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Minnesota Folks-Where are you?

colesd1

By colesd1, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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mrspete    0

mrspete
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You can call me at my work, I work for the March of Dimes in Duluth this is a bsuy time of year event planning for me, how does in 3 weeks sound, I can meet you in Superior if you want - what is your name, mine is Lorraine

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mrspete    0

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i apologize for missing our dinner "date" - I went to have my back worked on by a therapist and it took much longer than I thought and she did an add on - I did not have your phone number so had no way to reach you. Please forgive me I don't ever do that. I am on vacation now for two weeks maybe when i return we can meet, hope all is well with you and you hear of a date soon, MrsPete

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Gramalulu    0

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thats ok. we can try again. sorry to hear about yous back. i love to go

to a therapist and have them work on my back. take care and have a great weekend.

Gramalulu

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Threein1    0

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I am now less than a week away from surgery. Today, I stop all meds like lasix, asperin and such.. I am not looking forward to the day prior... I have a feeling there will be many trips for the bathroom on that day. LOL:lol:

I am both excited and nervous about this whole thing. I hope that is normal.

Tomorrow will be my last supper, so to speak. My wife and I are going out for Asian dining. I can only hope after I will still be able to eat a little asian foods. Time will tell.

So, if this nervous/excited state is a norm... I would like to hear from you.:tongue:

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Threein1    0

Threein1
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Hello all you Minnesotians!

Well, this past thursay was my big day. Now,two day post and I have feeling pretty good.

Had more discomfort on day two... how are you?:o

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PeeJay1031    0

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Hi all,

My name is Peej and I'm in Mpls/Uptown area. My surgery will be at U of M Fairview on 4/22/08. I can't believe it took me so long to find this group!

Take care,

Peej

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mnbob    0

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Hi all I'm just starting the road to approval and hope to learn a little more about the process from all of you fine folks.

Bob

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teeniebeenie79    0

teeniebeenie79
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Hi all,

I just scheduled all my appointments for my dietician and psych. All in all, I have to be seen 7 times before I can submit to Medica! Crazy. And all along with a hefty $45 copay!

Anyone know when they will tell me what I have to pay? I have 80/20, so it isnt all covered. but i would like to know what to expect!

THanks!

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mnbob    0

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I have Medica also and Friday is my first appointment so I guess I'll be going thru a similar runaround to get approved.

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Threein1    0

Threein1
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Boy this is a typical Minnesotian group.... we gather, but don't say a lot! :shades_smile:

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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

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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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