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Hi everyone.. My name is Melissa.. I hope to be banded in October.. I have already begun my pre surgery test.. I have my 3rd appointment on Aug 26th and then we will schedule my pre op appointment for the middle of september and hopefully surgery in the first week of OCT. I am super excited and look forward this is very challenging and rewarding chapter of my life..I am blessed to be starting this journey with my husband who will have his surgery about two weeks before me and My sister who had hers back in May..

I will post some before pictures shortly. I can't wait to be able to post my one year post ops like I have been looking at on here.. It is going to be an amazing journey. Congrats to all those who have began their journey, good luck to those who are just beginning, and best wishes to everyone as we continue our journey for life :lol:

I look forward to talking with everyone..:biggrin2:

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lindar172    1

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Welcome! I am also in Tampa and have my surgery tomorrow. Who is you Doctor? I have Dr Dietrick. Good luck with your journey.

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Dr. Dietrick is also my Doctor.. I have my cardiac clearance on the 19th I could not find a doctor to get me in sooner :) then I meet with the dietician on the 26th.. Good Luck on your surgery.. You are going to do WONDERFUL...

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Hi Melissa my name is Melisa too only its spelled Melisa. Im in the process of seeing the nutritionist and taking care of appointments at this time. Im hoping to have my surgery within a month. Im keeping my fingers crossed that insurance doesnt hold me up at all!! Good luck with your journey as well.:thumbup:

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Hey Melisa. Good Luck with your process.. I am very excited about this transition and journey. I can not wait to get my cardiac clearance and then I meet with the dietician. I am blessed to have an insurance that does give difficulties in approving the surgery. I wish you the best of luck and hope all goes well for you.. Heres hoping for a surgery in the next month for you :thumbup: and one in OCT for me :lol:

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Thank you so much! Today is my appointment with the dietition and i cant wait!! Ive been trying to maintain or even gain a little weight before this appointment because my bmi is right at 40. However i just got diagnosed with gerd. (gastro esopphigal reflux disease) so i think that works as a co morbidity. I will keep my fingers crossed. Isnt that sad. lol anyways im sure everthing will be fine..i just get all nervouse that something will go wrong where i cant have it for some stupid reason. But i dont think that will happen. I also need to make my psy appointment today. I hope they can get me in soon. Then all i will have i think is bloodwork, ekg and maybe an ultrasound of my gallbladder? we shall see. good luck w everything!!:)

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Hey Melisa .. Do you realize how hard it is for me to type melisa with only one S ha ha.. Anyways, I hope your appointments went well.. I am looking forward to my next one.. I have no appointments this week and I feel like I am forgetting to do something haha.. Oh well next week will start busy busy appointments again :wink2: just wanted to see how it went.. have a good evening.

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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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