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I am getting banded!!!!!oh yeah!!!

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littlebugsmom    0

littlebugsmom
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Hi everyone,

Just wanted to share my great news I got today, my insurance approved me. So I am set for Sept. 19th. Oh yeah!!!!!:whoo: I think my scaredness has left and I am just so excited, like I won the Lottery!!!! This is my last weekend of food, gee, what to eat, first! haha :hungry:Monday, I start my liquid diet for two days, then surgery Wednesday morning.

Just wanted to share my good news.

Tootles,

littlebugsmom

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Wendell Edwards    73

Wendell Edwards
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Hi everyone,

Just wanted to share my great news I got today, my insurance approved me. So I am set for Sept. 19th. Oh yeah!!!!!:whoo: I think my scaredness has left and I am just so excited, like I won the Lottery!!!! This is my last weekend of food, gee, what to eat, first! haha :hungry:Monday, I start my liquid diet for two days, then surgery Wednesday morning.

Just wanted to share my good news.

Tootles,

littlebugsmom

:clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2:Congratulations!!!:clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2:

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Hollandsmom    0

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I am also new to the process. I had my psych eval and meeting with the NP on Tuesday. All my preop tests are scheduled. Does anyone have any experience with St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Mass? I have at least one possible two co-morbidities so hopefully will be approved after meeting with surgeon. Really enjoy this talk site, it is very educational!!

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The very best to you!

I'll be right behind you--I see the surgeon 9/24 to schedule a date!~ You are so-o-o lucky to be on liquids only two days prior to surgery--I know all docs are different, but my requires 10 days before surgery (liquid and soft) to make band placement easier.

Good luck!!:)

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littlebugsmom    0

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Hi Make 33,

Thank you for your wishes, and I will keep my fingers crossed for you, for a speedy surgery date. I started this journey on the first of September, so it was all very fast, the way i would much prefer it. I have no major health problems, just want to prevent any from hitting me in the up coming years. Keep me posted on your journey.

Tootles,

littlebugsmom

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littlebugsmom    0

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Hi Hollandsmom,

Sounds like you are on the right track. I was able to get all my tests and appointments done in a week , a very busy week, but i managed. I am in Southern California, so i don't know much ( anything) about Mass. sorry! Good luck to you.

Tootles,

littlebugsmom

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Yea for us! I will be joining you on the 20th. I will be getting mine done in Sioux Falls SD by Dr O'Brian.. Scared but eager to get this on the road. Good luck to you I hope to see you here from time to time

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hestie    0

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I am being banded on Sept. 28 very excited and a little nervous. Will be getting it done in SLC at St. Mark's

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Congrats littlebug! I am so happy for you! I am on this journey with you as I get banded on friday the 21st!!!!!

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:clap2::clap2::clap2::clap2:Hi everyone!!!!! Welcome aboard. Best of luck to all of you. Donna:whoo::whoo::ranger::peace::peace::party::party::gluck::gluck::D:welcome::welcomeB::D:funscale:

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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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