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ohhhh bobbbbbbb lol i got stung twice too!!!! lol. the nurse took 2 viles of blood and then patched me up. as she was checking the tubes and tagging them, and also checking against the referal, she realised that she forgot to take the zinc vile. she was very sorry for the trouble and decided to go in the same spot!!!AAUUUGGGGGGG. My surgury is not booked for 10th Aug bob.... so i will wish you some good luck on the 3rd. cheers...

OK so it was on working day 19 that i rang up and asked how my application was going. they were delighted to tell me over the phone that the application had been approved a few days ago.... he then told me that it would take about another 5 working days to receive the the approval. (which meant i wouldnt make my payment on time therefore having to put my date back a week... bugga!!) Working day 20 I get my letter???? weirdos.... I was about to send the grant to my super fund so they can release the money but was reading the very last line where it says to ring the super fund to see if they have any release forms that have to be sent *with* the grant letter. lucky i caught that one! rang them up and they send some forms that i got in the mail day 21. I was on to them straight away with a certified copy of my drivers licence and back in the box at day 21. there is a 5 to 10 day wait on that one too!!! we will see.

Hey there everyone. Just thought I would take the time to mention that i too am in the line up for the sleeve...finally got my date. After dieting and excercising for years..... *keep falling of the wagon after 2 years of faithful slimming* playing with the yo yo in extremes with big loses and even bigger gains its now time to get it right once and for all! the 3rd of Aug means the begining of my new life. All my life i have been overweight never knowing the secrets of a smaller person. how they shop, how they *enjoy* clothes shopping (always a headache for me) being spontanious, not ever haveing to worry about seat size and is there going to be anyone sitting next to you?, swapping clothes with friends....because you can.... (glad i didnt have any sisters thats for sure!!!) soooo many locked secrets that are like pandoras box for me!! I hope one day i get the chance to unlock that box! roll on 3rd August :wink0:

Ok Ok.... soooo the good news....i took the liberty of calling APRA today (to see if my supperanuation release had been approved) and YIPPYYYYYYY they approved it!!! I was totally stoked until....... *plays dramatic music, bar bar barrrr bar BARRRRRRRRRRR* its going to take about a week to send me the paperwork. i was straight away going shyttttt bugga pizzz bunnnn farttttt! I have to make the payment 1 week prior to surgury which means im not gonna make it!!! esp when i called my super people and they need a few working days to send THEIRRRRR paper work out then i have to translate their paperwork into checques for each bunch of people involved in my surgury!!!! theres another 2 days!!!!!! :001_rolleyes: Now the next story is my date has been put back to 10 Aug now... and i know its only a week....but in that week i could of already lost a few pounds and been well on my way to recovery and 1 week post op *slaps self for dribbleing on* Sighs..... get over it hey! its a week! ohhh adn hope to hell it doesnt get put back another week while im waiting for all this bulk paper work to come in!!!! (wheres the smilie that pulls hair out??) guess there is a good reason they are all bald right!!! *laughs* bad when i can laugh at my own bad joke the ironic part about all this is for the last week i have been emptying all my *healthy food* finishing it all up and not buying anymore, ready for the opti fast diet that i was ment to be starting on monday.... and sure as my butt points to the ground, im having to play the game for another week! lolololol *slaps self again* at least i got the dietition and blood work tomoz! theres a start. deep breath.

Looks like my date just got put back till the 10th now....grrrrrr sorry bob.... im back a week. finance is taking for ever to come through.... pffft!

Wish "N" all the best from me and tell her that even the Aussie sleeve talk ppl are thinking of her. hopefully this visit to her docs will be the visit that rights all the problems that she is having.all the best hey!!!

I have now been to see the surgon (and am totally hooked on the idea) All my paper work has been submitted to APRA for the release of my superannuation money that will pay for my surgury. 5 working days later they have sent to me saying that i got 10 to 30 working days to wait for an approval. so here i am. i have bought a box of optifast to see what its all about and now am looking at having to stop breast feeding. Swallows hard. wasnt sure when i was going to be giving that one up...but 10 fold is the right thing to do!!!! I also took the liberty of buying some very small plates and bowls... is totally classic! i love the idea of being able to eat from these and be satisfied!! Of cource im a bit scared too. I really hope that my head doesnt let me down! I realised that I tend to keep eating even when the message is....YOUR FULL!!!!! god forbid i waste an untouched T-bone steak that i havent even started on....ate all the veggies first!!! i couldnt do it tho... i couldnt put the knife and fork down. i have since started using smaller plates (not the really small ones yet) and asked my hubby not to freeze 2 big steaks in 1 pack!!! hold him to start halving the sizes for me!!! pffft have also started to kick my pepsi max habbit today. ***shakes*** im trying to get my head in a better place before all this happens, as i dont know if its 3 weeks away or 10 weeks away. I'm taking it on good athourity to kick the habbit now before i have to kick a heap of habbits all at once!!! ouch....one good thing tho...lol i found some coffee optifast today...**cheerin** Im so scared i will let myself down. how do you retrain yourself overnight to go a strict new way of life. im 33 and been overweight all my life. I have taken up a number of new habbits in my time to try and loose weight and havent been able to maintain these habbits. hence the problem remains!!! I admire the girls here that have taken the opportunity to get a new life and question where did there new found focus comes from.... i imagine its hard to transition from fatty boom bar to exercise junkie... extreem i know sorry but thats how i see myself and how i question weather or not i can do this...dont get me wrong...i want to do this...maybe it gets easier to exercise as you become smaller, fitter and healthier. I have realised in all the hours and money i have spent trying to do the right thing, i have ended up failing myself with bad maintnance. (not that i got down to a point where i should of been considering maintnance, and so the depression of doing so well and not looking good/feeling great yet starts the circle again.) I look back at my pics and could of slapped myself for not keeping on track. I really hope that this surgury keeps me on the straight and narrow and i can become one of the people here that love exercise. pffft i have loved it once before.... i have to find how to love it again. I can NOT let myself down again.....CAN NOT!!! *sighs* another day closer to approval

