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New here with a questions
lamsunshine replied to pattiecakec's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
Chantae , I think we have all been in your shoes, and I still am in your shoes. I thought the same thing about the one child thing. I was in labor for 5 days, so it can not be any worse than that. I am also worried about my hair, that is my biggest fear. As far as emotions, I'm more excited, and happy, I think the scared and worried emotions have come and gone. Good luck with your surgery on September 7th, keep us posted. Patticakec Welcome, and I hope you find your answers. You have come to the right place. There alot of friendly people on here that will be able to answer most of your questions, and if they can not they are always willing to listen to you. -
What Happens When We Take a Pill?
lamsunshine replied to FreeToBeMe's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Thanks I'm going to go look for them again today, maybe they will jump out at me today. lol I even had my mom look for them, and she can not find them neither. Probably right in front of my eyes, and I just don't see them. I'm telling you they are playing hide and seek with me. lol Wish me luck today. I will find them today. lol:thumbup: -
measuring my protien....is this right?
lamsunshine replied to mommytoethan's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I'm so confused, but I guess I have some time to figure it out before my surgery. -
What Happens When We Take a Pill?
lamsunshine replied to FreeToBeMe's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Are the sublingual B12 by the regular b12 vitamins? I have been looking for them, but they are doing a pretty good job hiding from me. :thumbup: -
Pills all day - sick of it already!
lamsunshine replied to BlackBerryJuice's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
:lol0: sorry to laugh, but the last part of your post was just too funny. lol I feel like that now, and say I feel like my grandmother with her pill box which I used to make fun of her for when I was younger. lol Good question though, wish I could answer, but I can't, but I also need to know this, as the pill (Ritilin) I take for my narcolepsy, the one I need to be able to stay awake all day and drive, I don't even know if I can crush it or what, good question to ask Friday when I go to the see the surgeon. Thanks for reminding me. I hope things get better for you Blackberryjuice. -
I agree with you Janex, . My main reason I'm going to be having the surgery is so that I am no longer a time bomb for a heart attack, don't develope diabetes, hopefully get rid of this sleep apnea, and take care of my many other health problems that are related to my overweight. Sure I would be lieing if I said the thought of being thinner does not excite me, but the thought of being able to play tennis, going hiking, being able to ride a roller coaster, and do many other activities with my daughter, all that is the main reason I'm getting sleeved and I get extremely excited thinking about. She is talking about us going white Water rafting or something crazy like that next summer, and to hear the excitement in her voice that is what this is all about. :thumbup:
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I was going to buy some to try, but they say that your taste buds may change after surgery, so I did not want to waste my money. I was going to start buying a pack of that sample sets they have mentioned on here ,and try some of those isopure or whatever they are they sell at GNC. I thought if the protein stuff was bad enough I would just buy me a shot glass to keep by me and drink them that way. lol Oh and hold my nose at the same time. lol I may get some of that unflavored protein to add to my food. I will try that DaVinci Gourmet Syrups from Sams are they by the protein mixes? Wow you have been on your preop since the 3rd, that is a long time. Are you doing the count down yet? lol
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Sorry I was at work when I posted that last post and did not have the bottle in front of me I take 5000mcg daily
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Why would I need ultra sound of my gallbladder
lamsunshine posted a topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I'm going for a consult next Friday, and they want me to havea ultra sound of my gallbladder, before I go. Has anyone else had to do this, and does anyone know why. My ex surgeon did not make me do this? -
I started taking biotin for almost a year now. I stopped for a couple of months, but have been back on it strong since June. I also take prenatal vitamins, they told that would help with the hair too. Whether or not that is right I have not idea, but I take them anyway. lol
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I'm single, and my mom is always saying after my surgery I may want to start dating. I tell her I doubt it, if a guy does not like me now because I'm over weight, I will not give him the time of day when I'm thinner. Plus I can not wait to become thin and see my exhusband who left me because of my weight, and flant myself in front of him, and then tell him where he can go. JERK I agree with mini-me, why should we be treated any less because we are over weight. I say they are the shallow ones, and we maybe come thin, but I think we will all treat overweight people like everyone else because we have been there. I can say from personal experience that when I was younger and thin, I did treat overweight people different, and I was a very shallow person, and I guess you can say maybe the Lord made me this way for a reason, because with the weight gain, I became a good person on the inside, and now I feel what all those people I made fun in high school felt, because they were over weight. I hope this made sense. lol
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Well that will be a nice birthday present to yourself. We should be thinner by Christmas, and just think by next year there will be half of us. I'm so excited, I'm trying not to be andif my doc does not call with a appointment for the ultra sound of my gallbladder, I'm going to have a COW!!! Let me know how your pre op testing goes, and I will let you know how my visit goes next Friday. Just think this time next month I may be sleeved. (hard to believe). I'm almost there, wow after a year. But I have been trying to hae WLS surgery for 5 years now.
