I HAVE A DATE!!!

Finally, after jumping through all the appropriate hurdles, I now have a surgery date of December 11.  Like everyone before me, I guess, I'm excited and scared to death.  What if this doesn't work for me; what if I have physical complications...and I have 7 weeks to worry about it. The big thing with me is that I don't want to be hungry any more. Please tell me I won't be hungry. Sue

Sue, That is great.............. Like I said before anything we can do or I can do let me know, Annrenee

Congratulations Sue!! We all have had the fear that we will be the one person this surgery will not work for. As for hunger, I can tell you that for me I had no physical hunger at all for about the first 7 - 8 months.  Now when I get hungry it is time to eat and it's not the same as it was. It is now a controllable hunger. If I can't have what I want, I can wait to eat until I find something I do want. Whereas before I would eat whatever I could get my hands on and just keep eating until I was stuffed. It's like I told my surgeon, I don't eat anything that isn't wonderful. My food has to earn pouch space now. If I take a bite of something and it isn't what I want, I stop. I'm not wasting valuable pouch space on crap. Head hunger may be a different issue. I was so disgusted with how I was eating pre-op that I still can't look at commercials for those foods without being totally grossed out. If food commercials are a problem for you, find something else to do. Go for a walk, come talk to us, read, work on crafts, find something to do to get you away from in front of the TV even if it's just during the commercials. You can get in a lot of walking in a day if you walk around the house during the commercials of just one hour long TV show. Good luck sweetie. Do you have someone to post for you and let us know how things go while you are in the hospital? If you would like to PM me a contact phone number or your email so I can send you my number to have someone call, I would be happy to post an update for you. Susan

That is and I am so Barb

Congrats Sue, that is great. Best of luck Ellen

Congrads on your date,,,i am 6 weeks out and i can honestly say that i went from ravenous appetite to not being hungry..i wish you the best!!!!!

Congrats to you Sue! You are on the way to becoming a healtiher you. I myself did not start geting hungry until about 9-10 months out and even then it wasn't anything like it used to be. We are all here for you if you need anything or just need support that is what were here for. Keep us updated on your progress.

Hey Sue -

 I am over 3 months out and I can honestly say that I have not been hungry since surgery.  Good luck!!  ~Amber~