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Hi all. I have Bern a liked for about a month and just got around to posting. I am scheduled for sleeve tomorrow at 10am. Current weight is 220. I'm 5'3 and 34yrs young. Married to my high school sweetie with 2 kids. I have been so gung ho up until tonight. I am really having a difficult tine thinking about all the foods I cant have anymore. Pathetic I know. But how I'm feeling at this time. I could seriously tear in to some serious food right now. Maybe its all because I'm starving from this 7 day liquid diet. Cant imagine that tomorrow At this time I wont be wanting to eat. A little Concerned also because I have this cold. Lots ofjumk in the nose and a chunky cough. The surgeon listened to my lungs in fri and he said they were clear. Anyway. Thanks for the support that you all offer through this site. Its truely a blesssing!

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You'll do great. Keep us posted. Our stats are crazy similar. I'm 5'3, 214, 35 years young, married to my high school sweetie and also have 2 kids. My surgery is on the 26th. I'm hoping I just won't want any of those foods anymore so I don't have to miss them.

I'll say a prayer! We can do this! Not just for us, but for a better future for our families... food doesn't love you back. Don't give it a second thought! It's not worth it! :)

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I'm 10 days post op, I was sleeved December 7th. Each time you eat, it gets better! It is very much worth it. Every day, it' gets easier. I had a cough and it still lingers. My incisions are a bit painful when I cough, but just take your pain meds and you will be fine. Plus, I would never let that get in the way of my journey to reach my goals. I would do it again in a heartbeat.

Today, day 10, I am down 15 pounds!! Whooohoooo!! It's all worth it!! I wish you both the best!! God bless you ladies!!!!!

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Hii. I was freaking out yesterday-scared, mourning, afraid not just of dying but afraid of living without my best friend, food-- but here I am sleeved! I am a little sore but happy to be on this journey and looking forward to dedicating my life to my real best friend: me. You will be fine. This surgery is performed countless times and with great sucess...and you will be able to eat again but hopefully we will be eating better in honor our beat friends: us.

Hope you have a great surgery tomorrow. I will be sending positive thoughts. *hugs*

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Well... It's finished. I've been sleeved!!! Pain not really that bad. Just super tired and crazy thirsty. Thanks for all the prayers and responses. I will give a better update when I can keep my eyes open!!!

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Congrats Paige!!! Now every time you think, "What did I do to myself" Just remember most people lose between 40-50 lbs in 3 months. I got sleeved weighing 221,, on Dec 7th so you and I since we have similar starting weights will be around 170 in March!!! And by Summer time / June, about 150lbs!! Whooohoooooo!!!! I'm excited!!!! You are also on your way!!!!!

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Hi everyone! i am home from the hospital!!!! Feeling much better than i thought. Did a lot of sleeping in the hospital... just couldn't stay awake. Also did 4-5 walks around the floor when i was there. this really did help a lot! the only trouble i am having is keeping food down. had an all liquid diet yesterday (broth, diluted apple juice, Jello which i didn't eat, bottle of water). i drank most of the broth and all of my juice. took me all day. nurse said it was okay because i was still on iv fluids. this am they took me off the iv fluids and brought me another all liquid tray. i was supposed to go to full liquids (pudding, yogurt, cream Soups, no sugar added carnation instant Breakfast mixed with double strength milk) but i guess they forgot. so when i got home i was needing a pain pill and knew i needed to eat something first so i thought i'd try a few bites of Chobani yogurt. i can have any flavor that doesn't contain chunks. took 3 baby spoon fulls and after i finished it started rising back up in my throat. ended up spitting it out in the sink. not sure what that means. maybe my belly is too swollen to handle anything but liquids yet??? any one else have this problem???

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