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sbecker32

By sbecker32, in LAP-BAND Surgery Forums

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sbecker32    0

sbecker32
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I work in Avondale but live in Black Canyon City. Scheduled for surgery 4-22-09 and would like to have a support network set up. I have a wonderful woman at the office who is banded and would like to know if anyone else wants to get together once or twice a month - if not more - to talk, complain, cry, whatever.

I didn't see any other posts for an Avondale group so figured I would post one.

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Debi H.    0

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Good luck with your surgery. I live in Gila Bend but go to Avondale all the time. I own a home and 2 of my kids live there. I would love to get together with other west valley poeple. I dont get much support at home and could use all the encouragement I can get! My hubby is tall and skinny and I'm short and plump! soon to be skinny:tongue_smilie:. I work till 1:30 and it takes about an hour to get to avondale. I have fridays off and could do Breakfast or lunch that day.

Feel free to contact me. Debi

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Hey there Debi,

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I work in Avondale on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Just let me know when you are interested in getting together and I'll see what I can do. I don't think I'm ready to do lunch yet just because it would be miserable not to be able to have anything but we could get a smoothie.:smile2:

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Azlife    0

Azlife
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I live in Avondale and would love to get together with you all.

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sbecker32    0

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We should decide on a date and place to meet up next week. I will be in Avondale on Monday and Friday. I get off work at 3pm so if anyone wants to meet at Starbucks on McDowell that would be awesome!

Let me know.

602-206-0746 if you want to call when your in the area.

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lotsabirds    0

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Hi, I;m Sherry too. I'm having mine on May21. I don't live in Avondale but just off the freeway and Carefree hiway. Who did your surgery? How's it going?

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Debi H.    0

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Hey lotsofbirds are you not banded yet?

Friday afternoons are fine with me. not available on the 8th but otherwise it would be great. McDowell and 99th? or wich location? What time?

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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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