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April surgeries

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  • SlowDoris
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    My surgery is feeling very real now, having just booked a taxi to get myself to the hospital on Sunday morning (April 25th). The hospital is a 1hr drive away which isn't great (largely because of the

  • deena10
    deena10

    Hi everyone! I am also April 13th! Day two of the full liquid diet! I chose gastric bypass for my journey because of my Gerd! Full liquid diet requirements are quite strict and is really terrible i

  • ShoppGirl
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    I started questioning it. But I knew in my heart that I had done well on diets before....until I didn’t (and then I gained it all back).

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I'm April 13, too!

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    Hi everyone! I am also April 13th! Day two of the full liquid diet! I chose gastric bypass for my journey because of my Gerd! Full liquid diet requirements are quite strict and is really terrible in my opinion. Just getting by and convincing myself it could be worse! Let me know how you are all doing where you are at in your process! Headed to the pre op appointment with the Doc now. Have a wonderful day! I am Deena ,51 Ohio!

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    I'm April 13th too! I don't know if I'm relieved or concerned that I don't have to do a pre-op diet. My surgeon doesn't require one! Hmmm....

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    On 3/31/2021 at 11:24 AM, deena10 said:

    Hi everyone! I am also April 13th! Day two of the full liquid diet! I chose gastric bypass for my journey because of my Gerd! Full liquid diet requirements are quite strict and is really terrible in my opinion. Just getting by and convincing myself it could be worse! Let me know how you are all doing where you are at in your process! Headed to the pre op appointment with the Doc now. Have a wonderful day! I am Deena ,51 Ohio!

    deena10 I'm on day four of the liquid diet. Mine is very strict, too. Down 4.6 lbs so far; my doc wants a 10 lb loss by the surgery date. I'll see her on Monday for final visit before the big day the following week.

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    On 03/29/2021 at 16:15, BigDreamer2021 said:



    I just got my Surgery date! Its April 26th...anyone else having surgery in April??


    I’m having surgery the same day currently on week 3 of my 6 week pre op liquid diet
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    On 04/02/2021 at 21:31, BigDreamer2021 said:






    How is that going?


    So I’m proud to say Sunday will wrap up 3 weeks and I have not cheated mentally I’ve had good days and bad days the bad days I had I was on my period and I was just a mess I’m a special case normally pre op liquid diet is 2 weeks I am contemplating eating actual food Sunday then jumping back on but idk if I’ll actually do it
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    8 hours ago, emma6588 said:

    So I’m proud to say Sunday will wrap up 3 weeks and I have not cheated mentally I’ve had good days and bad days the bad days I had I was on my period and I was just a mess I’m a special case normally pre op liquid diet is 2 weeks I am contemplating eating actual food Sunday then jumping back on but idk if I’ll actually do it

    I'm sure it's hard but hang in there do not mess up! Think about the goal your working towards.... I said when I start mine on the 16th and I get tempted, Imma look at a picture of me at my highest weight to keep me focused

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    April 14th, 2021! Pumped to get it done!

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