PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A

I've seen so many people posting about not telling anyone about their surgery or being mad if someone finds out. I'm just curious why you don't want people to know? I've told basically everyone in my life. It's a huge deal to me. I'm excited about it and don't want to hide it. I'm not judging. Everyone is different, I'm just curious.

Well today is the big day for my surgery I'm excited and nervous at the same time. This has been my biggest journey. I'm praying for a Great success in life I can't wait for the new transformation. Keep me in prayer

So my insurance requires me to lose 5% of weight before they approve me for surgery. I started off at 258 and needed to be down to 243. When I started my nutritionist appt I had gained at was 264. I’m supposed to be down to 243 by end of January and I am still 258! I have completely changed up my lifestyle, going low carb, going to Zumba a few times a week and taking my thyroid meds. I am just so discouraged because I have been working so hard! I’ve thinned down but the scale won’t budge!! What have you guys done to help top the scales in your favor? Thanks so much

DISCLAIMER: This FAQ is in no way intended to replace or undermine the advice of your physician. Every person is different, every surgeon has different guidelines, and no two situations are identical. Therefore if any of the answers below are unclear or contradict your physicians’ instructions, always follow your physicians’ instructions. The responses given are a compilation from multiple sources and references. How do I embed the weight loss ticker? Click on the liquid stage? During your clear liquid stage you can have anything that you can sip through a straw that is translucent, meaning see through. For instance: Water, juice, broth, sugar free popsicles, sug…

So I weight myself and have gained about 13lbs since my first doctors appointment on Sept 26. You guys I feel terrible. This week I started a week early on my preop diet to shed weight faster and get used to having liquids in the first few stages after surgery. Did this happen to any of you? I guess I kept telling myself “oh you’re not gonna be able to eat this again for awhile so just eat it now” and it stuck with me since. I feel so bad

I'm on day 6 of my pre-op diet. I've been sticking to it, only cheated once, but that's because I was about to pass out at work and ate half a PB&J. I am FREAKING OUT that my liver isn't going to be small enough. I get ATLEAST 90g of Protein a day, and ATLEAST 120 oz of liquid... Water, broth, Protein Shakes, and Jello is all I have except my 2 low carb meals a week I'm allowed to have, and so far that's been chicken and veggies, and the other a salad. But I still am so scared that my liver won't be small enough and I won't get the surgery on 12/18. I'm going for RNY.

Does anyone know why insurance (UMR) requires a 6 month supervised diet plan? I'm just curious.... What if I lose weight during that 6 months, will I run the risk of being denied by the insurance because I no longer have the required BMI? I have a long history of losing weight on diets, but only gain it all back (plus some). Sent from my SM-N920V using BariatricPal mobile app

Insurance denied me after going through all the appts, meeting criteria and even after Drs supposedly verified benefits. I literally cried the whole day. I found some light at the end of the tunnel the following day. My friend told me about a Dr in same city who will do surgery if you have one of the two. 1) hiatal hernia or 2) need gallbladder removed. I have #1. Dr offers to do sleeve at same time as hiatal hernia repair, I just have to pay the $5k separately. Which i have opted to do. Supposedly my comorbidities are not severe even. Surgeon and insurance Dr had a peer to peer but nothing. I almost feel dupped by the surgeons office so they could bill my insurance …

Hi my name is Vanessa and I have made a YouTube channel about my gastric sleeve surgery go and follow me.. and tell me about your surgery [emoji16]... Thank you Sent from my SM-N950U using BariatricPal mobile app

It's day 7 and its been fine. I've done 5 days of full liquids and now I'm on the second day of clear liquids. I haven't even been that hungry and I haven't felt like I was going to die.....until this afternoon. I am so nauseous that I can't even hold Water down. What's up? Has that happened to anyone else? Does anyone have any suggestions or fixes?

