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I am looking at mid month , if all goes well :-) Lets keep each other up to date!

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My packet will be submitted 1 Aug so I am thinking I have an Aug date....

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According to the office staff at my Dr., my surgery date will be early August. ::fingers crossed:: :wub:

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I am looking at mid month , if all goes well :-) Lets keep each other up to date!

I too am looking forward to August surgury, I am very impatient. I feel I need the control of the lap-band. I have tried diets and the only one that seemed to work for me was the Atkins Diet. I went on it twice and each time I lost considerable weight, only to gain it all back and then some. My knees and back are paying the price for the weight I've carried most of my adult life. For all the anomousity the operation carries with it, the outcome is the silver lining. I hope that all goes well for you, and you resume a life not burdened by the physical and emotional degradation of obesity.:confused:

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August 10th! Everything is done except for final blood work, PFT, chest xrays and EKG - this will all be done Monday 7/13, then I am ready to rock and roll.

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August 3rd!! Still waiting for approval, submitted last Thursday, but it's still pending. Dr. Fielding in NYC is doing my surgery. I start my liquid diet on Monday the 20th...two full weeks of pure liquids. That's likely going to be my largest diet challenge yet! Good luck to everyone!

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August 3rd! I am having my surgery at St. Alexius in Hoffman Estates, IL. My surgeon is Dr. Rantis through the Kane Center / Suburban Surgical Care! I'm so excited and scared all at once! Have to start the preop Protein Shake diet on July 19th.

I have everything done except for Upper GI, chest x-ray, and blood work which are being done Thursday, July 16th.

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Currently waiting insurance approval; shooting for mid-August.

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August 14th for me, can't waitttt! Pre-op appointment for final blood work and EKG is july 17th. :tongue_smilie:

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My paperwork will be submitted to my insurance company on July 17th. My doc is shooting for end of July or first week in August! I am so excited. I can not wait to start this new chapter in my life. This is going to be a life changing event, a life style change for me. My hubby and kids are very supportive. My youngest son, who is an athelete (rec'd a football scholarhip) - at first he told me it was the lazy way to loose weight. Now that we've had many discusssion about it and he understands how much my life style will change I don't think he feels that way anymore. But I think deep down alot of people feel this same way. I need to point them towards this discusson board! Doesn't sound like it's going to be a walk in the park. Sounds like alot of work that I am so ready for! Good luck and my prayers go out to you all!

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August 7, Start Pre Op July 20....surgery Juarez Mexico

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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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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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