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Wow, just think this time next week you will be sleeved. Yippee. I'm going to the VA in Hunington next Friday, and as long as I can get a ultra sound of my gallbladder before then she said that most likely will schedule my surgery for next month. She said they were even going to send me to anestesiologist next Friday, and get all my preop test done. I'm excited, I'm tyring not to be, because I have had my hopes up and been knocked back a few spaces. SO have you started your preop diet how is going? Is it really bad? You have to tell me everything? Do you have protein drink mixes now, for after surgery, and if so what kind did you buy?
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Okay most you probably are very familiar with my story. I was suppose to have surgery August 24th (I'm going through the VA), and have been working on my surgery since last October. Well when they sent in for my final approval VA denied, it and said I had to go to a VA Hospital to have it done, okay that was like almost a month ago. So here is the update. I called Hunington VA, about three times last week and twice this week left several messages, but no return calls. Then Monday I called my VA Doc, and left a message for her to call me and still no call. Well this morning I called again was leaving another message for my doc, and finally found out I have a consultation in Hunington next Friday. Good news I know, but man if I had not of called, called, and called some more I would never even known about it, they have not called me or sent me anything saying I had a consult. The good news is the nurse told me if all my paperwork checks out and I loose 10lbs they will schedule me well I have only lost 4 lbs, but lost 10 lbs since June so I'm hoping they will accept that weight loss. Of course I'm not getting my hopes up as when I do, something always happens. The bad news is I may have to drive myself, which is not good because I have narcolepsy, and am not suppose to drive long distance by myself. My mom may be able to drive me if my dad will allows her to miss his bicycle race, (real important, NOT), I see were I rate in the family. They would rather me either reschedule which is out of the question, or take a risk and drive by myself. I feel so loved. lol Maybe she will get permission to drive me. Please get permission why don't she just tell him I have an important appointment, and that she really needs to take me, no that would be asking to much. I'm sure my dad wont have a problem, but just the thought of the whole situation really makes me mad :mad: . They know how much this means to me and knows what all I have gone through. Sorry for the rant, but I have mixed emotions right now, I'm happy, nervous, mad, hurt and hungry. I will keep you posted. Thanks for listening , or shall I say reading . :thumbup:
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Thanks, when I talked to my nurse yesterday she said I lossed enough weight because I actually lost 10 lbs since June. I'm going to stick to Weight Watchers probably until my surgery. I go next Friday and if everything looks okay they will schedule me for sometime in September. They are even sending me to the anesthesiologist (can't spell) lol and do all my preop test. So thats sounds hopeful. I'm trying not to get my hopes up because I have learned with this journey, that something always seems to happen.. lol Have you had your surgery? If so when, and if not when are you going to have it?
