ANYONE FROM GEORGIA

[breehuskins 18]

I'M FROM ATLANTA AREA ANYONE FROM AROUND HERE??

[snowblue 50]

I'm from Chattanooga

[breehuskins 18]

OK I'M ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AWAY FROM CHATT. Have you had your surgery yet?

[snowblue 50]

No not yet. It has been a long road to get here. I was all approved (I thought) last Thanksgiving time, but the surgeon couldn't do it the week I needed, and I couldn't take any time off until January. Then I had planned to do it the first week in March, but the psychiatrist had said I should go to therapy, and so the surgeon wouldn't do it then (not sure why it was OK in November, but not March) *sad trombone*... So here I am, after having 6 months of therapy, and my appointment with the surgeon is on Thursday, 9-11-14. I saw my PCP last week and got all of my pre-op lab work done, and I had an EGD last October and the surgeon's office said I would not need another one since my heartburn has gone away with prilosec. I already have approval because I work at the hospital where I will be having the surgery, and there is an excellent program. I am automatically approved, and I work with like 11 other nurses who have had the surgery. So I quit smoking 3 weeks ago, I stopped caffeine on Sunday, and I started the liquid diet over the weekend (I have cheated a bit, but done better with each successive day). On track so far today!

Have you had your surgery yet?

[breehuskins 18]

I start my liquid Thursday. In having surgery on the .18th. I started the whole process in July Si I have been very fortunate not to run into any problems. What types if things are you drinking for your liquid diet? I'm a food addict I know it's gonna be tough in me to do this but I want to live a long life.

[snowblue 50]

Ya I know! I have had a problem with substance abuse in the past, and I honsetly didn't have much trouble quitting that, or with quitting smoking either... that said, I went nuts last night and found some really old cream of wheat in my pantry... I made it w sugar and butter... all of which I threw away this morning--I now have nothing in my house that in unapproved... tonight will be really hard... I would suggest trying to half-ass do the diet tomorrow, I have found it is much easier to taper off and onn things like that I have seen some posts on here about carb/sugar addiction, and then in class this morning the professor showed a slide of a MRI of someone's brain on sugar and on cocaine... the areas which were lit up were exactly the same, and they were the exact same color...

[breehuskins 18]

Yeah Iv have seen that before its crazy.

[snowblue 50]

So have you had your surgery yet?

[snowblue 50]

oooops you already answered that, sorry. I got distracted from the feed by having to pay attention in school hahahahahahahahahaha

[catdaddy 232]

Hi, I'm all the way down in Valdosta. I had my WSL in Gainesville, Fl. Best of luck to you.

[snowblue 50]

You too! Maybe I can stop on by for a Protein shake the next time I go to Miami

[catdaddy 232]

That would be nice. I'm now on phase 3, very soft foods and everything is going as planned. I did have internal bleeding after surgery and needed to go back to the hospital for a few more days but it was stopped with medication. Please try and stay on your diet before surgery and again best of luck.

[snowblue 50]

Thanks for the support merckman I have done really well since that cream of wheat incident! Hahahaha

[Roostertail2 98]

I'm in villa rica...down 20 past douglasville

[Angel❤️ 45]

Hi! I'm about 20 mins outside of Atlanta in Covington. Had surgery on July 8th