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@pumpkiinry LOOKS like you will be at your first appointment while ill be having my surgery (its getting closer and I am a lil nervous and excited) I can only speak for myself I personally didn't ask that many questions ay my first appointment but I encourage you to ask as many questions that your wanting to know or curious about. Have you decided on which procedure you are going to have? I had questions on the other types of procedures after I had choose then the RNY which with my doctors advisement I switched to the sleeve …because it was the best for me I wish you all the luck !!! wish I could offer up more as far as questions I am certain there are other who will

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Are you seeing your primary or a surgeon? When I saw my primary she told me about some patients she's had over the years and how well they're doing and how it really benefitted them. We discussed some pertinent health issues that could be resolved and/or prevented with the surgery. With her it was pretty cut and dry.

With my surgeon we discussed all the options, he took into consideration what procedure I wanted and laid the ground work. We discussed my health history, weight history, what worked, what didn't, and then discussed the different options available. My surgeon definitely prefers the bypass and the sleeve over the lap band. Most will have you do an EGD to look at the inside of your stomach and see how things look, mine took a couple biopsies and revealed some nasty damage from GERD which I was totally unaware of. I also had to do a psych eval as that was required by the surgeon and the insurance and then some appointments with my primary and finally surgery! I really like my surgeon, he's awesome, he explains everything, doesn't talk over you, and listens to your concerns.

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I am going to my consultation tomorrow. I am having a horrible time giving up Diet Soda. Suggestions?

Practice makes perfect start slow and you will be off drinking sodas I did it and I don't miss it...

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On 9/16/2019 at 9:48 PM, LAMSLT said:

I am going to my consultation tomorrow. I am having a horrible time giving up Diet Soda. Suggestions?

I'm thinking that is going to be one of my biggest bugaboo's too. Giving up the soda. I decided to do it during my 4 months of nutrition consults, while I gear up for my surgical consult in January. Like this month (my starting month) I'm not limiting how much diet soda I drink. Next month, I'll limit to 2 per day. In December, 1 per day, so that by January I'm completely off. I still don't think it's going to be easy, but I'm happy with my plan. You may be post-op by now; how did you finally get off soda?

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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.

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

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