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XYZXYZXYZ1955    675

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I'm another one who thought the surgery was fairly easy and ditto recovery. The worst issue I had was low energy for about the first month, not to mention kind of hating Protein Shakes and the liquid/pureed/slushy stages. Once I could eat tiny amounts of real food, though . . . it's all good. Just repeat after me: Protein, protein, protein!

You'll be good and will love the weight loss (especially the first month).

The number one thing I learned from this site that really helped me was about stalls. No one at my doctor's office said anything about them, but if you know that they will happen AND they will pass, you'll be much better able to cope.

Good luck!

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LCroft    19

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11 hours ago, XYZXYZXYZ1955 said:

I'm another one who thought the surgery was fairly easy and ditto recovery. The worst issue I had was low energy for about the first month, not to mention kind of hating Protein Shakes and the liquid/pureed/slushy stages. Once I could eat tiny amounts of real food, though . . . it's all good. Just repeat after me: Protein, Protein, protein!

You'll be good and will love the weight loss (especially the first month).

The number one thing I learned from this site that really helped me was about stalls. No one at my doctor's office said anything about them, but if you know that they will happen AND they will pass, you'll be much better able to cope.

Good luck!

Thank you so much! It really does help to hear this.

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S@ssen@ch    745

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On ‎3‎/‎25‎/‎2018 at 3:16 PM, LCroft said:

Hi All,

My surgery is April 2nd and I'm getting pretty petrified. Wondering if I'm doing the right thing, scared it will fail, afraid of freaking my kids out when I tell them this week, scared of recovery, scared of not being able to eat food, just f**king scared, y'all!

I had Lap Band surgery in 2007 but I don't remember being this scared.

Someone help me remember why I'm doing this and tell me how you got through the scared part.

Ever so grateful in advance...

OMG! I was thinking the exact same thing this morning. So glad to see your post. I had the band in 2005, out in 2010. My sleeve surgery is scheduled for 4/10 and the reality of my decision is hitting me hard today.

Logically, I know this is for the best. Emotionally, I feel like a wreck today. It could be a combination of having to start that 14d pre-op liquid diet and the fact I'm less than 2 weeks away now.

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LCroft    19

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Then we’ll hold each other up! I went for my surgery clearance appointment today at the hospital. It got real.

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S@ssen@ch    745

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Definitely! You'll have to post to let us know how it goes!

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LCroft    19

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Ok, y’all. It’s done. Surgery was at 2, came home at around 7. I snoozed for a few hours and didn’t take pain meds so now I’m awake waiting for the Tylenol, gabapentin and Celebrex to do its magic.

Lots of gas pain and an occasional hurty place where my new, smaller stomach is.

Must stay ahead of the pain with the meds!

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On 3/25/2018 at 4:16 PM, LCroft said:

Hi All,

My surgery is April 2nd and I'm getting pretty petrified. Wondering if I'm doing the right thing, scared it will fail, afraid of freaking my kids out when I tell them this week, scared of recovery, scared of not being able to eat food, just f**king scared, y'all!

I had Lap Band surgery in 2007 but I don't remember being this scared.

Someone help me remember why I'm doing this and tell me how you got through the scared part.

Ever so grateful in advance...

Hey! No need! You won't be scared when you step on that scale and at a healthy weight! You won't be scared when you're physically able to do things with your kids you weren't able to do because of your weight! You won't be scared when you're in the BEST SHAPE AND HEALTH! Trust me you won't be scared then!!! As for now, calm down, don't think too much about it. It's really not that bad! I know many people who have done it and just report soreness like there done 1000 sit-ups.

Keep your head high and you will be just fine!

Btw I removed my band in Nov and have my Sleeve scheduled for May 2nd!

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ProudGrammy    8,322

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6 hours ago, LCroft said:

It’s done. gas pain and occasional hurty place where my new, smaller stomach is.

@LCroft

hi Tex

Woo Hoo

did, done, over!!:rolleyes:

see, it wasn't that bad!!

good for you that you are staying on top of things

with your meds - hopefully you won't be needing

them too much longer

you know the drill - drink and drink some more.

at this early stage in the game - you don't want to

risk becoming dehydrated.:(

good luck

kathy

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Hey stupid question bothering me. I'm sure they give the excised stomachs to pathology so they can check and make sure there was no cancer or other bad dudes lurking in there, but then do they use them for anything else or just incinerate them? Just quizzical, you know.

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LCroft    19

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9 hours ago, proudgrammy said:

@LCroft

hi Tex

Woo Hoo

did, done, over!!:rolleyes:

see, it wasn't that bad!!

good for you that you are staying on top of things

with your meds - hopefully you won't be needing

them too much longer

you know the drill - drink and drink some more.

at this early stage in the game - you don't want to

risk becoming dehydrated.:(

good luck

kathy

Thank you! Trying to sip all day.

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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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        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.

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