I love my surgeon, but the office is so crazy busy I feel like I get blown off a lot. I have tests, never get the results (this is for my EKG, MRSA test *and* my Endoscopy... when I brought it up they said the nutritionist would go through the results with me at my next medically supervised weight loss appt). I get appointments with the wrong people, there are items on my online checklist in their system that they say I haven't completed that I have. Not life and death but um- surgery IS and if they can't manage my care now, how can they do it after surgery? Anyhow, there's an insurance issue (it's a good one actually, I can get approved sooner than expected) and th…

Hi all! I’m new to this forum and I’m so happy I’ve found it. I have had 2 appointments so far with my PCP for weight loss and next Friday 12/08 I meet for the first time with a nutritionist. I have 4 more scheduled weight loss appointments with my PCP and I wanted to know what else I need to do or what else I need to maintain. I have Medicaid as my insurance and I’ve been told it’s very hard to jump through all their hoops for the gastric sleeve surgery. So basically I’m just asking ahead to cover myself and do all that they will ask of me because my PCP doesn’t seem very knowledgeable to me although he’s done these types of appointments before he hasn’t had much experie…

Newbie here just want to say hi to everybody.[emoji12]..... I need to lose 7 more pounds by the 13th of this month. Also trying not not to think negative thoughts.. Sent from my Z988 using BariatricPal mobile app

Hi, I'm Veronica. I am 32, 5'7 and currently weigh 255 (BMI: 39.somthing). This is the heaviest I've ever been and at 32, I can actually feel it now; its a bit scary. I recently went through a break up and when I tried to get back on the horse and started hiking again, I noticed how sore all my joints were. I wake up and I'm sore. I worry this is going to get in the way of my weightloss process, WLS or other. I'm here because I'm considering WLS/VSG and have Kaiser and in insurance provider. I'v been perusing forums, Instagram, and YouTube vlogs for the last couple weeks and haven't really found much on the process for Kaiser. I realize everyone's plans are diff…

Hello! This is my first time posting to this site, so first off, hello! A little about me...I am 37 years old and a mother to one 3 year old and a 8 year old step son. I am a teacher, although I work at a virtual school so I am pretty sedentary during the day. Ten years ago I topped out at 269 pounds, with a height of 5 feet, 6 inches. I went to a bariatric weight loss seminar but never pursued it any further. A few months later I started jogging (I have been an athlete all of my life but the weight spiraled after I stopped playing college soccer). I wasn’t a fan of jogging when I was younger, but I fell in love with it. I dropped 80 pounds and kept it off for years. Thr…

I'm really depressed tonight..i screwed up..i probably ate more than I should have.. we made a ground turkey dish with veggies in it.. it was so good I ate at least 2 cups worth and a few slices of tomatoe..i got full after around 1/2 a cup and a tomato slice but I keep going back and picking at it until I finished it..i feel really ashamed , I had been doing so well until tonight. I hope this isn't the start of bad things[emoji26] Sent from my SM-G935V using BariatricPal mobile app

My request just went into the insurance. They put me down for February 6th!! I'm so excited to change my life!! Anyone else having surgery around this time? Sent from my SM-G955U using BariatricPal mobile app

Anyone know a guesstimate for how long before surgery you should stop drinking alcohol? Guesstimating surgery in February but tis the season and I enjoy some booze during the holidays, just don't want to ruin my plans for surgery in the process lol

Who are my sleeve sisters or brothers out there and are having surgery May 31, 2017?? Would love to follow your journey as well.

Im having surgery December 22nd and need to know if there’s anything I should bring in my hospital bag to make it better?

Hello, My name here is the same as my Instagram name in case anyone would like to follow my journey. I am PRE-OP and I stand at 5’6 and weigh 245 (242.1 from today’s weigh in..). I don’t really have a “goal” weight or size - I am just looking to be healthy. Hope I meet some amazing people here ? Good luck on your journeys!!

Let me start by saying that I am 100% in favor of people having the right to keep their surgery private and to choose who to tell, or not to tell. Having said that, I have decided to tell family and co-workers that I am having the surgery. Because WLS is getting to be so common now, when others see someone having rapid weight loss, they usually speculate that surgery was involved - at least that's been my experience. I'd rather just be open about it than have people talk behind my back...but that's just me. For those who are keeping it a secret, or trying to, I was wondering if any of you have been busted lying about not having surgery? I've read a lot of the little …

Hey guys and gals! I need some help lol. I am having my gastric sleeve this coming Monday, December 4th. I am on the clear liquid diet right now. I realized I grabbed jello with sugar on accident. I thought I grabbed the sugar-free Jello. Oops. With that being said I've eaten it before I realized what it was. Is this a huge deal? I'm so nervous that I just messed all of this up.... does anyone know if the Jello I have is a problem? Should I send my husband out to get the right stuff? I suck at life sometimes lol.

So I am starting to get really nervous about this procedure. I am a prior WLS patient. Having a revision from the gastric band, but I had the band removed almost 3 years ago. I am so freaked out I am making poor food choices. I need some support!

