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Hello! My name is Jill and I am very excited to be having my lap-band surgery in 2 weeks! I am having surgery in Mexico with Dr. Kuri (any Kuri patients out there?? I would love to hear about your experience!). My best friend and I are having the surgery together. We have been planning for a couple of months now and I can not believe it is so close now. I am feeling very comfortable about the surgery, however the first weeks after, have me pretty nervous. I am definatly an emotional eater and I do love sugar -- I have started a high protien diet and am slowly cutting back on the sugar. I have also been seeing a councilor to help deal with the emotional aspects. Still... I am concerned, but definatly more excited and motivated than anything else!

Jill

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Hi Jill. Just wanted to wish you luck. Kind of cool that you are doing it with your friend. Make sure to follow that band rules with your eating and things should work out fine for you. Take care.

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Well, I am thrilled to see your entry. I am going to have the procedure with Dr. Kuri in TJ also. I am also very anxious about the emotional eating. i eat fine all day long and then graze at home in the evening. i am a recovering addict and know the feeling of helplesness and hopelessness of the addictive eating. I have only a glimmer of hope in the procedure but know that that's all I need to get started. I didn't know how I wans't going to drink and drug when I got sober but God put in my life the people and support that I needed. I trust that this is happening even now with the eating:thumbup:. I get banded on 4-24-09. How about you?

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Well, I am thrilled to see your entry. I am going to have the procedure with Dr. Kuri in TJ also. I am also very anxious about the emotional eating. i eat fine all day long and then graze at home in the evening. i am a recovering addict and know the feeling of helplesness and hopelessness of the addictive eating. I have only a glimmer of hope in the procedure but know that that's all I need to get started. I didn't know how I wans't going to drink and drug when I got sober but God put in my life the people and support that I needed. I trust that this is happening even now with the eating:thumbup:. I get banded on 4-24-09. How about you?

Hello and congradulations on your path! You will do awesome! I actually had surgery last June... I am very happy with my decision. It certainly hasn't been easy and I have definatly broken some rules, but I am learning and it is getting easier. I still struggle with eating for health rather than just shoving food. I think it will always be a struggle for me, but it is worth it. I feel so much better than I did nearly a year ago. I have lost 65 pounds and have 40 or 50 to go. My faith has undoubtably gotten me through the tough times... I know that God will not give me more than I can endure and that through Him all things are possible (even saying "no" to that awesome chocolate cake that is calling my name!!)

I will be excited to hear how things go for you. Dr. Kuri is awesome; the entire Mexico experience was really good!

Good luck to you!!

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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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    • 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

        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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