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Anyone from WV???

NikkiD

By NikkiD, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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Froggi    4

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WEST VIRGINIA HERE :biggrin: Wood county lol

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kiz    1

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Ex-WV'an here. At the lap band seminar, there was a map of the US with all the states color coded for percentage of obese. WV and one other state now hold the dubious honor of moving up to a whole new level of color coding for over a 30% obesity rate (I believe that's the number). My ancestors go all the way back on both sides of my family to the 1700s. I don't think I ever stood a chance genetically. :biggrin:

My husband and I both were born in Parkersburg and lived in WV until our early 20s. I live in VA now, but I get back to WV at least once a year.

Much success to all of you!

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Froggi    4

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kiz was a wood countier too <33333333333

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kiz    1

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kiz was a wood countier too <33333333333

YEP!! THAT'S WHERE MY HEART IS! :biggrin:

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theherd    0

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No, Joy told me today that I have to be there on July 1 at 9:00 am for a class that lasts a couple of hours and then after that there is something else that I have to attend.

Yes, Joy is super as well as the dietician,and man I like dr. Robarts.I have no worrys about him doing my surgery

My wife also works at St.Mary's.

I am already on a low carb diet due to high triglicerides that I have to get done,so Joy told me today just to stay with the program from now untill surgery.

See you are HERD fan,I am also,I bleed green always have.

Season Ticket holder (many years),big green and everything else,and yes I am a member of HERDNATION.

Nice talking to you and hope we can share this journey and maybe help each other out with some tips along the way.

Good luck to you.

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dtoliver    0

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I am from Charleston, WV but live in Hurricane. I am seeing Dr. Bali. I had my first consult last week. He says I am a good candidate so we are starting the process. We are hoping that we can get BCBS to move a little quicker than the six months. My surgeon's office says that they have gotten a little better over the last year or so. They will be calling me next week to schedule the psych part of it. I am really excited about the whole thing. The only part that scares me is being put to sleep. I was even awake for my hysterectomy.

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kdlee    0

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Parkersburg gal here! Just starting the process with Dr. Kaplan.

J

I'm in Belpre. Dr. Kaplan is doing my surgery on June 30th!

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dtoliver    0

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Cool. I know you are excited!!!! I will be coming to Vienna this weekend for the multi-cultural fest!!!!

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I'm planning on taking the kidlets to the festival this weekend. They love the music and the food!

Hubby and I are both having it done. I guess since it was his idea I have to let him go first:crying: But I'm ready NOW! I'm hoping we can both do the testing/evaluations/meetings together and then space our surgeries out a month.

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I am going to a friend's house, Raven's Haven, she used to run a parrot rescue and they are taking me to the festival. I am so excited. I, too, want the surgery done, yesterday. But the only consolation is that it will not be as long as it has been.

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I'm planning on taking the kidlets to the festival this weekend. They love the music and the food!

Hubby and I are both having it done. I guess since it was his idea I have to let him go first:crying: But I'm ready NOW! I'm hoping we can both do the testing/evaluations/meetings together and then space our surgeries out a month.

My husband and I are both having it done, too. His will be sometime in July. We had talked about doing the surgeries together, but decided it would be better to space them apart.

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I am originally from Charleston but live in Hurricane. I met Sherri because I to have parrots and we have another mutual friend. Hope to see you at the festival. I will be there Saturday day and I am spending the night so I might get to see some things on Sunday also.

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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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        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.

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