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On ‎8‎/‎23‎/‎2020 at 6:48 PM, Kerryp22 said:

Hey guys! :)

how long did it take from your 1st appointment to scheduling surgery?

Wishing you all every success in your surgery

I had my consultation On July 29th and got my approval on 8/20. My original surgery date was on 9/8 but I changed it to 9/14. Good Luck

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Man my Gastric Bypass liquid diet (2 days in!) has so far been a BEAST of a mental and hunger battle. But I know it must be done to avoid being opened up and sewn back up and had no surgery. I had 120 oz of Water today, 800 calories, and 100 grams of Protein. I heard the first 3 days are the toughest and then it gets easier!

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5 minutes ago, TARACADDELL said:

Hello my name is Tara and I’m from Kentucky. I’m having the sleeve done next month. I’m hoping it’s between Sept. 7 and the 14th.

Hey Tara, I'm kerry. Best of luck to you! I'm in Pennsylvania just started the process so I see the weight management next month then they transfer me to a surgeon so im not really familiar with how it all works! But you guys have been great. Good luck with your surgery

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8 hours ago, drawingdami said:

If it hadn't been for the lockdown, it would have taken about 3 months. Now I am scheduled for Sept. 2, so 6 months in all. A tip: Try to schedule as many of the tests as you can into as few days as possible. It was a real pain in my butt to go back and forth for the various appointments and tests!

Hey thank you so much for your for the tip!

I have my weight management appointment in sept then they refer me to the surgeon so im not really sure what to expect at any of the appointments!

Wishing you the very best not long now for you

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44 minutes ago, gtotheb said:

Man my Gastric Bypass liquid diet (2 days in!) has so far been a BEAST of a mental and hunger battle. But I know it must be done to avoid being opened up and sewn back up and had no surgery. I had 120 oz of Water today, 800 calories, and 100 grams of Protein. I heard the first 3 days are the toughest and then it gets easier!

hey you're doing great! you have the right frame of mind, you will ease through it,, You have your mind set! How many days left for you?

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7 hours ago, Sky _B said:

I had my consultation On July 29th and got my approval on 8/20. My original surgery date was on 9/8 but I changed it to 9/14. Good Luck

Awesome best of luck!

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7 hours ago, Sky _B said:

I had my consultation On July 29th and got my approval on 8/20. My original surgery date was on 9/8 but I changed it to 9/14. Good Luck

Best of luck!!

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On 8/23/2020 at 3:48 PM, Kerryp22 said:

Hey guys! :)

how long did it take from your 1st appointment to scheduling surgery?

Wishing you all every success in your surgery

Around may 11 was my first appointment with the surgeon then on aug 10 the bariatric nurse scheduled me for august 28 surgery date. Insurance approved preauth july 31 before i even completed egd, sleep study, etc lol. Mine may be pushed back due to covid so i am in both august and sept threads.

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4 hours ago, gtotheb said:

Man my Gastric Bypass liquid diet (2 days in!) has so far been a BEAST of a mental and hunger battle. But I know it must be done to avoid being opened up and sewn back up and had no surgery. I had 120 oz of Water today, 800 calories, and 100 grams of Protein. I heard the first 3 days are the toughest and then it gets easier!

I am also on the preop diet. Mine was mandatory Bariatric Advantage kit

i am also trying to be careful of liver

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Mine is literally Sept 2nd. Aaahhh so excited

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September is getting close, y'all! Some of us on our pre-op diet already & for the rest of you guys it won't be long! I'm glad I joined this thread because we are going to need each other for support in these coming months. I wish every one of you a wonderful journey as we strive to re-gain our health & lives back! 😀

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15 hours ago, gtotheb said:

Man my Gastric Bypass liquid diet (2 days in!) has so far been a BEAST of a mental and hunger battle. But I know it must be done to avoid being opened up and sewn back up and had no surgery. I had 120 oz of Water today, 800 calories, and 100 grams of Protein. I heard the first 3 days are the toughest and then it gets easier!

Isn't it just AWFUL?! I am half way through. I think most people are fine after day three, unfortunately, I am still hungry😢 and I have had a constant headache from caffeine withdrawal. I keep thinking about hard boiled eggs and plums. I don't even LIKE eggs! Six more days to go...we can do this!

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      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.

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

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