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They said if all my clearances go through I should be having surgery in April as well. I have to have two visits with Nut beforehand as well. Was I. The paperwork process since late Oct. Slowed down by my decision to change wls clinics mid-stream. I have lost about 102 pounds so far, but at 450+ pounds I have plenty of weight to lose. I have been trying to follow the guidelines set out by the original place. Can't say it's been easy and I have overdone it on a few occasions, but I keep plugging away just trying to work towards my surgery date as best I can.
I would love to find a surgery buddy or a mentor. Anyone out there on a similar situation? Older, short, HW 450, CW 348, and surgery coming up in April.

Hi pretty.ruby!!! Im older 58 lol, short 5'0" and surgery us April 11th. Im excited and very nervous at the same time!! Lets chat



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Yes! Excited/nervous but definite ready to do this [emoji3]



Well that's 3 of us on the 3rd!!!


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I know, right?
Getting excited. Nervous too. But far more excited.
Right now just stocked up on SF Jello and string cheese for pre and post-op.
Have a dietitian (RD) appointment Thursday so might see what good post-op foods she wants me to have.
My finals were literally on the same day, and one day after my surgery. Thankfully uni had them moved to a week earlier for me. And there was much rejoicing.


That is so great that your finals were moved! This is my last week of class, thank goodness. I'm hoping to be feeling well enough to attend graduation on May 13th.

I forgot about sf jello and pudding! Thanks for reminding me :)


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Finally got my date. April 3rd. Getting excited.

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Day #2 of the 2 week pre-op liquid diet and the headaches are killing me!

I've been drinking plenty of Water, so I don't think it's dehydration. Trying to be really strong here as it's just the beginning.

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Be strong and hang in there you don't have that much longer my surgery date is April 13th I start miles next week

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I have already completed everything I need except they have no openings for my egd until April 14th so my surgery isnt until April 25th!

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1 hour ago, DoubleG said:

Day #2 of the 2 week pre-op liquid diet and the headaches are killing me!

I've been drinking plenty of Water, so I don't think it's dehydration. Trying to be really strong here as it's just the beginning.

Day 2 for me as well...I don't have headaches (yet), but I'm SO TIRED. I know it will get better though!

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On 2/4/2017 at 8:56 AM, lovealwaysrosie said:

I finally got my date for surgery!!!! So happy and nervous at the same time. Anyone else being sleeved on April 24th? I can't believe I only have two month left!

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I finally got my date as well. Same day as you! I am so excited! Good luck to you!

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I finally got my date as well. Same day as you! I am so excited! Good luck to you!


Likewise!! Have you completed everything?


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6 minutes ago, lovealwaysrosie said:


Likewise!! Have you completed everything?

Only thing left is some lab work at the hospital, my pre-op apt, and my pre-op liquid diet. I feel like I've been doing this process for ages!

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19 minutes ago, ssully said:

I finally got my date as well. Same day as you! I am so excited! Good luck to you!

I'm April 24th too. I've been doing my low carb plan for the last three weeks on my own and have my pre-op class on April 17th, along with all my last appointments crammed on that day. I can't believe it's almost finally here! I'm more excited than scared, but still scared.

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Hi, I am scheduled for April 4th as well. Doing the 2 week preop diet now, its tough but I know it will be worth it!:D

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    • Alisa_S

      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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    • Alisa_S

      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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