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Approved and scheduled for February 8, 2018

Mattymatt

By Mattymatt, in Gastric Bypass Surgery Forums

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jmangino    6

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You're 3 days after me- Feb 5th! Fingers crossed that it'll be a great month for all of us!!

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Redhatgal    11

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No, just a old retired nurse

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rljcolo01    2

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Actually I had heart valve replacement surgery in 2011. My heart doctor said I would still be his patient at 90. That's good except my weight, diabetes and hypertension could affect that and I want to make sure the heart surgery was not in vein.

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Mattymatt    491

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11 hours ago, rljcolo01 said:

My wife died in 2012 so I am hoping I will be so hot after weight loss I will have to hire an assistant to schedule my dates!

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I am sorry for your loss. That must not have been easy.

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Mattymatt    491

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9 hours ago, rljcolo01 said:

Actually I had heart valve replacement surgery in 2011. My heart doctor said I would still be his patient at 90. That's good except my weight, diabetes and hypertension could affect that and I want to make sure the heart surgery was not in vein.

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My surgeon, Dr. Caitlin Halbert of Christiana Care in Delaware, asked for a really extensive extra workup. I originally started my journey with the Penn Medicine system but had a bad experience with the staff - this is serious elective surgery so there is no room for less than 100% confidence. I transferred programs to the Christiana Care Health System. Dr. Halbert asked for an echocardiogram and cardiac stress test as well when there was some concern of a silent heart attack.

Gawd that was scary for me as I do not experience pain like many other people do so it could very well be that I could have a heart attack and never know. I was so scared during the echocardiogram that I asked the technologist to turn the unit so I would be unable to see what was on the screen. Something about looking at a beating heart frightens me beyond all reason. Both the stress test and echocardiogram were performed on a Friday and I remember being in a tizzy all weekend long. Finally, the cardiologist called me on Monday afternoon to tell me everything was normal and that the major blood vessels looked good.

2017 was probably the worst year of my life. I have nowhere to go but up.

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Mattymatt    491

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11 hours ago, Redhatgal said:

No, just a old retired nurse

Oh okay. Nah, not old - just wise. :-)

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istytehcrawk    256

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We need to start a thread for February bypass people. 15th for me! :D

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Apple203    1,314

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Man, I love seeing February crew because then I know I'm getting closer!

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Mattymatt    491

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It's all coming at a good time. Since being diagnosed with diabetes last year, my blood sugar numbers have never looked better. I am at pre-diabetic levels now with the added Victoza medication. More reason to Celebrate because I really want to give myself the best possible outcome for this surgery.

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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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    • Alisa_S

      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

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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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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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