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Brandy~

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Brandy~    2

Brandy~
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Hi all I just got the famous call :ohmy: Seems I am going to be banded in April on the 23rd. I am over the moon atm.

Eugene, oregon here :)

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JohnC    31

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Congrads Brandy, I am also getting banded on April 23rd in St. Louis, Mo. Hope we can stay in touch in our journeys. John

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Brandy~    2

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Congrads Brandy, I am also getting banded on April 23rd in St. Louis, Mo. Hope we can stay in touch in our journeys. John

Hooray! You're the first to be 4/23 bandster hope theres plenty more to keep us company :rolleyes:

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pearlygirl    1

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YES!! I am on day two of liquids and yikes! I hear that the first few days are the worst so I am fully expecting it to get easier...are you doing a preop diet?

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Brandy~    2

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YES!! I am on day two of liquids and yikes! I hear that the first few days are the worst so I am fully expecting it to get easier...are you doing a preop diet?

I had bloodwork done today. I go in on 4/17 for my Preop with surgeon... if I have lost 5-10 pounds they said they wont put me on a pre op diet.. currently I have lost more than that but it's almost that time of the month so I am gonna balloon up any second I hope they realize that :rolleyes2:

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JohnC    31

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Well it's 1 week & counting, starting to get a little nervous :tongue: but I just came back from the support group meeting tonight now I'm back to excited. Guess I'll just be glad when the surgery/recovery phase is over with. Anyway good luck to everyone & keep in touch. :)

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Brandy~    2

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Well it's 1 week & counting, starting to get a little nervous :tongue: but I just came back from the support group meeting tonight now I'm back to excited. Guess I'll just be glad when the surgery/recovery phase is over with. Anyway good luck to everyone & keep in touch. :)

I am off to my pre op appt this morning... I am so excited :wink2:

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Brandy~    2

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I have to admit I am so freaking excited! I just finished all my pre op with the anestiesiologist (sp?) lol

Anyway my surgeon said I had enough weight loss that I dont have to be on a liquid diet just dont eat after midnight on the 22 :tt1:

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mommakatx2    0

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Hello and congrats to everyone! I'm Bente and I'm also being banded on the 23rd :). What time will everyone's surgery be? I think I'm on for 0800 EST. I have to be there by 0600 and the nurse told be the surg time will be about 2 hours after my arrival time.

I am SO SO SO SO SO excited!!!!!

Can't wait to keep up with fellow band-day members!!

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Brandy~    2

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Finally tomorrow I check in at 5am! :) Then surgery at 7:50.. Hope they give me some good drugs from 5- surgery hehe

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katie78    0

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ME TOO! Being banded in Chicago tomorrow morning! Excited and nervous! I had to do two days of a liquid diet, and I'm STARVING! But I HOPE that after the surgery when I'm sore and not feeling 100%, the urge to eat won't be so strong...we can only hope! Good luck to everyone tomorrow:thumbs_up:, make sure one of us starts a new thread after we are up to it, so we can support each other!:glare:

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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

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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.

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

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