Anyone not lose much during pre-op diet? I’m one week into preop diet for lap land removal with conversion to RNY on Dec 11th. I lost 6 lbs the first 3 days then nothing else. I feel I should be losing more. I’m drinking 3 premier protein shakes a day with sugar free jello, chicken broth, and water. I really want to be successful and I’m nervous it won’t work for me.

So I am sitting here at my pre op appt waiting to get called back and my stomach is churning I am so nervous... I hope they schedule me today. Sent from my SM-N950U using BariatricPal mobile app

Hi Everyone. I am brand new and looking at January or March for surgery, depending on insurance. I have scoured these forums and see a lot of talk about endoscopes before surgery. My list of requirements do not have a scope checked and I inquired with my coordinator yesterday who confirmed that my surgeon did not order one for me. Is this possible? Has anyone not had a scope beforehand? Thank you!

Have any of you had your surgeon tell you that you need to loose 8 pounds in one week? I’m confused I thought I had 2 weeks to loose that which seems realistic. I was informed by my surgeon today that I won’t be allowed to have surgery unless I lose four more pounds.

Just wanted to say publicly that I'd welcome message exchanges with anyone going through this around the same time I am next week:) Want to let someone know how it's going? Bored in your hospital room? Want to compare notes? Want to vent about this crazy process? Message me! I'd love to hear from you. Just click my user name "Creekimp13" (in blue type to the left of this post) Then, when you get to my page, right at the top of the page in the middle (under where is says Bariatric Pal) is a blue box that says message. There ya go:) Might take me a bit, but I promise to respond to all messages. Wishing you all a safe surgery and an excell…

Hello, I'm new here! My name is Cody. I have been working on getting a gastric sleeve since august of this year. It has move pretty quickly for me. But I am excited and nervous at the same time. The liquid diet is wonderful haha. Im located in New York. If anyone wants to talk about what you have gone through so far that would be awesome. If anyone that has had it done already and wants to talk that would be great as well. Thank you and I hope everyone is doing well.

Hello everyone. I am being sleeved on 12/13 and my weight prior to my liquid diet was 243 night 5'4.5. I realize looking at before and after pictures many started at a higher weight then I am but I'd like to know what to expect with loose skin. I am 30 years old. My face is pretty full do you think my cheeks will be saggy? I know it sounds petty but I am inquisitive. I am so excited to change my life and have struggled with weight since before puberty so this is my chance to really make a difference. I am by nature a planner and rule follower so I have done so so so much research. Many nights watching YouTube videos of what to expect. Please let me know if you had a simi…

I read from my surgeon that the pill will be less effective after surgery. What options is everyone exploring or what has been successful?

You shut your damn mouth like right now. After 3 weeks of waiting after insurance submittal, I just received the call that I was approved for the bypass! The[emoji1490] LONGEST[emoji1490] 11 months[emoji1490] of[emoji1490] my[emoji1490] life[emoji1490] That is all. Carry on [emoji482]

Good Morning everyone, I am new to this whole forum so please bear with me. My gastric sleeve surgery is scheduled for 12/13/2017. I am both nervous and excited. I made a decision to go through with the surgery before nerves or emotions could get the best of my decision making processes. I am glad that I made a firm decision at that time because otherwise the nerves may have gotten the best of me. I am a fairly logical person by nature but there is one thing that I just cannot stop thinking about and that is hair loss. I am embarrassed because I know this will improve my health and that is the most important thing but I seem to be obsessing over this small problem. I have…

Few thoughts on my 7 days of liquid diet. Its scary at first, but you will be ok. Drink lots of water and take walks If you drink coffee like me, 3-4 cups a day you will need to back off before you start the liquid diet I had a headache for 3 days, day 1 was real bad but got better each day I dropped 2-4 pounds a day Biggest day was 4.5 That day I was most active and most hungry What got me through the first few days was thinking of eating again. Crazy right! I was searching for high protein low carb recipes, fun things I could eat and still keep on track Lots of cool and great ideas posted, so don’t despair. …

Tomorrow I start my pre op diet..it won't be as long as what it should be cuz I have surgery on the 13th of december...thank God because it's gonna be rough for 8 days.but can't wait til next week Sent from my SM-G920T using BariatricPal mobile app

Has anyone not lost weight or stalled during the diet? I lost 6lbs the first 3 days and nothing since then. I have too loose 4 more before Wednesday so I’m nervous that my Dr may cancel the surgery. I’m following the diet exactly as it says!

