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I have all my clearances, and met with my surgeon yesterday where we got my appt for my endoscopy, my question is about how long after that should my surgery be? Im sure it vary's but just seeing what time frame others have had. Thank you

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Hi:)

Is they endoscopy they last thing you have before surgery? May I ask how bad it was for you?

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Yes it's the last thing i have to complete for mine, I havent had mine yet. So im not sure how bad it is. Your sedated so i doubt its bad at all.

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Endoscopy was a piece of cake. Does make your throat hurt a bit! But you wake up and feel pretty normal within an hour. (I did, anywho)

Funny I should remember this, but I had my endoscopy on October 31st. I remember it was Halloween.

Surgery turned out to be December 5th.

So...for me...about five weeks.

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9 minutes ago, Kimbero said:

Yes it's the last thing i have to complete for mine, I havent had mine yet. So im not sure how bad it is. Your sedated so i doubt its bad at all.

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I see. I'm sorry i misread, but your so close to the end!! YAY!!

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10 minutes ago, Kimbero said:

Yes, how far along are you?

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I have a seminar scheduled in two weeks then hopefully things will move quick. So i am at the very beginning. I also have a phone interview with a nurse that my insurance has put with me next week:)

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Good deal, it will all go so fast, i started at the end of November and now near the end....or the beginning depending on how you look at it. The beginning of a new Chapter in my life i was just glad to get all my clearances. Dietian, cardio, pulmonology, psychology, my 3 monthly visits to the practitioners....and a great visit with my surgeon

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I've had an endoscopy before and they sedate you. I was asleep for the whole thing. When I woke up I was coughing a lot and felt like my throat was really dry but it was all fine within 30min.

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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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