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I don't know what to say. It is not like she went through this stuff, she is going through it right at this very moment. Count your blessings and .........

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Thanks for letting us know about her most recent update. Gosh I feel for that poor woman. I don't know how she will even withstand the surgeries and chemotherapy she sounds so weak and deflated already. I will definitely pray for her. I can't even begin to imagine what her life is like right now.

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I have a friend who did the RNY. My insurance approved her for that right away(we have the same insurance plan). Yet with the lapband they are jackin their jaws and taking there sweet time. Well she decided to go with the quick approval. Her starting weight was 404lbs. That was in December of 2004. Her weight now is 280lbs. Her blood pressure is under control but now she is diabetic. When we started it was just the blood pressure and the weight. Now she has traded her BP pill for Glucophage(diabetic pill). Her Vitamin B12 is so out of whack that she has to get shots weekly for that. All of her hair fell out and she still can't eat very much. It took her 2 days to eat a carnation oatmeal Breakfast pack. When we go out it is 2 bites and she is either full or running to the bathroom. I have also seen very good outcomes of RNY but for me one bad apple spoils the whole bunch. Last night we talked on the phone and her words to me was I should have waited like you did. She is alot smaller than she has ever been since I met her 16 years ago but a light from her is gone. She takes 2 pills a day now . One for diabetes and the other for depression, and a shot every week. DeeDee

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This is so sad. I feel so horrible for her and her poor family.

I feel like an idiot for anything I've complained about... her story really puts things into perpective.

She's inspired me to try to live my life healthier... to quit smoking, tanning, etc. To take my Vitamins, drink my Water, and eat my vegetables.

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this is really really sad. I feel for her and her family and couldnt imagine what there going through right now. She has gone through so much .

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I read through all of her posts & I am hurting for her. It makes me realize just how good I have it. Even if I hadn't gotten the band I would still be counting my blessings. I've prayed & will continue to pray for her & her family.

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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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