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My date is April 17. I'm looking for "experience buddies" who have the dates mentioned. I am also specifically looking for ANY REDHEADS and anyone with similar stats to me (currently 5'3 204 lbs diabetic). Thanks!

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My date is April 17. I'm looking for "experience buddies" who have the dates mentioned. I am also specifically looking for ANY REDHEADS and anyone with similar stats to me (currently 5'3 204 lbs diabetic). Thanks!

Im red head 5.3 210lbs

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OMG You are a perfect match!!! We spoke before. I am so overwhelmed and excited that I cant recall who I have chatted with LOL

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OMG You are a perfect match!!! We spoke before. I am so overwhelmed and excited that I cant recall who I have chatted with LOL

I know I have some many question but im super excited so I can never remeber them so where are you from im from iowa have you got your protien and Vitamins lined up yet

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I'm in Buffalo NY area. 8 wks ago they set me up with the mandatory nutritionist and she gave me a modified version of the "pre-op" diet and asked me to see if I could stick to it for 2 weeks. Well I basically just never stopped, and dropped 32 lbs in 8 wks. So my liver-reduction diet began recently and I am fine with it because it's so similar.

Yes I have my protien shakes lined up but I am not going to be able to do them - I hate shakes. So I got the powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury chicken Soup flavored protien mix, and it has been amazing!! I also got the Bariatric fusion Vitamins (cherry) and am actually enjoying them. I am very concerend about hair loss so I am trying to keep my protien up and take enough Vitamins PRE surgery... then of course post surgery.

We have the same dates!

I am anticipating a 3 days hospital stay since I know my recovery issues - and I have anesthesia problems so they will take all the precautions. I am not rushing to get out of the hospital, that's for sure.

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Yay, girls! I am also on 17 April! But I am on the other side of the world. Plus I am a bit bigger... I am a tallish girl at 5 foot 7 inches (I don't know how to write it out, we actually use meters and centimetres, in which case I am 1,74 m)

My weight is also a bit more than yours. Well, a lot actually. I am 324.

But wow, so strange to think we are doing it on the same day!

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Yay' date=' girls! I am also on 17 April! But I am on the other side of the world. Plus I am a bit bigger... I am a tallish girl at 5 foot 7 inches (I don't know how to write it out, we actually use meters and centimetres, in which case I am 1,74 m)

My weight is also a bit more than yours. Well, a lot actually. I am 324.

But wow, so strange to think we are doing it on the same day![/quote']

Congrats

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I'm in Buffalo NY area. 8 wks ago they set me up with the mandatory nutritionist and she gave me a modified version of the "pre-op" diet and asked me to see if I could stick to it for 2 weeks. Well I basically just never stopped' date=' and dropped 32 lbs in 8 wks. So my liver-reduction diet began recently and I am fine with it because it's so similar.

Yes I have my protien shakes lined up but I am not going to be able to do them - I hate shakes. So I got the unjury chicken Soup flavored protien mix, and it has been amazing!! I also got the Bariatric fusion Vitamins (cherry) and am actually enjoying them. I am very concerend about hair loss so I am trying to keep my protien up and take enough Vitamins PRE surgery... then of course post surgery.

We have the same dates!

I am anticipating a 3 days hospital stay since I know my recovery issues - and I have anesthesia problems so they will take all the precautions. I am not rushing to get out of the hospital, that's for sure.[/quote']

I have never met with a diatian and I dont thank they set us up with one so im kinda freaking out a little about that and it takes the anesthesia longer to where off me then normal

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I LOVE YOUR BLOG!!!! LOVE IT!!!!!

I have many of the same worries - and I am concerend I will get my period due to the stress and shock!

I too am on medication that I WANT to and must take (neurontin) and there's no liquid form so the large pills must be crushed to a fine powder, thus I am weaning myself this week to 2x a day (as opposed to 3x a day).

I loved your post about how you would treat your 5-year-old-self.

And I really related to your concerns of being healthy, ok, and living.

Please keep in touch here. How long do you anticipate being in the hospital?

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I have never met with a diatian and I dont thank they set us up with one so im kinda freaking out a little about that and it takes the anesthesia longer to where off me then normal

Meeting with the nutritionist was wonderful. She really laid out all the eating habits that would change post surgery and gave me meal plans for every day starting with day 1 (liquid diet), through meal plans up to 8 months later. More importantly, she helped give me a little strength to get on my pre-surgery eating plan. I saw her 3x in past 9 weeks. I don't have to see her further, though I can if I choose (my own payment though if I do).

In all honesty, she didn't really tell me anything I didn't already know. She just made me accountable. She did harp into my brain though the importance of eating Protein at all meals (>25g), and eating it FIRST before Fiber.

I am a horrible anesthesia person. Once I had surgery and was sick for a week after and the anesthesia stayed in my system for a MONTH. This was before we knew I was allergic to morphine though.

I am disabled and had 6 surgeries in less than 14 months and after the 1st one, the OR got my anesthesia administration down to a science. I was soooo grateful. My RNY surgery is at a different OR though so I am really nervous even though they know my requirements/protocol. I DO NOT want to be projectile vomiting bile as I come out of anesthesia!!! I also know redheads react differently to it.

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why thank you, Cherry, so kind you are!

;-) It is great to hear that you feel the same way as I do. Power in solidarity or something like that.

the thing that really gets to me most currently is me weaning myself off of the medication. well, only to a third at least, so that the shock won't be so bad on my system.

sometimes it feels i don't know what the hell i am doing! even though i am sure i am doing everything as i must. i think i am a bit of an over-achiever, always have been.

someone once asked me "why are you packing so much on you, what do you want to prove?"

i was 16 years old. and i remember being flabbergasted and immediately replying, "i don't want to prove anything!"

But today, 14 years later, i look back and realise this poor girl did want to prove something. i wanted to prove that i am worth something, you know?

So sad actually. Hmm, feeling very contemplative today. Must be these damn stomach cramps, ugh!

Do stay in touch, girl, and visit me on my blog, it can get lonely there ;-)

Talk again soon

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o sorry, forgot to answer before i went off on a tangent!

I anticipate being in the hospital for 3 days. So we'll have to wait and see if that is the case. Hopefully!

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It's funny because I recall when I was young, so many around me saying that I was "padding myself". Um nooooo, I LIKED food!!! I wasn't trying to gain weight on purpose - not even subliminally! The overweight genes run in my family, and I am insulin resistant with PCOD.

The contridicting thing was I too was (am) a perfectionist and the one thing I could not get perfect was my health!

And like you, I am not thrilled about not taking my medicine. I NEED it.

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Hey y'all! I am April 15th, but don't have any other stats like yours. I am 5'10" and started at 391 but am currently at 359. Did all the testing and Nutr appt about three weeks ago. Just anxious to get this over with and start getting to the results.

From Arizona, and have a great doctor out here.

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Hey Girls! I'm April 16th bright and early at 7:30 am. I also have a wordpress blog. Follow me! I'll follow you back!

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