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Sleeved at lunch and I am doiing good. Good luck to myy sleeve sistters hope you guys are doiing as well as me so far. I see alll kinds off wrong wit tthis post. Oh well I am drugged...love myy pain button:-P

OK July Sleevers we are all either sleeved or getting ready for the big day. Hope all the "Sleeved" are doing well and recovery nicely. Good Luck to all that are getting sleeved today. To all the sleevers tomorrow hang in there and don't let the nerves get you! (me included, I am so nervous. I cant believe tomorrow is THE DAY!) Hope we all have smooth surgeries and easy recoveries. To all after the 23rd good luck to you too! Yay for July! Can't wait to hear how we are all doing at 6 months!

Good luck spiritedcowgirl63 and fh61!

Good Luck tomorrow!

Thanks everyone for the words of encouragement. I just re-read my post and it sounds like I am babbling away. It's my nerves. when I get nervous I start to go on and on chatting about nothing much! My poor husband has to deal with me and I am sure he is sick of me talking about the mundane surgery stuff!

I am pre too...and reading these post makes me wonder too. Like you I do not want to trade in one problem for another. It will be interesting to see the responses.

Hang in there! You gotta stay hydrated! I am going to relate to this post-op too I am sure! I drink ALOT now but after may be a struggle. Take care of yourself and just do your best. Good luck with recovery!

I know right!

For sure! It will be interesting to watch our progress! I am so ready to move past this part too. I am 5'6" 256. Would like to lose 100. So hopefully I can meet this goal.

I agree I did find some info about that but I took the info to mean that the ulcers from H pylori increased this risk not the gastrectomy. Calming down now !

You just scared the crap out of me! I have not been sleeved, I get the sleeve next Tues. I googled it and I did find a case study of one patient. He had the sleeve but also has his spleen removed and had cancer previously...Kidneys I think. He also has diabetes, hear attack, and lots of other issues. So I am assuming that his previous cancer and bad genes has more to do with that than sleeve. They did state there is not evidence that the sleeve increases the risk. I am not sure if this is what you read or not.

I have my surgery too on Tuesday. I am so nervous! Excited but the nerves are winning at the moment. I wish you a smooth text book surgery and an easy recovery! A few months from now we will be celebrating our new improved skinnier bodies and barely remembering why we were so scared in the first place!

No advice, sorry but I LOVE LOVE LOVE Indian food too. I hope I can eventually enjoy it again. Hope all goes well with your first bite/slurp post-op! I am pre-op but on the 2 week diet and so wish I could have some! Enjoy

Good Luck!

Thanks to you all! My logical mind says shut up crazy woman its all ok, but my irrational mind is screaming all kinds of fears! Glad to know there are others out there with these feelings. Makes it more normal and easier to deal with. Only 9 days left! Good luck to each of y'all on surgery and wish y'all smooth recoveries.

Ok so nerves are kicking my butt right now. I keeping having these crazy thoughts. You know the "what ifs". What if I die (the most scary of all), what if I have a horrible recovery ( I work in the medical field and know all the things that could go wrong), what if I never can eat again and live off yogurt broth and protein shakes. I am scared that I will not be able to enjoy foods again. I love ethnic foods and trying new flavors. I hope I can still do that eventually once I heal. The thought of not being able to eat Thai or Indian again makes me sad. Hopefully it is a see you soon instead of goodbye! I am also nervous about losing weight. I NEVER would have thought i would be nervous about this. I discovered this fear when I was browsing in Kohls. I love to shop! I am trendy and I haven't bought any of the cute summer fashions this year. Mainly because my extra shopping money has been going to doctors appts and i don't want to buy something only to wear it a few times. I have bought ANY shoes either because of this. Anyway to get my fix I went window shopping for clothes when I get 'skinny". I held up a size 8 pants and the fear washed over me. I don't know how to be a normal weight anymore! I have lived in this bubble of denial so long (I never felt like the fat girl until recently) that picking up a pants size i could wear 15 years ago literally caused me fear. It's crazy I know but its my nerves getting the best of me. i have all kinds of emotions this week. Nerves plus lack of carbs (2 week pre-op, which is not too bad, bascially the intro phase to atkins) have made me have to deal with these thoughts and feelings. I am being forced to work through them and not stuff them away with chocolate (my weakness). Well this is all just part of it I guess. Part of me is saying hurry up July 23rd while the other part is saying time is going too fast and slow down July 23rd. Oh well time to go eat some lean protein and veggies. Happy Friday!