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I'm here, I'm here...I'M HERE!!!
lamsunshine replied to CuT*ThE*CrAp's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Good luck, you will be fine. You will be in my thoughts and in my prayers. We will be waiting to hear from you, and how you are doing. -
Why would I need ultra sound of my gallbladder
lamsunshine replied to lamsunshine's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Lillie Thanks, I just could not figure out why they require me to get the ultra sound and the other surgeon did not. -
Update on the fight for my sleeve
lamsunshine replied to lamsunshine's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
GOOD NEWS, and more GOOD NEWS My mom is going to be able to drive me, and I talked to the nurse this afternoon at Hunington, and she told me that I need to get a ultra sound of my gallbladder, and if everything is okay, that when I'm there next Friday they will send me to the anesthesiologist, and do the preop for my surgery and they would be scheduling my surgery for next month. I'm still not getting my hopes up until I am being wheeled in to surgery. I have gotten my hopes up one to many times on this journey. -
Starting to think I will never get a date!!!!
lamsunshine replied to YOLANDA240's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Man, I totally understand how you are feeling. I have working on this for a year now. Keep the faith, you will get your date soon. Just think you are closer now then you were when you first started. I know it is hard to not get discouraged, man do I know, but just keep thinking you are almost there, you are almost there. Good luck, and keep us posted. -
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I had my weight in tonight, and lost another 2lbs so that is 4 now. I was so happy I thought I was going to gain. That makes me feel better.
Thanks for the encouragement, some days are better then others. Sometimes I'm actually happy it was postponed(NOT), but I tell myself that so I can become more knowledgeable about the surgery and what I will need to do before and after the surgery.
Your surgery is coming up soon, are you excited???? Make sure you keep me posted on how things go so I know what I have to look forward too. I love this forum, I actually have made more cyberfriends here then I have real friends in person where I have lived for 4 years now. lol I have a smile on my face 2lbs down yippee.
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Deb
I had my weight in tonight, and lost another 2lbs so that is 4 now. I was so happy I thought I was going to gain. That makes me feel better.
Thanks for the encouragement, some days are better then others. Sometimes I'm actually happy it was postponed(NOT), but I tell myself that so I can become more knowledgeable about the surgery and what I will need to do before and after the surgery.
Your surgery is coming up soon, are you excited???? Make sure you keep me posted on how things go so I know what I have to look forward too. I love this forum, I actually have made more cyberfriends here then I have real friends in person where I have lived for 4 years now. lol I have a smile on my face 2lbs down yippee.
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How often did you change clothes sizes?
lamsunshine posted a topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I have been wondering, how fast did you change clothes size. Right now I have several sizes anyway due to my losing and gaining weight. But what did everyone do about clothes? I'm a size 24 right now, how long will I be in size 24 after surgery. I know everyone is different in their weight loss, but I just want to get a general idea. My surgery is August 24th, what size winter clothes will I need, and how fast did you go through sizes? I don't want to buy alot of a certain size clothes, and only wear it a couple of times, and move on. I did see the thread about clothes exchanges, and I plan on being active in that, but like when I go to walmart, and see clothes for $1.50 I'm picking up different sizes, not alot because with my luck, my surgeon will post pone my surgery. I just want to say I feel real comfortable here because I would never just blurt out my size to anyone. lol I feel as though you all are my friends, I mean I already have something in common with each and everyone of you. -
I'm doing okay, still waiting to hear something from the VA. I called the nurse at the VA in West Virginia, and my primary doctor at my VA, and left messages for both of them but neither one returned my call. I just keep thinking next Monday I was suppose to star my preop diet, and I read all these people having their surgeries, I'm happy for them but it is so darn depressing, because that was suppose to be me in a couple of weeks, and now I have no clue when I'm going to get it. I started Weight watchers, and lost 2 lbs last week, I weigh in again tomorrow,(wish me luck). So maybe by the time I go for my consult with the surgeon I will have lost my weight and then they will just schedule my surgery. Thank you for checking on me I'm trying to stay strong, but sometimes, I just don't know. In October it will be a year I have been going through the process, is that crazy or what. How are you?
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Sleeved for 5 hours now!
lamsunshine replied to BlackBerryJuice's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I'm so glad they did not postpone your surgery. I'm so happy for you. Take care and keep us posted. I have been worried about you, but I can see now you are doing well. Thank goodness. -
Wow, this site is amazing!
lamsunshine replied to MKK's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
mmk I'm sorry it was a Dr. Dyer I was talking about at Centennial, not Dr. Lynch. Sorry about the mistake. Welcome to the site, anyway, lol