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happygirl9    0

happygirl9
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Hi guys,

When you are on the boost,is it like a liquid milkshake? Is there any boost bars or anything else? Is the 2 weeks on boost just to lose weight before surgury or what is the reasoning behind it? Sorry so many questions? One more...Clempier have you spoke to the others that were operated on the same day since their surgury to see how they are doing?

happygirl9

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Shipp9727    0

Shipp9727
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The main reason for the boost is when your fat you usually have a fat liver.... since that for the operation Dr. Savoie will need to move youre liver, he rather move a healthy lean liver than a fatty liver.... Since the liver is an organ that can heal quite fast, just a 2 week low fat and low calorie can greatly improve liver fonction and shape..... It will also help Dr. Savoie see if we have the will power to help ourself first cuz as soon that he will open us it is quite easy to see if we have follow the diet correctly just by looking at the liver.

I dont mind the question keep them cumming...

Keith

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clempier
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Hi Annie & Cindy,

Like Keith, I was allowed 4 Boost diabetic every day and Water. Keith is right about the reason why we need to lose weight around our liver.

The group we're planning to start won't be before September.

The last I've heard from the two other lady who had the surgery the same day as mine was that the second lady came back to see Dr. Savoie. I don't know exactly why. I know she's diabetic and she seemed to be nervous. She said after surgery that she wasn't sure about the surgery if it was a good thing or not. Some of members of her family didn't agree about the surgery and some were saying the opposite. That's why I say how much the support is important and you have to be ready in your head and in your heart that's the right thing to do FOR YOU, no one else.

I haven't heard from the other one who was from Fredericton.

I'm happy with my surgery and I would do it again. Tomorrow I'm starting my what I call my "blender diet". I'm going to be happy to eat meat even if it's all shread by the blender.

Pierrette

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Cindy and Annie    0

Cindy and Annie
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Hi Clempier(Pierrette) ;-)

Thanks for replying, I guess 4 Boost a day is pretty good, I m almost tempted to try it for a few days to see how I would do with it. So how was your first meal of meet in the blender? I bet it was good even blended hey! ;-):sneaky:

I called my doctor and she s of on vacation until end of July but at least i got to find out that the referal to Marc Savoie was done , I just wonder how long i will have to wait before getting a call to see Marc. Anyway "la patience est une vertue"! :wink: hi hi hi

Hope everybody is enjoying this beautiful day today, I can' t wait to be done working to enjoy it too.

Cindy

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Shipp9727    0

Shipp9727
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I've talk with Dr savoie secratery last week and he have over 200 patients that he didn't even met yet. he's seeing patients once a week I beleive.

Keith

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Shipp9727    0

Shipp9727
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Honestly I dont know.... My BMI is under 55 even 50 and I seen him already, so my guess is first come first serve.

K

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Referal in August, first appointment October 16th, Blood work and ECG and treadmill March 11, 2nd apointement June 8th, surgery August 05.

I dont mind the question.... I work in a call center too so I can manage the multitasking... lol

Keith

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Oh cool which call center are ya working?

The reason I was asking for the bmi is that mine is 58 and my friend Annie is 60 ..Thought maybe since it's quite high they would of rush a bit more.. anyway I guess i' ll call to see if that is the case. I hear ya with the multi tasking. hehe :wink::eek::sneaky:

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I'm working for Canada Pension Plan and Old age security. What about you....

Yeah the best thing to do would be calling is secretary or suzane at the hospital she's his dietician.

K

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oh cool I just applied for a job there lol :wink:

We work at Imp Customer care center near the airport....

Sales and retention departement (travel insurance)

Cindy

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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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        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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