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Hi Nana!! Good luck to YOU!! I have pre/op tommorrow....did you do yours yet and what exactly did this entail? They told me to plan spending the day......ut oh!!

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I didn't have to spend a day. It was a regular Dr appt with my PCP it took maybe 1hour total. Bloodwork, EKG & Chest Xray, that's it. Painless.

On Monday I see the surgeon for a preop visit, I take a anti nasuea pill the night before that he prescribed and nothing to eat or drink after 12am. Surgery is tentatively scheduled for 1:45pm.

Good Luck!

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Hi Troops! Well I did the pre/op visit yesterday...met with the surgery team and everything is a go!! All the visit entailed was an x-ray, labs, ekg...only have to do a liquid diet Monday...arrive 5:30 Tuesday morning and showtime is 7:30!! All the "what ifs" went out of my head and I am ready to go!! Good luck everyone!

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Why did you get a anti nausea pill? I tend to throw up after I get anesthesia and was wondering what to do. My doctor told me he would give me something when I leave. I should have been more specific. I tend to get sick before I get home. (2 prior surgeries)

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My Dr Prescribed 1 Pill To Take The Night Before Surgery, It's Called "emend". I Hope It Works.

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I had a little freak out yesterday and probably will have another tomorrow. My sister flys in at 5pm monday and is staying the week. God bless her!!!!

I made some Soups today. I really don't like the canned stuff. Im craving an avocado. weird:confused2:

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Ok- are all of you ready for tomorrow? I am. All liquids today. Everyone at work is being super supportive - they all brought food don't don't have to heat so it won't smell so good in here. I know I am blessed.

How is everyone today? Really want to hear from you if you are still up and around. I have to be at the hospital in the morning at 5:30 - my surgery is at 7:30.

I also wanted to ask - are all of you overnight stays or day surgery? When my sister did hers she was home that night. My doc requires an overnight.

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Hey Texgirly....Me Too!! liquids all day...have to be at the hospital 5:30 for 7:30 procedure!! Overnight stay only because I have a tendency to clot. Hopefuly in 30 minutes my life will be forever changed tommorrow. It's 4:00 now and my stomach is rumbling..."feed me".....Good luck and stay in touch!

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yep my tummy is all gurglely. My surgery time is 10:00 I have to be at the hospital at 8:30. Im going to go have a glass of wine (clear liquid) listen to the relaxation cd and try to sleep.

Night all:blush:

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Hello March 4th Banders, I'm going in at 9am and am scheduled for 10:15am. Best Wishes to all of my band brothers & sisters pre/present and post. I pray all of you have minimal pain, speedy recovery and reach your goals.

We are Marching On, CTman

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I have to be at the hospital by 10am, but I am not scheduled until the afternoon. I am calm, because I know this is a good thing, the right thing to do, but am nervous about when I wake up if pain or no pain, gas or no gas.

They weighed me yesterday, 231 lbs. YEAH!!, down 7lbs.

I pray for all of us to have a perfect surgery & speedy recovery.

Best Wishes,

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Hi everyone....surgery was on the 4th, stayed overnight and feel like a million bucks! No drama here....just sorry I waited so long!!

good luck everyone.....

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I'm feeling okay. I have soreness around my belly. NO gas pains, thank god. I am in no pain either. I am very happy so far. I just feel groggy, I am sleeping alot. Luckily I don't go back to work until Monday. I am on Clear liquids for 2 weeks.

Overall THUMBS UP!!

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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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