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Hi, glad to hear you lost somemore. Boy it is a small world isn't it. I moved to Hokes Bluff about 4 years ago. We will have to get together and give moral support to each other. I dont know how to send a private msg. Who knows, we may even know each other lol.

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To send a private message you click on my underlined name in the corner and it gives you several options to do. Click on send private message. I THINK. I will try it.

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Hi All!

I apologize, but I can not remember who went to Dr. Miles down here. That is who I am going to see. I have gone through all of the "red" tape, BCBS has approved me and I still have not been given a surgery date. When did Naomi give you a date? I was wondering if anyone else has had any problems in that area. I am with you on the c-section thing. I have had 3 of them and if you are in pain, I bet I will be too!:)

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Hi All!

I apologize, but I can not remember who went to Dr. Miles down here. That is who I am going to see. I have gone through all of the "red" tape, BCBS has approved me and I still have not been given a surgery date. When did Naomi give you a date? I was wondering if anyone else has had any problems in that area. I am with you on the c-section thing. I have had 3 of them and if you are in pain, I bet I will be too!:teeth_smile:

Dr. Miles is also my doctor. I was banded two weeks ago (on the 15th) and I had completed all of my requirements back in April. I couldn't believe it took so long. Naeomi would tell me that she was submitting my paperwork during a certain week. I would call two weeks later only to find out that it was being submitted at that time. When I was complete, I started calling and emailing Naeomi frequently. I was finally given the July date during the last week of May. I was getting so frustrated with them that I was about to start looking at other doctors. I begged for something sooner, but it all worked out great. I start eating mushies tomorrow. I thought this day would never get here. Hang in there. He's a great doctor.

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That is great to hear. I was hoping he was a good dr. Thank ou for the encouragement. Maybe I will get there soon!

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Timandi, havent seen you on here in sometime. Hope all is well and the weight is coming off. I go Aug 2 for my 2nd fill. Hope I get a good one. Have only lost 4 lbs since last fill.

Linda

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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

      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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