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On 10/10/2018 at 15:31, Snaver said:

Thought I posted a few days ago. Don’t see it, so here’s a re-post.

Started liquid diet on Sept 27 (Optifast 900), for surgery on Oct 18.

@snaver I have been waiting for you!! Finally I have a surgery twin :) hope pre-op is going well for you!

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@mommytina I’m on week two and eating puréed if that helps :)

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On 10/10/2018 at 20:45, sleevemebaby7781 said:

I messed up. Took a couple bites of homemade chicken taquitos that I made for my boys... is this going to make me sick?? I already don't feel so great.

HW 230
SW 218 (10/4/2018)
GW 130


I think if it didn’t make you sick within the first hour you’ll be ok.. I can’t imagine how hard it must be being around other people eating all the time. I live alone so don’t have that issue.


Side note: anyone else who was sleeved and has steri strips seriously ITCHY??? I am trying so hard not to scratch but it’s become distracting!! Could it be an allergy or am I just healing?

Thanks all!

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10 minutes ago, JennieJuniper said:


Side note: anyone else who was sleeved and has steri strips seriously ITCHY??? I am trying so hard not to scratch but it’s become distracting!! Could it be an allergy or am I just healing?

YES!! Sort of. I don't think I have steri-strips. I have some kind of purple glue over the incisions. But it is itching (or the incisions themselves are?) so much. I know wounds itch at a certain point in the healing process, and I'm hoping that point is very short-lived, because it's driving me batty.

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It could, it could, I am recovering from an inch of rAW banana. Oh that won't hurt anything. Wanna bet? My chest gets hurting and at my age that is not a GOODb sign. And I puked and puked a while more. All from,an amount i Imight have fed a baby with.
See that's where smart people can excel, I cant get any.

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On 10/10/2018 at 20:11, JennieJuniper said:

I think if it didn’t make you sick within the first hour you’ll be ok.. I can’t imagine how hard it must be being around other people eating all the time. I live alone so don’t have that issue.





Side note: anyone else who was sleeved and has steri strips seriously ITCHY??? I am trying so hard not to scratch but it’s become distracting!! Could it be an allergy or am I just healing?



Thanks all!
I have steri strips, the band aids came off tonight as they were irritating my skin but left the big incision one on till after shower in morning. My strips are itchy tho and have to wait till they fall off!! I think you are just healing.

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When is the stomach ache going to go away? It’s causing me to be nauseous

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I am still waiting to hear about INS approval. It’s so hard. Everyday I’m at work and look at my phone a thousand times. Congrats. Hope I a an October sleever. 😀😀

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Packing my hospital bag! Surgery on Saturday! I am nervous and excited and trying not to think about it too much because I know I will freak myself out so just trying to be as positive and prepared as possible right now.

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I think if it didn’t make you sick within the first hour you’ll be ok.. I can’t imagine how hard it must be being around other people eating all the time. I live alone so don’t have that issue.


Side note: anyone else who was sleeved and has steri strips seriously ITCHY??? I am trying so hard not to scratch but it’s become distracting!! Could it be an allergy or am I just healing?

Thanks all!
Same issue! I dont think its the steri strips just the incisions themselves. So itchy!

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I had my surgery October 4! Hello everyone!

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I took off the band aids and it’s much less itchy! I feel like I need to have the steri strips covered though, just in case? Maybe I can leave them for a day or so at least.

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Hello salsalawyer! How are you feeling? My surgery is coming up on the 16th!

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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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      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.

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