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Hi! My gastric sleeve is scheduled for June 13th too! I’m so excited I can barely contain myself. Every one keeps asking me if I’m nervous. Not in the slightest about the surgery, but I’m worried they’ll call me the day before and reschedule. That’s my only fear, 😂. Anybody else?

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15 hours ago, Kat B said:

I just had mine done on the 6th.

14 hours ago, Dchonlee said:

Hi there! I just had mine on june 4! Super excited for this journey for us both!

How did you both find it?

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On 6/5/2024 at 2:45 AM, Samstarwondertwin said:

Whelp, now I'm so terrified about the surgery on Monday that I am psyching myself out thinking what if I die during surgery? What about my husband and our three young daughters? I'm thinking this is my addict brain trying any which way to prevent me from having this surgery, but there are risks. My doctor assigned a video for me to watch about gastric sleeve procedures, including benefits, complications, expectations, and 11 instances that the patient is at risk of death.

So now I'm scared. I'm gonna talk to my Mom who had gastric bypass decades ago to try to chill me out, but anyone out there can calm my fears a bit. I'm also scared because I had some chicken breast and bunless cheeseburger, I'm putting myself at risk of death. Oh this cycle of nonsensical what-ifs is driving me mental!! Lol 😆 🤣 😂

Here in the UK, the 2 week pre-op diet consists of half your plate veg/salad, a quarter Protein and a quarter carbs, and to keep everything around the 800-900kcal per day mark. I've struggled on it tbh, but keep telling myself it's the last diet i'll ever go on. All the best for surgery today, you'll be awesome!

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Got mine on 5 June. Waiting for first in person appt to take off bandaid bc terrified to do it myself. So far drinking seeq Protein Water and some thinned Greek yogurt . Dying to find new ideas, new to this forum and would love to get in touch directly with other June ops

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On 5/3/2024 at 9:35 AM, Bec K said:

Does anyone else have a June surgery date scheduled?

I am scheduled for June 13.

I am scheduled for June 19. I am a little nervous but mainly ready to get it over with. I'm doing 2 Protein Drinks and a Healthy Choice dinner now. Any other recommendations?

On 5/29/2024 at 9:22 PM, Samstarwondertwin said:

I'm scheduled for a gastric sleeve on June 10th and so happy to be apart of this group. I'm so nervous and my addict brain is a such a piece of ****, trying to convince me I don't need the surgery, I will lose the weight, the whole nine. This **** is so real.

How are you doing on day 1?

On 5/29/2024 at 9:22 PM, Samstarwondertwin said:

I'm scheduled for a gastric sleeve on June 10th and so happy to be apart of this group. I'm so nervous and my addict brain is a such a piece of ****, trying to convince me I don't need the surgery, I will lose the weight, the whole nine. This **** is so real.

How are you doing on day 1

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On 6/4/2024 at 11:43 PM, Kat B said:

Hi I'm new. I'm scheduled for this Thursday the 6th. At first I was very excited, now I'm scared and having second thoughts. Is anyone else feeling this way?

I had mine on 5june and was apprehensive - focussing on a day at a time

is the only way to get theough

hope you are. Doing well

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I don't know if you really want to know how it went, but here I go. I'm still in the hospital and expected to be here until at least tomorrow. Surgery didn't go well--my surgeon nipped my lung sac and had to suture it up. The anesthesiologist gave me too much narcotics, I was 'lucky to be alive,' as one of the nurses told me in the recovery room. Now an investigation has been opened on what happened during this surgery. I'm definitely not posting this to scare anyone, but this is my reality and would never lie and say everything went swimmingly when it didn't. But I'm lucky to be alive folks, right?? And even with all this bullsh*t, I'm optimistic for the future. I'm excited for my journey and now this surgery is over, the only way I can go is forward. Good luck all and love sharing our journeys together.

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7 hours ago, Anonymous1972 said:

I am scheduled for June 19. I am a little nervous but mainly ready to get it over with. I'm doing 2 Protein Drinks and a Healthy Choice dinner now. Any other recommendations?

How are you doing on day 1?

How are you doing on day 1

I responded but I'm still getting used to this so didn't respond directly to your question.

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Prayers for speedy recovery

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On 6/10/2024 at 6:27 AM, Clark Griswold said:

Here in the UK, the 2 week pre-op diet consists of half your plate veg/salad, a quarter Protein and a quarter carbs, and to keep everything around the 800-900kcal per day mark. I've struggled on it tbh, but keep telling myself it's the last diet i'll ever go on. All the best for surgery today, you'll be awesome!

Hello 5 days Post Op here... And it's OK to have those feelings. Tbh about the 2wks pre op diet I didn't follow it thru all the way. I definitely still ate everything up until maybe 4 days before my surgery. And my surgery was a success. I personally was not worried I was the opposite I was excited. I too have a husband and 3 children at home my oldest 19 and youngest 3. But all I keep reminding myself was that God's got me. And I kept watching tiktoks on Gastric Sleeve patients all positive videos. I think that's what helped me. Hope this helps 🙏 ☺️ Good luck

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5 hours ago, Samstarwondertwin said:

I don't know if you really want to know how it went, but here I go. I'm still in the hospital and expected to be here until at least tomorrow. Surgery didn't go well--my surgeon nipped my lung sac and had to suture it up. The anesthesiologist gave me too much narcotics, I was 'lucky to be alive,' as one of the nurses told me in the recovery room. Now an investigation has been opened on what happened during this surgery. I'm definitely not posting this to scare anyone, but this is my reality and would never lie and say everything went swimmingly when it didn't. But I'm lucky to be alive folks, right?? And even with all this bullsh*t, I'm optimistic for the future. I'm excited for my journey and now this surgery is over, the only way I can go is forward. Good luck all and love sharing our journeys together.

Wishing you a speedy recovery. 🙏🏻 ❤️

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6 hours ago, Samstarwondertwin said:

I don't know if you really want to know how it went, but here I go. I'm still in the hospital and expected to be here until at least tomorrow. Surgery didn't go well--my surgeon nipped my lung sac and had to suture it up. The anesthesiologist gave me too much narcotics, I was 'lucky to be alive,' as one of the nurses told me in the recovery room. Now an investigation has been opened on what happened during this surgery. I'm definitely not posting this to scare anyone, but this is my reality and would never lie and say everything went swimmingly when it didn't. But I'm lucky to be alive folks, right?? And even with all this bullsh*t, I'm optimistic for the future. I'm excited for my journey and now this surgery is over, the only way I can go is forward. Good luck all and love sharing our journeys together.

You got this!

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