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I'm still pre op, but I'm really trying to lose weight and get control of myself before surgery. Every night I go to bed saying "tomorrow is going to be the day I start" and I barely make it to noon before I binge, and then I feel horrible & guilty all day. I hate when I do this. This is what's gotten me to where I'm at.

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Have you talked a therapist yet? When you see him/her you need to let them know what is going on. Whether its just habit, hunger or something deeper (emotional/bored eating) you need to find out. I know you know this...the surgery is a tool. It can't change how we look at food.< /p>

Good Luck

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My psych appt is the 23rd. Will they not let me get the surgery if I'm completely honest about the way food haunts me?

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My psych appt is the 23rd. Will they not let me get the surgery if I'm completely honest about the way food haunts me?

You need to be honest...because you want this to work for you. I was a boredom eater when I was younger...and I had to work through that before I was able to get approved for surgery. You need to ask yourself...Why am I eating?

Its so hard, I know. I have my surgery August 15th. Keep in touch...I am always looking for friends who have made the same choice I have to have a better life!

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My psych appt is the 23rd. Will they not let me get the surgery if I'm completely honest about the way food haunts me?

Most likey you won't get approve but with some counseling you will do great and when your ready surgery will be here soon.

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I'm still getting all the tests and waiting for insurance approval. I'm also finding it very hard to control my binging. Each trip to McDonalds may be my last, or so I'm behaving. I hope I'm less than a month away. My heart gets tight with worry when I think too much about actual surgery and the first week after.

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I'm still pre op' date=' but I'm really trying to lose weight and get control of myself before surgery. Every night I go to bed saying "tomorrow is going to be the day I start" and I barely make it to noon before I binge, and then I feel horrible & guilty all day. I hate when I do this. This is what's gotten me to where I'm at.[/quote']

are you on a pre op diet? If not, I'm sure when the doctor puts you on one you will have to think about it if you really want to surgery.... You will have too see if you have the will, power. my surgery date is august 15th, the doctor put me on this 3 week yeah 3 weeks liquid only diet. so in a way I have to prove to myself that this is what I want now, and that I'm ready.

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I'm not on the pre op diet yet. I'm trying to lose like I always am.

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I don't want to tell you how to live your life but please be careful and please be honest with the psych/therapist. I know we mostly see the psychiatrist as an annoyance in our journey to weight loss but they truly are there for a purpose. Years ago I knew someone who had a gastric bypass. Surgery went fine but 5 or 6 days post-op she went on an eating binge for several days, she'd eat until she threw up then eat again until she threw up. In the end she tore something internally, was rushed to emergency surgery, and passed away. This is an extreme case but you need to be as mentally prepared for the journey ahead as you are physically. You and the therapist need to work through this and get you to a healthy place where you can make the best of this surgery. It isn't a quick fix and it isn't to be taken lightly. I wish you all the best and good luck!

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