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I hear ya. I have extensively searched for an alternate for the meds I take now, to no avail. My Doc said I can crush them, but I figured there was a reason they aren't available as powder or liquid and your experience confirms that. Please don't give up trying or posting on this subject. If you find a way please post it. I have some real horse pills and I'm not looking forward to their horrible taste crushed.

Hope, Hang in there. Many will appreciate that you post how your experience is (or isn't) going well at the beginning..... as they might find themselves (me included) going thru the same results. But.....there's always a but. The body will simply not sustain itself at such a high weight on such low intake. You will start to lose more. Your metabolism is just reacting to less calories in it's own way. It took a long time to put all the weight on......give your body time to adjust and it will start coming off.

Couldn't agree with you more......Everybody stay away.

Is it even possible to take in 80 grams of Protein all at once? I have no idea? I'm asking too......

Well shoot I coulda had a v8.. If it were as simple as that why did we have the surgery? Why are you having it?? I'm having it just to come on this forum and bug you. What are your great words of wisdom?

Your surgery is not the reason you're losing weight.........What you're eating and how much you're eating is the reason. Explain this to your Mom and try to get her to follow your diet right along with you.....together. Motivate each other. Eat the same foods and fluids and exercise together. It's worth a try.

Don't worry about not getting sleep. You'll be plenty sleepy post -op. Plus being tired and sleepy before might help curb some of the jitters.

Take advantage of the EGD like a dry run for the Sleeve. If will serve to show you all those butterflies are unfounded. You'll be much better prepared with less pre-op jitters for later with the sleeve surgery.

I came right out and cleared the air with my shrink before the interview even started. I told him if he had any objections to my having bariatric surgery then we could skip the session and I'd just leave and get a different shrink that will provide what I needed for clearance. After all.....I"M the one paying for his services and I am under no obligation to use only him. Plus, I'm doing this regardless of his opinion. He agreed and said he had no problems with anyone seeking WLS and the interview went very smoothly. My advice is if you're sure and confident of your decision to have WLS.....and you have any problems with your shrink's evaluation........dump it!! Get another one from someone else. You and your coordinator will be choosing what paperwork to submit to your insurance for approval. Don't waste your time with negative professionals.

My approval process became so long, I was resigned to assuming I would be denied and started thinking about how I would have to yet again try to lose the weight on my own. Very depressing. Then I got denied. The coordinator was more positive than me at that point and resubmitted the paperwork. 4 days later I was in fact approved. I am now scheduled for Jan 9, 2014. Still absorbing that this is actually going to happen. Trying to lose weight has consumed such a huge part of my adult life and always with the same outcome which constantly left me totally defeated. I'm still trying to grasp that it will work this time. I have jeans in my closet vacuum sealed that are brand new and yet over 30 years old. I have kept them all these years with the forever hope I would fit in them again some day. It's just amazing how fast the time has gone by. (why did I wait sooo long?) This is it people. This is the last chance. No matter how much or how little help the surgery provides, this is the final draw. I will not let this opportunity go unrealized. See you all in onederland.

01/09/14. Miami, Florida.

One of the side effects of this very very long process of getting approved is I found myself doing this ritual of " I'm gonna eat this now cause I won't be able to anymore after the surgery" You all know the reasoning......A farewell to my lifelong friends. The things I love so much. The result is I have ignored any real diet methodology and just ate whatever I wanted. So of course I gained some more weight. Now that I actually have a date and realize it's gonna start for real.......real soon......it just amounts to more weight I have to lose after the surgery. I know......I know....stupid, but it's that kinda twisted justification that got me here. I am very determined to succeed, but this lack of common sense and self control before........has me more than just a little concerned about the total food and lifestyle changes that will be required after surgery. I hope I'm not counting too much on the surgery to control my eating desires. I really hope I don't blow it. I'm not the least bit scared of the surgery. I'm just worried about failing.

Well, I got my surgery date. Gonna be the first one of day on Jan 9th, 2014. Havta do some kind of a pre-op class at the Hospital a couple of days before surgery. Not sure yet if I have to do a pre-op liquid diet. Can't think of anything quite as life changing as this upcoming surgery. I am ready.

You can only be hurt if you allow someone to get to you. We all know we are fat and we want not to be.........No mystery there. So preempt the insults by openly stating to any that should ask, how your are merely doing what you need to do to get healthy. If they persist, just add "At least there is something available to help me with my shortcomings, unlike you".

Look at this way.......If you're ever marooned on an island, you'll outlast everyone else.

' Learn how to read. I am not questioning her post. I am making a personal sarcastic comment that "I" hate everything about being overweight. But don't fret, I removed it just for you.

8oz mixed drink is a night of drinking.? Hey, can....can't. It's your body and your decision. You need to take charge of 'em now. You're gonna be making alot of 'em after the surgery.

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If your already impacted, it's too late for stool softeners.......Go to Walgreens or any drugstore and get some Magnesium Citrate. It's like unsweetened Kool Aid. It should do the trick in short order.

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My goal is none of my Doc's concern. Or anybody else for that matter. I'm not interested in BMI's, graphs, charts or surveys. I'm know I'm really obese now and I remember what it felt like to be the right weight for me. That will be my goal. I will use the scale to keep going in the right direction, but I don't really care what the goal weight will be. I'll know when I get there.