Hi all! I am self-pay and am scheduled to be sleeved soon by Dr.Wizman and wanted to hear other's experiences in regards to the hospital stay. 1. Which hospital did you have surgery at? Coral Springs or Aventura. 2. Private-room or shared? 3. Is there a specific Bariatric floor/wing of the hospital? 4. How long were you in the hospital for? A family member will be staying with me and is not wanting to stay at a near-by hotel as they are concerned with this being my first surgical procedure ever and I am trying to figure out the logistics of everything. Thanks!

I met with my surgeon yesterday, and we scheduled my RNY for 11/30/17. I'm super excited, but also nervous because this of course is a major step in this journey! Not having cold feet, exactly, but I definitely could use some reinforcement that this going to be one of the best decisions of my life (as I have heard others say before)......

I’m in my hospital room about to go in for surgery, and I’m all alone because everyone’s taking care of the kids. I’m so scared and excited - also really hungry lol Anyone else going in today?

Hey everyone and anyone!!! Does anyone want to start a small group? Not sure how but I really want to share and care with others also I have a lot of questions and I want to get to know people that are going to go through it, That have been through it and folks that are thinking about getting the gastric bypass done even.... I want us to be able to support each other through thick and “thin” lol.. does anyone want to grow skinnier with me???

I have finally scheduled the gastric sleeve surgery after contemplating it for several years and going up and down my whole life. I am excited but very nervous about regain after having surgery and then feeling like a failure once again. Any tips??

I am having my surgery tomorrow. I have to be there at 10am! I am nervous yet ready, but I know I got this!! *Fist pumps*

Hello guys, so last week I was finally able to get my first visit with my psychologist. Because I have Fidelis NY i'm required to do two visits. Now my first visit went great he said I am a great candidate for surgery but before sending off my results to my surgeon he wants me to write a journal and bring it back for him to read it . I'm so confused because I honestly have nothing to write about. I need HELPP , Has anyone else done this before . If so what do you suggest me to write about . Thank you .

My surgery is in a couple of weeks. I'm going to Tijuana alone so I want to make sure I have everything I will need. I also don't want to take a bunch of stuff I won't need. I will obviously take my passport. Will I need my drivers license, credit cards or debit card? How much cash will I need? Ugh I'm stressing over this.

Hi - I'm still new here but I'm reading so much about others starting their pre-op liquid diets. My surgeon told me he doesn't do that -- just be careful the few days before and don't go crazy or it will make you feel worse afterwards which I've been following (my surgery is next Thursday, 12/7). I've also met others that have not had the pre-op liquid diet in person so that makes me feel better...but I haven't met anyone who isn't doing some sort of elimination drink the day or night before surgery? Anyone else out there who is not doing a pre-op liquid phase? Or an "elimination" drink the day before? Just wondering how uncommon this is..thanks in advance for shari…

I was truly unaware of my gastritis my doctor prescribed Nexium before my surgery i'm already on day four of my liquid diet I have surgery December 13 my question is, anyone else with the same predicament I really want my post-op to go smoothy I've been approved for surgery I want to make sure I will have no complications I'm worried [emoji30]

Today is my first day of pre-op liquid diet. Surgery is scheduled on 11/20. What should I bring to the hospital with me? Shopping list for the surgery? I did stock up on Premier protein shakes and water. Not sure what else I should prep. Any suggestions?

My surgery is scheduled for Dec 4th. I have my insurance approval. I'm feeling good.. except Thanksgiving is Thursday. I think I am one of the lucky ones because my surgeon's program doesn't put us on full liquids for two weeks before surgery. My diet goes like this: Breakfast - protein shake ( I add my premiere protein to black coffee .. it's good) snack - apple Lunch- 300 cal or less frozen healthy meal. I went with the Healthy Choice Cafe steamers and a 1/2 cup of veggies snack : more protein shake Dinner: same as lunch 300 cal or less frozen healthy meal and half cup veggies. Also I can have as much sugar free Popsicle and jello , broth,…

Help! i am on the liver shrinking diet of hell. 1.8. litres of skim milk daily and sugar free jello. Nothing else to eat. Surgery Dec 11. i am finding it very very difficult. do I have to follow this diet? can I cheat? how can I do this for 2 weeks !? help!