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?ctober ?dyssey 2008

Miss Undastood

By Miss Undastood, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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Bimbabe    1

Bimbabe
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If all goes well and testing goes ok,my surgery date is Oct. 14. Everybody keep your fingers crossed. I have already received insurance approval.

My surgery date is 10/14/08 as well. My fingers are crossed for you.:embaressed_smile:

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Bimbabe    1

Bimbabe
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I just thought I would pop in and say I am no longer a smashing pumkin. My surgery was just moved up to next week! OMG!

GOOD LUCK! I guess you are now a September Samurai!

:embaressed_smile:

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cstauble    0

cstauble
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bimbabe, thanks for the fingers crossed. we need to keep in touch since we are banding on the same day. Are you ready and excited

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*slim*    2

*slim*
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GOOD LUCK! I guess you are now a September Samurai!

:tt1:

I am, but I had just gotten used to being a Smashing pumpkin.:)

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Bimbabe    1

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bimbabe, thanks for the fingers crossed. we need to keep in touch since we are banding on the same day. Are you ready and excited

I am sooooo absolutely excited!! I have not done any "shopping", you know like the Vitamins, Protein shakes, etc...I will probably do that this weekend. How about you>>>:)

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Gracey    7

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I am sooooo absolutely excited!! I have not done any "shopping", you know like the Vitamins, Protein shakes, etc...I will probably do that this weekend. How about you>>>:)

Jumping in...I haven't either; we need to gets with the program, ladies!

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cstauble    0

cstauble
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I have not had my dietary consult yet so I really do not even know what to buy. I was going to google liquid diet to see exactly what that involves. I just wish it was here, I am ready to start this new adventure and put this weight to rest for good.

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Gracey    7

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You might also want to look in LBT's "food and nutrition" thread. :)

Edited by SickNTired

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PandorasMom    0

PandorasMom
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I have received approval and my surgery date is 7 October. Pre-op 26 Sept and meet with the surgeon on 3 Oct. I was wondering, what is everyone doing to prepare for the surgery? I have an urge to empty my cupboards and fridge since I won't really be eating afterward. Although, I don't really know that since I won't see the nutritionist til my pre-op. I don't know what my pre or post op diet will be so I can't prepare that way - its making me very anxious. I tried to make a to do list tonight but could only think to make sure I'm stocked up on toilet paper and cat food. I've got a decent supply of Atkins shakes but they go quite quickly. Honestly, I'm not just anxious, I'm sort of on the verge of panic - its unreal to me that I am actually going to do this and having a date makes denial impossible.

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cstauble    0

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pandorasmom, I am from ky also. where are you having your surgery at. I am having my surgery on oct 14, and do not know what type of preop diet I will be on for sure. Do some self talk for that panic feeling. From all my reseach it seems more people are happy to have had the surgery then not. So we need to be happy and hopeful that this is a great thing. At this point with myself even a little bit of weight loss will do a ton of good.

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nazzy    1

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hi all,hows the scaring?what did u all use on the scars?hopefully it wont look to bad?:crying:

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SnowWhite760    0

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I had paperwork submitted Monday, determined eligibility Tuesday, sent the approval Weds and I'm on the books for surgery on Oct 21st! I might be out of all the yucky foods in time for Thanksgiving! YAHOOO! I didn't think my approval would come that fast!!

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nazzy    1

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took me forever,had to go 6 month diet missed a month then another 5 months,now they say im approve because its nessiacry.tg,ive cryhed and been happy in the last month just cant wait,oct 20th,yesssssssssss my birthdays oct13 so its a great month

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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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