JeanetteAnne

Are you an Aussie living in Oman? That would be interesting! No need to worry it is a closed group and won't show on your feed but I understand your desire to keep it private. It's no one else's business. If you need to explain, just say that you have to have an operation on your stomach and when they ask just say it's nothing serious. I know other people say they are having a hernia operation because often that is repaired at the same time.

Maybe search in facebook for Aussie GS

@erica_ozzy73--- that too is one of my fears... that I'll still be mentally hungry after going through all this. I listened to an audiobook Ultimate Gastric Sleeve Success. It was a little preachy but he says a lot.. "If you don't change your behaviours you'll get the same results you always have". I am not busy trying to list all the behaviours that have gotten me to this point because I'm not going through all of this for it to fail!

Hi All you Aussies. Here is the link to the fb group we created: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1501249956575720/

OK so my name Jeanette Warth and I'm pretty sure there is only one so if you send me a friend request I can then create the group and I'll post a link to it. I'll make it private but I saw there is also a secret one

I'd be interested in joining a private facebook group too. I've tried creating one but it needs another person/friend for me to do it and I don't know any other GS people. I've called it Aussie GS. Anyone want to become my friend so I can make it? Piri Nola... I can't find you on FB maybe an email address?

@aussiecosy How are you feeling today?

@aussiecosy The best of luck Brooke!!!! Are you nervous? I hope it all goes smoothly for you and that you have a speedy recovery.

@Brookebelynda.. good luck with that. I've been with HCF for 15 years with second top cover and they still made me wait a year.

@Meg53 wow well done being so alert. Godod luck. Where did you have it done?

@steph56 what date is your operation? I'm happy to keep you company on this journey.

Hi I thought I posted earlier but can't seem to find it so I must have stuffed up (apologies if it is showing on yours twice). I am 53 and am booked in for 29th February (when insurance kicks in). I've been waiting nearly a year for this but now it is only a month away I'm starting to get a little anxious about it all. @steph56. Good luck. Don't the say nurses make the worst patients Have you started the preop diet? The thought of drinking shakes for two weeks and then after as well makes me want to heave. The doctors all seem to follow a different food regime after surgery. I'm worried about a) hair loss as I understand it is inevitable even though I know it grows back getting enough Protein in c) drinking enough fluids without the aid of a straw d) dealing with the short term <6 months and e) dealing with the long term when the hunger returns. I watched one video by a specialist which talks about how the first year is your body influencing the weight loss but then after 3 years it is half body and half environment (ie me) and after 10 years it is mainly environment that influences your weight the most. That scares me a little. I have also been doing soul searching on what got me to this point in the first place so I don't replicate that.... you know what the say, if you keep doing the same thing you're going to get the same results and I really really don't want that.