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Maybe that rotten little kid that walked up to me and asked Are you fat or just a Lady? maybe with a shape again he won't be confused. I really wanted to tell him--- Go PLAY in traffic Junior--- but it wouldn't be very nice of me!

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Dang, I just found out that due to an issue with the OR, my surgery is being pushed back a week. I was already well into my liquid diet phase 😩 Oh well, still on its way, I just have to wait a little longer. My new surgery date is Nov. 13th. On the plus side, my insurance already approved my VSG, and I only needed to pay $300 for the whole thing. So I'm definitely feeling relieved.

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I'm scheduled for November 8th. I'm also a teacher, and scared of the recovery because our jobs are so demanding. Guess I'll find out soon.

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Anyone else stall out on loosing weight on the liquid diet? I am on day 9 today and haven't lost much of anything for the last 3 days. I lost 11 lbs really fast when I started liquids, but then haven't really lost anything for a few days. Just wondering if that is normal.

Either way I am excited I made it this far, liquid diet was the scariest part for me, and I am down to my last 2 days with surgery scheduled for Monday 11/5. Getting so close!

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On 9/27/2018 at 2:17 PM, theresahyatt19 said:

I am scheduled for Nov 27

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Me too!

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On 10/31/2018 at 20:55, Pznapd said:

Had my final meeting with the surgeon. Surgery scheduled for November 19. Waiting on final approval from insurance. This is getting real, but I'm ready for this next phase in my life.
Got the call today, approved by insurance!!! Excited and anxious all at the same time😀😀😀😀😀

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Yes jld I have lost a pound this week on liquids I am on Tuesday. Good luck on Monday!!

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Starting to think about what I need to take to the hospital for surgery and after? I hadn’t really thought about it yet. Any suggestions on what we need to have there?

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T- minus 5 days until surgery for me! I’m down about 8 lbs from the pre-op diet which is helping me with the reassurance I need to keep going.

Im curious, how long is everyone going to be out of works? I’m anticipating at least a week which is what the surgeon said, but the office laughed and staff seemed to think more.

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On 10/25/2018 at 12:19 PM, Calah said:

I finally finally finally found out from the United health care choice plus that I’m approved!!!!! Waiting for nurse to call me so we can set a date! Praying I can do November

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4 minutes ago, rch1286 said:

T- minus 5 days until surgery for me! I’m down about 8 lbs from the pre-op diet which is helping me with the reassurance I need to keep going.

Im curious, how long is everyone going to be out of works? I’m anticipating at least a week which is what the surgeon said, but the office laughed and staff seemed to think more.

I'm gonna be out 5-6 weeks but I'm a paramedic and it requires a lot of lifting my is scheduled for Nov 13th good luck and keep up the good work with the weight lost

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T- minus 5 days until surgery for me! I’m down about 8 lbs from the pre-op diet which is helping me with the reassurance I need to keep going.
Im curious, how long is everyone going to be out of works? I’m anticipating at least a week which is what the surgeon said, but the office laughed and staff seemed to think more.
I plan on being out only a week or less my job too thinks it will be longer. I have done really well on pre op that its crazy..so far down 18.8 as of this morning..super excited for next Thursday.

SW 306.6 CW 284.8 GW 135

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1 hour ago, rch1286 said:

T- minus 5 days until surgery for me! I’m down about 8 lbs from the pre-op diet which is helping me with the reassurance I need to keep going.

Im curious, how long is everyone going to be out of works? I’m anticipating at least a week which is what the surgeon said, but the office laughed and staff seemed to think more.

I'm planning on two full weeks after and see how I feel after that. My friend just had it done in September and took two weeks and she was still very exhausted and trying to get her meals on track. I'll be on a 10 pound weight restriction for a month, so if there is any heavy lifting at your work you either can't go back or can't do those activities for a while. My date is set for Nov 21. I had to lose 25 lbs and as of yesterday I'm down 57 since June!

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On 11/03/2018 at 07:46, rch1286 said:



T- minus 5 days until surgery for me! I’m down about 8 lbs from the pre-op diet which is helping me with the reassurance I need to keep going.




Im curious, how long is everyone going to be out of works? I’m anticipating at least a week which is what the surgeon said, but the office laughed and staff seemed to think more.


I'm taking off three weeks.

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Just got my date for Nov 19; it’s starting to get real now. Ordered Protein Water from Amazon. Stocked up on broth and Jello. Ultrasound of the gall bladder and upper endoscopy and pre/op this week. Start diet next. Yeah!

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    • 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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      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.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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