TXNurse77

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Getting banded on June 2nd!

Thanks Everyone! I enjoyed coming home from our vacation and reading what everyone had to say.

I am going to follow the liquid diet prescribed to the best of my ability and not just "slip" because I am giving myself an excuse to.

I forgot to add some information and I would like to answer a few questions.

I'm 33 y/o, with a BMI of 54.

I am getting the Lap-band done.

On the sheet for my diet guidelines it does not specify which diet it is for but I will assume that it's for all bariatric surgeries since it's title is "Bariatric Surgery Preoperative liquid Diet".

Day 1 Preop Diet here I come!:Dancing_wub:

I am seeing Dr Kim in Colleyville and received my daily pre-op diet instructions as follows for 21 days.

4 Protein shakes with skim milk or

5 Protein Shakes w/ Water

Water

crystal lite

sf Jello

unsweet tea

black coffee

Diet Green Tea

Koolaid sweetened with an artificial sweetner

Any 0 calorie, sf beverage.

Is this it?? Being in the medical field even I notice something is missing and I'm not going to do so well on this for 21 days.

I was surprised to see that my Surgeon would be practicing on New Year's Eve, however my surgery is early that morning. Anybody else?

I believe you need to do some research for yourself and not rely on what we may say. Some will say it is safe, some will say it is dangerous. Personally, I would not go into Juarez right now and I'm a very seasoned Mexico traveler. But that's JMO and you need to check out CNN.com and other newspaper reports.