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cruisemissile

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neptune693    0

neptune693
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Good Luck Patty! Dr. Dietrick banded me on 4/14/08 and so far I have lost 53lbs, give or take a pound. He is an incredible surgeon, and I'm sure you will have a very positive experience! I wish you the best of luck!!

Take care!!

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Pradice73    0

Pradice73
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I appreciate that. He seems like a really nice guy and look forward to working with him. At this point I am just anxious to get there.

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Pradice73    0

Pradice73
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OK, so everything looks wonderful at this point. Now is when the nervousness sets in cause I have had so much going on and not sure what to think until insurance approves everything.

Well the good news is insurance approved it as of September 11th and I have my pre-op appointment on Tuesday. I know that they will explain everything to me on tuesday but does anyone who had it done at UCH can they tell me what the pre-2 weeks were like?

thanks

patty

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meschultz    0

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Hey Patty. I am having my surgery at UCH also. I have my preop appt on Thursday and my surgery on OCt 1st so I am like 2 days behind you, but my husband had his pre op last week and is about a week a head of us. Basically for the next two weeks you will simply be drinking 2 Protein shakes and having a no carb dinner. take notes and ask questions at the preop appointment they give you a lot of information. I was at the visit with him for just the dietician and felt overwhelmed ha ha, but once i got home and looked at everything they gave him i felt better .. It will help for when i go to my pre op appointment I wont feel so flooded with information. Dr. D is an amazing guy and I am glad he is doing our surgeries. His staff also is great and makes you feel very comfortable to ask anything or contact them at anytime. It is comfortable knowing we are going through such a big change in our lives with such a great support system..

Did you get the info on the new location? the new office is just beautiful.. Good luck :lol:

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AMC    0

AMC
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I don't know if any of you guys are still looking for a local support group but here is one that is just starting up. Come check it out. :)

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AMC    0

AMC
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I still am looking. Sent you an email. Can't wat to hear from you.

cool just click here and join up. :)

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blooeyes68    0

blooeyes68
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anyone know of any support groups in North Tampa?

The only one I know of is at Tampa General once/month (its actually a long drive from where I live).

I live in New Tampa, almost in Pasco County.

Does anyone know if University Community Hospital provides post op support groups?

i know this is an old post but were any groups formed in this area?

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    • Alisa_S

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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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    • Alisa_S

      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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      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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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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