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@ Zanny 1978 was planning to have sleeve,surgery early this spring, don't know for sure if she ever had it. That's the most recent,one but if you go back furthur,into past years Yes I believe there are quite a few..

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And someone with the initials "dnb" did have a gastric sleeve 6/20/17 the rest are 2 or more years in the past. Hope this helps.

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9 hours ago, Frustr8 said:

And someone with the initials "dnb" did have a gastric sleeve 6/20/17 the rest are 2 or more years in the past. Hope this helps.

Thank you

9 hours ago, Frustr8 said:

@ Zanny 1978 was planning to have sleeve,surgery early this spring, don't know for sure if she ever had it. That's the most recent,one but if you go back furthur,into past years Yes I believe there are quite a few..

Thank you

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September 24th, here!

I’m self-pay so don’t have to jump through any hoops except attend a class where I learn about my pre-op diet and eating afterwards, etc..

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2 days after my RnY, 1 day after Macadamia, we all are going to be healing together and singing our sweet September Songs! Congratulations on getting your date#

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43 minutes ago, balrog429 said:

I just got word that I’m scheduled for September 7th! Pretty excited.

19 minutes ago, Frustr8 said:

2 days after my RnY, 1 day after Macadamia, we all are going to be healing together and singing our sweet September Songs! Congratulations on getting your date#

We're all less than 3 weeks away y'all! Are you guys ready?

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I am if you and Jingle are , let's Rock September 5th together! Deal?

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21 minutes ago, Acee83 said:

New here! Finally got a date for surgery 9/24

Sent from my SM-G965U using BariatricPal mobile app

You and I are surgery day buddies!

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Mine is September 4th. 26 years old, 5”11, 425lbs. Tired of being heavy and have tried everything under the sun to loose weight. I played college football and work a very physically demanding job. Here for about the past 6 months it seems like everyone around me can do physical activity so much easier than me, so that was the last straw. I’m self pay and moved pretty fast about getting it scheduled. Did my endoscope yesterday, no hernias or ulcers, just some reflux and eroded esophagus but doc said that can be fixed afterwards and it won’t interfere with surgery, so that is a blessing. I officially start the low fat diet on the 21st but have already started it. Pysch evaluation next week and pre surgery registration, along with an MRI for my lower back due to sciatic nerve pain (another reason I am getting surgery, have had previous back surgery from a disc, and have been told my weight is not helping). All in all I’m excited and ready but having anxiety about going under even though I did well yesterday with going under for the endoscope. That and the thought of knowing that 3/4 of my stomach is gone seems like it will be a strange feeling, but the end goal is worth it in my mind.

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On 8/16/2018 at 3:08 PM, Heifzilla said:

September 24th, here!

I’m self-pay so don’t have to jump through any hoops except attend a class where I learn about my pre-op diet and eating afterwards, etc..

Awesome & welcome!

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On 8/16/2018 at 5:24 PM, balrog429 said:

I just got word that I’m scheduled for September 7th! Pretty excited.

Sweet! one after me! Welcome!

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19 hours ago, hb2392 said:

Mine is September 4th. 26 years old, 5”11, 425lbs. Tired of being heavy and have tried everything under the sun to loose weight. I played college football and work a very physically demanding job. Here for about the past 6 months it seems like everyone around me can do physical activity so much easier than me, so that was the last straw. I’m self pay and moved pretty fast about getting it scheduled. Did my endoscope yesterday, no hernias or ulcers, just some reflux and eroded esophagus but doc said that can be fixed afterwards and it won’t interfere with surgery, so that is a blessing. I officially start the low fat diet on the 21st but have already started it. Pysch evaluation next week and pre surgery registration, along with an MRI for my lower back due to sciatic nerve pain (another reason I am getting surgery, have had previous back surgery from a disc, and have been told my weight is not helping). All in all I’m excited and ready but having anxiety about going under even though I did well yesterday with going under for the endoscope. That and the thought of knowing that 3/4 of my stomach is gone seems like it will be a strange feeling, but the end goal is worth it in my mind.

Welcome! Good luck with everything for your pre-op phase. I cannot even imagine trying to go the self-pay route.

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      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.

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