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Good morning peeps!
It's rainy here this morning but I hear we have a sunny warm long weekend coming up. I am planning on heading to an annual homecoming celebration that happens yearly and is a lot of fun. They always have a parade, classic car show, baseball games, live band and plenty of good food. I'll just have to pace myself and make sure I go for ribs or something with lots of protein.
QOTD: What do you like to do on Labour Day weekend? An event or just relax at home?
B - greek yogurt, 1 egg bite (i added a bit of taco seasoning when i made them and they are yummy.. tex mex)
S - turkey pepperettes
L - chicken skewers, salad
S - protein bar
D - protein shake, deli turkey (after gym session with trainer)
S - 1/2 fresh peach/graham cracker
First few days are awful, congrats on getting through them! Keep yourself busy and don't let your head hunger get to you now. You are doing great.. This is the hardest part of the journey and you are almost through it!
Congratulations and thank you for sharing. As a newbie, I love reading the 'real' stories of peoples ups and downs. I'm 2 months out and currently struggling to remember to take my vitamins. I also have the bad habit of 'all of nothing'. Your 'challenges' section just motivated me to renew my effort in getting them all in. Good luck on your continued success!
Thank you, you are an inspiration!
Referred January 7/17, Orientation Humber May 28/17, Meet Dr. August 4/17, TRIO November 3/17, Internist November 21/17, Surgeon again December 21/17, Pre-op assessment January 4/18 and Surgery January 12/18.
I'm on day 4 of Optifast. Day 1 was OK, day 2 was non-stop headache, day 3 diarrhea. Today I have been feeling good and thought the most difficult days of adjustment just might be coming to an end.
But thoughts of just throwing in the towel and eating what I want are creeping in this evening -- to the point of questioning even having the surgery.
I see my family Dr tomorrow, so no way am I going to give in tonight. [She's a great cheerleader for me]
Have others struggled with these thoughts on the run up to surgery?
Even though I am hungry, I also struggle to drink the 4th shake of the day. Push myself b/c I know I need the protein.
On a positive note, I love my homemade chicken stock - and who would have guessed iceberg lettuce tasted so great!
Thanks for the replies. I have already had my scope, ecg, ultrasound, blood work, social worker, and dietician. The only things that I have left are meeting with the internist on October 1st and then I don't know what comes next.
Know someone who had an NSTEMI (type of heart attack) earlier this year. A ngio was good; didn't need any stents. He is fully recovered and working out regularly and still wants surgery. He had his nurse appointment and had his internist appointment next month. Is he automatically going to have to wait a certain amount of time? Anyone know?
Forgot to say, I know they're currently booking into like January for the dietician and psychologist/SW appointments. Those will probably be your longest wait.
Hi,
There's currently quite a wait to see the psychologist and dietician. I saw the internist in May and I've had my scope and all my imaging already. I see the dietician and psychologist next week, then I should have my appointment with the surgeon sometime in September. I'm looking at probably November for surgery.
