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tamiklynnmike    0

tamiklynnmike
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i have recently been thinking about the possibility of having a band to help me loose weight. It was great to come across this site to hear from REAL people REAL situations. I seem to see mostly positive life changes on here and that gives me great hope! My weight has only mildly begun to effect my health (i have PCOS, fast heart rate, experiencing heart palpitations due to hormone imbalance, and most recently a scare that i beleve to be an episode of sleep apnea-even though it felt more like a dream) So even though these symptoms have not become a MAJOR problem as my doctors have said, it is a precursor of what is to come since i am only 30. Thank you all for telling your hearts here... it helps people to know they are not alone... and for people who are thinking about this type of surgery, someone to learn from... :(

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*susan*    1,709

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Hi there and welcome. You will find lots of great advice here on the band. If you have any questions, please don't be afraid to ask. We are here to help and support one another in any way that we can.

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mommyx2    0

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hi... Im from long island too.. where are you... I have started my journey this past sept... PM me if you want :rolleyes2:

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Welcome! This sight has been a tremendous help for me. I will actually be having surgery tomorrow. I am so nervous but yet so excited. Good Luck!

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Cappy    0

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i have recently been thinking about the possibility of having a band to help me loose weight. It was great to come across this site to hear from REAL people REAL situations. I seem to see mostly positive life changes on here and that gives me great hope! My weight has only mildly begun to effect my health (i have PCOS, fast heart rate, experiencing heart palpitations due to hormone imbalance, and most recently a scare that i beleve to be an episode of sleep apnea-even though it felt more like a dream) So even though these symptoms have not become a MAJOR problem as my doctors have said, it is a precursor of what is to come since i am only 30. Thank you all for telling your hearts here... it helps people to know they are not alone... and for people who are thinking about this type of surgery, someone to learn from... :rolleyes2:

Hey tamiklynnmike:

Welcome to the board!

I had been thinking about this surgery for a long time and I would come to this site often and read through the posts...then after researching for about a year, I finally decided to have the surgery (November 20th)...this board is a wealth of information, its what helped me to finally decide to do this!

If you would like to meet some other Long Islanders, there is a thread in the New York forum that refers to Long Island....lots of really nice people there!

Best of luck to you, whatever you decide!

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Cappy    0

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Welcome! This sight has been a tremendous help for me. I will actually be having surgery tomorrow. I am so nervous but yet so excited. Good Luck!

Good luck tomorrow!!! Wishing you a speedy recovery!!!

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tamiklynnmike    0

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Welcome! This sight has been a tremendous help for me. I will actually be having surgery tomorrow. I am so nervous but yet so excited. Good Luck!

:eek: todays your day!:eek:

i wish you the best! Rest up and let us know how everything went!

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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
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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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