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12-13-2009, 10:08 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: PA
Posts: 66
Weight Statistics 9/26/09 Start Date:
12/15/09 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
272 lb Start Weight:
186 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
86 lb Weight Loss:
26 lb Lb Left to Lose:
31.6176470588 % % Lost:
12/10 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.5965693918 BMI Start:
29.1285364224 BMI Current:
25.0568055246 BMI Goal:
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My surgery is in 2 days! Really less then 48 hours! All I keep thinking is, am I doing the right thing?? I have been doing this liqquid diet for 12 days now. I keep thinking if I can do this, maybe I can do this without surgery. Although I know realisticlly I can't. I can't. I've tried, over and over and over again.
Being a single mom, this past week has been hard. Preparing for "if" something should happen to me. I hope all that I have in place does not need to happen. I hope that I have the stregnth to do this and follow through all of the way, post-op and in the years to come!
Thanks for listening....I'm just in a bit of a panic right now.
Kate
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12-13-2009, 10:36 PM
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Join Date: May 2009 Location: Salida, CA
Posts: 678
Weight Statistics First Consult 10/21/08 Start Date:
11/20/08 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
276 lb Start Weight:
121 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
155 lb Weight Loss:
-29 lb Lb Left to Lose:
56.1594202899 % % Lost:
goal 8/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index43.22298953 BMI Start:
18.949209178 BMI Current:
23.4907551793 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Hi, I know I thought the same thing, but I have tried ever imaginable diet, you name it I tried, was a real pro at weight watchers did that so many times. Well don't panic it will be fine, just follow your doctors orders and everything will go just right. I can say I just wish I would have been the size I am now when my kids were little, would have been so much more fun. But it didn't and now I am enjoying things so much more. Think positive and will be praying for you that everything goes fine. Take care of yourself, and you need to be there for your kids.
Good luck
Judy 
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12-13-2009, 10:39 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mississippi
Posts: 5,198
Weight Statistics 3/18/2008 (dieted all my life) Start Date:
9/30/2008 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
292 lb Start Weight:
192 lb Current Weight:
189 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
3 lb Lb Left to Lose:
34.2465753425 % % Lost:
2 years Goal Date:
Body Mass Index44.3935986159 BMI Start:
29.1903114187 BMI Current:
28.7342128028 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I understand what you are feeling. I felt the same way. I was nervous all the way down the hall to surgery. This has been the best thing I have ever done for myself. I am sure that you will feel the same way. You will be fine. Good luck for a event less surgery and a speedy recovery. Please let us hear from you as soon as you can. We will have your seat on the losers bench waiting for you. I will be thinking about you and praying for you. You will soon begin a new way of life and a much healthier future.
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12-14-2009, 08:02 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Floyd County Virginia
Posts: 9,445
Weight Statistics September 19th 2007 Start Date:
September 19th 2007 June 18,2012 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
363 lb Start Weight:
226 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
137 lb Weight Loss:
56 lb Lb Left to Lose:
37.741046832 % % Lost:
When I get there again Goal Date:
Body Mass Index52.0793877551 BMI Start:
32.4240816327 BMI Current:
24.3897959184 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Breathe now........... do it again. Honey those feelings are normal even for the ones that are married. Your not alone. I had put things in order myself before the big event. Remember this........... the surgeon is a DR. The person putting you to sleep more than likely is a DR. Your monitored all the time. You should be just fine.
Now breathe again and remember you got to this decision for a reason. Dont let anything overshadow that. Hugs honey. Breathe.
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12-14-2009, 08:03 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan
Posts: 24,797
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Pre op nerves are quite normal.
(((HUGS))) Hang in there, you'll be fine.
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12-14-2009, 09:09 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: South Central Kentucky
Posts: 1,242
Weight Statistics forever... 10/2007 was my official start date for WLS Start Date:
December 16, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
376 lb Start Weight:
192 lb Current Weight:
166 lb Goal Weight:
184 lb Weight Loss:
26 lb Lb Left to Lose:
48.9361702128 % % Lost:
no time limit... just want to be healthy Goal Date:
Body Mass Index66.5981355505 BMI Start:
34.007558579 BMI Current:
29.4023683547 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Awww..... (((((hugs))))) I know it's a scary time for you. You have all this time to think it over, and it really IS a big life altering decision. But I can say, it's the best one I ever made. I was terrified. I'm married to a wonderful man, but if anything happened to me... my daughters would go back to their fathers and for my oldest daughter, that's a horrible thought. But I prayed and had faith that I was making the best decision for all of us... and here I am a year later SOOO GLAD that I did it!! For me, it didn't help that everyone told me all the horror stories of things that went wrong with someone they know... I hate that, because that isn't the NORM. Don't let that sort of thing freak you out. Ok? Listen, we're all here to support you with this. And you WILL be glad you did this. It's going to all work out fine, wait and see. We'll be praying for you. Just take a deep breath and remember WHY you're doing this. It's to give yourself a better quality of life and offer your kid(s) a chance at a mom who can get down in the floor and play or run around outside and play... it's a priceless gift. I wouldn't trade mine for the world!!
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12-14-2009, 12:38 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: PA
Posts: 66
Weight Statistics 9/26/09 Start Date:
12/15/09 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
272 lb Start Weight:
186 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
86 lb Weight Loss:
26 lb Lb Left to Lose:
31.6176470588 % % Lost:
12/10 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.5965693918 BMI Start:
29.1285364224 BMI Current:
25.0568055246 BMI Goal:
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Thank you all for your thoughts and advice! I think I'm just getting anxious and want it over with at this point. Today I'm a little calmer...it is what it is kind of mentality! Hope it helps me sleep tonight!
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12-14-2009, 01:38 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Troy,NY
Posts: 424
Weight Statistics forever Start Date:
August 5th 2009 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
319 lb Start Weight:
216 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
103 lb Weight Loss:
66 lb Lb Left to Lose:
32.2884012539 % % Lost:
sometime in 2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index51.4823232323 BMI Start:
34.8595041322 BMI Current:
24.2079889807 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Everyone goes through the preop jitters. You'll be o.k. Just think you are going to become healthier for you and your daughter. Here is to an uncomplicated surgery and quick recovery.
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12-14-2009, 02:24 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: North
Posts: 2,180
Weight Statistics August 20, 2009 Surgery Date:
5' "
Height:
210 lb Start Weight:
102 lb Current Weight:
110 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
51.4285714286 % % Lost:
August 2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.0083333333 BMI Start:
19.9183333333 BMI Current:
21.4805555556 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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What you're feeling is sooo normal. Try thinking about how your life will be if you don't have the surgery. At some point you will probably be in a medical emergency or dire straights due to obesity then what will your kids do? Being in a hospital surrounded and cared for by highly trained professionals who are performing a planned procedure on you thus are prepared for contingencies seems far safer to me than having a heart attack while playing with your kids & there being no medical personnel on hand. I hope you decide to go through with your surgery. It is life changing and life lengthening. Your kids will appreciate having Mom around for a long, long time.
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