Thanks for the info! It sounds pretty cool! I will have to take my girls when it opens back up. Went a couple of years ago and half the exhibits where not funtioning. Glad they revamped it!

I was thinking the same thing! My boobs are the thing on my body that I actually love. I was thin I still had them so hopefully they will stick around. You look great socal!

So I had a tentative date of June 27th which would have been next week! YIKES! I was bummed when I hung-up with my dr. office Tuesday saying no go on June 27th. Once again that pesky insurance throws a monkey wrench in my plans! However I am offically scheduled for July 23rd. I am at peace with this date...now. Not so much at first. But this date has meaning. On July 24th of 2011 my brother died while on vacation here in TX. He LOVED TX and was a true Texan eventhough he was born and raised in NC. He LOVED texas country music, the longhorns, his room was TX decor. Obsessed with Walker Texas Ranger. Chuck Norris was his hero. (We personally thought all this was strange lol) So it was kinda funny I ended up married to a texan and moved here. My family didn't want me to move but he was excited because then he could come visit me in the great state of Texas! Anyway off topic! July 23rd was the last time he was awake and responsive and the last time I felt him squeeze my hand and look at me in my eyes. It was also the day I realized in my heart that he was not going to make it and my time with him was short. He knew that day too that he was going to die. It is the date that has caused anxiety and stress. Since that date my memories of my brother have been that last few days replayed over and over. On top of that my mom and daughter (who will be visiting my mom in NC from July3-July 23rd) will be flying in that day too. Another stressor. So all this stuff around my surgery date had me questioning if it was such a good idea. Then this thought popped in my head. It was my brother's voice saying it was all ok. July 23rd is my rebirth day. Before 2011 that date was just another day. Since then that date causes pain and reliving those 3 days in hospital with my brother and watching him take his last breath. I have mourned him since that day and I kinda stopped living my full life. I just exsisted. i forgot all the good memories of my brother. (back story, My brother and I were very close. I was his second mama. No one was as close to him other than our mother. He had down syndrome and we were nearly four years apart. Adam was truly an angel here on Earth! Losing him that day felt like I had lost one of my children. It was tough) So even though that date makes my heart heavy it will hold a new meaning. The day I finally took control of my life. Adam thank you for being here with us those short 26 years and on July 23rd I know you will be looking down from heaven and watching over us all that day, keeping us safe and cheering me on. July 23rd will no longing be a day of mourning but of rebirth. I know he wants us to remember all the good and not focus a just a few bad memories. Even in death he still influences my life and can bring sunshine when I thought it was going to rain. Funny how life is and how things seem to work out. Happy Friday y'all!

We are sleeve sisters Elaine! Good to see there are a few of us all having surgery around the same time! We will all have to keep in touch and check in to see how we are all doing. I know I am excited but scared to death at the same time. Blessing to us all for an uneventful surgery and smooth recovery!

Calcium citrate is the best absorbable source and Tums is calcium carbonate and is not absorded well. I have been told this by my nut and also by my pcp. Which is funny because I have never posed this question to either of them. They just stressed that it was important to take a calcium citrate supplement after surgery and Tums was not it.

You look fabulous! You so need to wear that bikini out and show off your body! I know I would be at the pool/beach/lake every chance I got in my bikini if I looked like that. Good luck with your stall and while you may have not lost any weight recently you do look great! Keep at it!

July 23rd here and can't wait! Hoping we all have smooth recoveries. Good luck to you all.

Congrats! I have surgery on that date too! I was scheduled for June 27th but due to insurance I had to reschedule for later date. Hopefully that was my last hoop! I have been jumping through them for over a year too! All things happen for a reason. Good luck to you both and yay for us!