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I'm super shy and haven't really reached out to anyone yet. My entire process started really slow and has literally been moving so fast that it's hard to keep up. I started this process in July. My highest weight was 401 and my current weight is 360. I met with the surgeon yesterday, my surgery is scheduled for next Friday and my liquid diet starts today. It's hard to believe that I've met all my goals, got cleared from nutrition and psychology and saw the surgeon in just a few months. It been almost surreal. I'm hoping to make a few friends and help encourage people going through this process too! Here's a little bit about me:

Name: Angel

Age: 26

Height: 5'8

Cw: 360

Hw: 401

Nice to meet everyone! Good luck on your journeys.

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Welcome to the site! It's a very friendly and supportive community. What surgery are you having done?

Oh, and congrats on your losses so far! Spectacular!

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Welcome to the site! It's a very friendly and supportive community. What surgery are you having done?
Oh, and congrats on your losses so far! Spectacular!
Thank-you so much! I'm having gastric bypass done. I have bad reflux, so the sleeve isn't a good option for me.

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I'm super shy and haven't really reached out to anyone yet. My entire process started really slow and has literally been moving so fast that it's hard to keep up. I started this process in July. My highest weight was 401 and my current weight is 360. I met with the surgeon yesterday, my surgery is scheduled for next Friday and my liquid diet starts today. It's hard to believe that I've met all my goals, got cleared from nutrition and psychology and saw the surgeon in just a few months. It been almost surreal. I'm hoping to make a few friends and help encourage people going through this process too! Here's a little bit about me:
Name: Angel
Age: 26
Height: 5'8
Cw: 360
Hw: 401
Nice to meet everyone! Good luck on your journeys. [emoji3]
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Welcome [emoji106][emoji106] there's heaps of tips and recipes and "what to expect" posts and it's a great place to hang out and get inspiration, coz you name it someone has had it or done it before! Hehe

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Welcome to BP! My bypass surgery was this past Tuesday and last night was my first night home. My biggest advice is to walk. I did way more laps at the hospital then required and found myself awake at 3 am today and walked a half mile in my house - so far 2.5 miles for the day. Trying to work the bloat out. Feel free to ask questions. Summer and previous months bypass buddy threads contain lots of info as well.

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Congrats on your surgery date.

Welcome to the site and jump right in, no reason to be shy here!

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Welcome there's heaps of tips and recipes and "what to expect" posts and it's a great place to hang out and get inspiration, coz you name it someone has had it or done it before! Hehe

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Recipes would be lovely for post-op. I'll have to check it out!

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Welcome to BP! My bypass surgery was this past Tuesday and last night was my first night home. My biggest advice is to walk. I did way more laps at the hospital then required and found myself awake at 3 am today and walked a half mile in my house - so far 2.5 miles for the day. Trying to work the bloat out. Feel free to ask questions. Summer and previous months bypass buddy threads contain lots of info as well.
I actually have a few questions for you. Would you mind if I messaged you privately?

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Congrats on your surgery date.

Welcome to the site and jump right in, no reason to be shy here!
I've always been a super shy person. Especially in high school. College definitely helped me branch out! I just can't believe how fast everything is going.

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On 11/17/2018 at 08:50, Angelx said:

I actually have a few questions for you. Would you mind if I messaged you privately?

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Not at all!

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Welcome!! Don't be shy everyone here is great. You got this!! Best of luck on this incredible journey.

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So I Glad @ Jakesoldlady t9 see you're doing good!

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