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August 25 band date

TheWatcher

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my surgury date got moved forward to the 25th so im hella juiced but im getting more and more antsy by the day .... not because of the surgery but because sat i got the flu. no im done with the fever and i feel 100 time better but i still have a really slight cough mostly from post nasal drip and a runny nose.... will this jeopardize my surgery??

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Glad you're feeling better and sorry that you got sick! That stinks!

I have NO idea if it will hurt surgery or not. I'd be more concerned about the coughing though after surgery. Can you take a little something that has no aspirin in it to help? Might need to call your surgeon's office and ask them what they think. I have heard about others getting sick right before surgery but I haven't heard of any of them getting canceled.

I also wanted to say welcome to the 25th!! There are several of us getting banded on the 25th! If you want, check out the August '08 threads. I'm so excited!! I know this weekend I'll probably be flipping out but not right now! I have to be at the hospital by 6:30AM, we have to leave the house by 5 b/c it's an hour away AND they're doing roadwork during the night on the highway, so that means I need to be up no later than 4AM! UGH!! Don't know that I'll be sleeping much anyway! :thumbup:

Take care and rest as much as you can to let yourself get better.

PS> Oh wait! I just remembered! My mom had PS done in March and she was seriously ill the 2 weeks before surgery AND had to work b/c she was going to be gone for so long afterwards. They didn't cancel her BUT her recovery was longer b/c her system was so low at the time of surgery. You sound like you're doing much better than she was though.

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my surgury date got moved forward to the 25th so im hella juiced but im getting more and more antsy by the day .... not because of the surgery but because sat i got the flu. no im done with the fever and i feel 100 time better but i still have a really slight cough mostly from post nasal drip and a runny nose.... will this jeopardize my surgery??

Watcher, awesome news! I've been wondering where you been, man! Long time no post!!

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Watcher, awesome news! I've been wondering where you been, man! Long time no post!!

Thanks... man...

yeah for a while there i was stressin about the surgery then the funk hit the fan at work... on top of that i literally met to woman of my dreams:wub: and lost her:confused2:... so i was more than happy when Stanford called and pushed my surgury forward... put things back in perspective.

Whats good on your end

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It's all good. Been steadily (but slowly) losing the belly. You'll be there too very soon, it sounds like!

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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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