very true angel. as it turns out i am in the proccess of answering that. i submitted the paper work 14 working days ago but on working day number 11 they rang me asking me to show proof of my applications for a personal loan/ rejection from financial service. of cource i neally had heart failure! so....on day 11 i trundled right over to the bank started applications for a bank loan..... sure enough we are too broke for a loan, and out comes the rejection letter.... i picked it up on day 12 and faxed it straight away. day 14 they write me saying i need proof of failed personal loan..... **upside down** i call them up and say i faxed this on day 12 and am just calling to make sure it made it to the office (again) now they cant tell me how long its going to be...i think my application went to the bottom of the pile!!!! BUGGA!

how about the August alvins???? noooooo August aliens...NOOOOOOO august ally cats....lol (thinks im gonna be here for a longgggggg time!!!)august apples, apes attitudes....beginnings somebody help me here!!! lol *bit scattered* in any case its nice to have so many on the august team...go team august! pffft goooo team goooo

Its funny you know....half of these flavors that you all mention is just out of this world....I think I'm going to have to start scouting around the local health food shops after making a list of all these ones being mentioned. sounds great....I just hope I can find some of them!!! Aussies have to catch up on some of these American flavors.... (my hubby is American too..... he hates how bland we are) *sighs* lol:blink:

If i could 1/2 the size of my boobies i would be totally overjoyed!!! ***sick*** of having Mellons attached to the front of my chest. My little coconuts.....NOT!!!

heyyy bobbbbbb congrats on the date...:lol0: I like that date so much im booked in for the 3rd of August toooooooo best of luck to both of us!!!

What kind of foods are problem foods for swelling with saliva wasa? :001_tt2:

August 3 is my date.... I'm very excited to be part of this group. hell, i think im in my own little group half the time...lol but...august is our month Hip hip horrayyyyyyy In August is our day To have a sleeve and not get peeved about all the fluids we'll wee. :001_tt2: great to be here.

I know this is going to sound silly, but i have come to the conclusion (after many years of slimming) that our bodies are like extreme drought or flood weather. Australians have just come out of an 8 year drought in which time we were all madly saving Water, keeping it safe as we dont know when the next rain will come.... save save saveeeee (in the trunk it goes) now that the floods have come and the dams are around 80%, people have started to use water more freely, we have relaxed our water restrictions and breathed a sigh of releif. Use use use (out the trunk it goes) I also found this to be true with pregnancy and swelling. even with my weight, i didnt swell untill i was 41 weeks pregnant! I drank water by the bucket load and so my body didnt have to store any! My trainer once told me "there is no such thing as a 'diet', because in our hearts we know what we should and should not be eating" its true! Soooo bring on the variety of a controled rain, as we know this can be done for life without overloading our trunks. Good luck Ice. I hope my theory that I am using can help you. :001_tt2:

I had a little chuckle with this wasa...what a classic. i think i can laugh cause i know how you feel! thankyou for making my day!:001_tt2:

guess nobody is using Superannuation for funding???? ohhh wellll.

it seems sooo far away...but when we have to start the pre op liquids soon, it makes it that much closer!!! I will be sure to give you a thought while im in hospital Linda!!! we can be the August girls!!

Thankyou everyone for you well wishing. I am totally stoked that there is a 24 hour support team at my fingertips 24/7. I dont actually know anyone here that has had the surgury so i feel like a pioneer in my group of friends. who are you supose to talk to when the going gets rough!!! *laugh* one of my girlfriends that knows what im up to said she will come and do the hard yards with me on the 2 week pre op diet. she said she promises not to bring any Mac D's or kfc.... <grins> funny bugga! so.... to all you girls that i am sure i will have many questions for at some stage, THANKYOU in advance. The knoledge here is priceless!

It seems that my surgon is so sure that my super will be released that he has given me a date just outside antisipated approval date! OMG....did i mention....OMG???? I got 2 and a half weeks to ween my baby before starting the optifast diet! 3 Aug is the big day! I think that is the only worry i have about the whole deal! nothing i have read here has rattled me as i feel like i know exactly what im getting myself into! I remember when i bought my house... i had the same kind of butterflys in my belly about the big decision i was making. It was so much bigger than me and my silly little world, but i know i was doing the right thing and going in the right direction. scared of the unknown of cource... but i know its the right thing to do! Its like feeling removed for the actions i make for myself?? Just watching from a distance as the *sure* part of myself makes the decisions for the shy part of myself. lucky for me shy is taking the back seat on this one! I will be getting my information pack in the mail tommorow which will tell me time place, part of the hospital blood test appointments and and and. I have already been in touch with the dietition so the wheels are well and truely turning. I cant wait to see this chapter of my life unfold! soooo till tommorow. Cheers:thumbup: