a reminder to me that something needed to change, either the food I was eating or speed at which I ate it was too rapid. I rarely get nauseous anymore; it was about learning my new tummy.

In the end, you have to do what is right for you.

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Jennifer Ostermeier    45

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I really understand how you're feeling. I keep reminding myself that food equals food. Food is not there to give us emotional satisfaction, or emotional support for that matter. Food is food. The relationship we have with it on an emotional level is one of the reasons we got to this stage in the first place. I can't advise you on having the surgery or not having the surgery. But I can encourage you to do is to seek emotional support either way. Disordered eating is no joke. There are many specialists out there that can help you. I am a much stronger person because of the work I've done with therapists. I wish you all the luck. You are not alone.

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1excited    15

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Yearning for that satisfaction from decent food. Plus worry about misery of nausea or pain.

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I am 4 days out as well and I definitely have the jitters

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Blue1213    122

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Do it!! I kept wanting to back out and my sister just kept telling me to take it step by step. I had one day after surgery were I felt kinda beat up but not really nauseous or in pain. Then everyday I felt a little better.

It's been 11 months and I've lost 130 lbs. The crazy feeling of wanting to stuff myself has gone away. Controlling what you eat becomes much easier after surgery. Don't back out!!

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jmg79    10

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There were times on my preop diet that I had the same thoughts, too. Hang in there! After surgery you don't care as much about eating, just healing. It's not horribly painful (I've had more gas pains than anything) but will take some adjusting. I'm almost a week out and I have yet to feel quite back to normal but am getting there every day. Good luck on your journey.

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jewels77    11

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Well I decided I'm getting my surgery I think I told too many people and family and friends and everybody was against it all they kept saying was put the fork down going to die you could do it yourself if I could've done it myself I would've he'll be a long time ago food is in addiction and it's hard for other people to understand when they're skinny all their life but I haven't told anybody my surgery is March 29 and I'm going to keep it to myself but thank you for your special comments it really has helped me a lot and I was so justbecause it was it was supposed to be March 8 but it's OK because be more time I'm not couldn't think about it I'm going to do my normal routine go to work come home and hang out with everybody and not think about it and do it I'm opposed to do I can't wait

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Dub    10,070

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Please don't back out! The liquid diet is much harder pre op than it is is post op because right now you have your whole stomach that isn't getting full, you have hormones that are constantly telling you you're hungry. Once you have your sleeve done, those won't be issues. You will only have head hunger, which is tough to deal with but you won't have your stomach yelling at you too so it is much more manageable.

It will be completely worth it, I promise! Plus these few weeks that you have to go through this will be nothing compared to the amazing feeling of the months and years to come after you get through it.

Very well said. I've found this to be the case.

I'd go through my short 2-week pre-op liquid diet over and over again with ease if it gave me the benefits that it has.

It seemed like it was so difficult then, at the time. It went by quickly and started the accelerated pace of losing that I was grateful for.

Hang in there and stay on your plan. The benefits are very much worth it. It gets loads easier once you are post op. Much, much easier.

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Qwalla    132

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Hang in there. We have all faced the "nay sayers". They havent been in our situation. Much luck to you...you can do this.

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