jennifer1

Hi Maria. I just found this thread. Just thought I'd give you a quick update on me. May6th I completed my pre-op testing and today i started my liquid diet. so far so good. cant believe my surgery is in 2weeks!!! yikes!!! hope all is well with you!

My pre-op diet is liquids only for 2 weeks Unlimited things are: crystal light, suger free kool aid, sugar free cocoa, diet v-8splash, broth Soups, sugar free propsicles/italian ice, sugar free Jello, propel. hope that helps some. today is my first day!

Today was day one of my 2 week pre-op diet. My diet is very strict allowing only liquids. So far so good. I stuck to it 100% and even worked out at the gym. Am I being delusional in thinking the whole 2 weeks will be like this. If this is as bad as it gets then I can handle it. What is everyone elses experience with an all liquid pre-op diet. Is it going to get worse?

<br><br><br>so far so good with the pre-op diet, although its only day one! lol

Well today I started my pre-op all liquid diet. So far it's 6pm and i'm ok. I hear my stomach growling, but it's nothing I cant handle. I had a muscle milk shake for breakfast, chicken broth and SF jello for lunch, just ate a SF popcicle and will have a protein shake for dinner. I've been drinking crystal light as well. I even went to the gym and did 40 minutes of cardio. I'm totally shocked and hope that I can keep this up!

i think the thought of food getting "stuck" scared the crap out of me and i my dietician said for me to not eat bread unless it was hard like toast. I love pizza but not at the chance of getting stuck, maybe once i hit goal i'll be more comfortable with the band and will try but not when i'm first allowed solids. thanks!

wow this post makes me really nervous. i am self pay and i signed a waiver that stated if a hernia was found i allowed the surgeon to repair it. i have a contract stating what my cost is and what i have paid so far. they bettter not start and mess with me cuz i will fight till the end!!!

soooo glad someone asked this question. i too was wondering how the choose the size. i figured give me the larger band cuz i dont wanna max out on fills and still need to loose. good to know it is based on the size of my stomach and not how much weight i need to loose. thanks guys for the info!

Well i start my pre-op all liquid diet tomorrow. I will admit that i took this weekend to have the last of my favorite foods, one being pizza. This is the one food that I dont think i'll be able to have ever again cuz of the bread componet. And I'm ok with that (i think)! LOL! so I am going through the fridge tossing everything out that is isnt a liquid at this point or that wont keep(frozen) till i'm able to have it again. I'll have a moment of silence and i toss all my comfort foods in the trash! I tried to get my sister to come raid my fridge but she wont and i think it's cuz she doesnt want me to hae the surgery. Oh well! Not trying to be cold, but i'm doing this for me. So with that said I start the liquid diet tomorrow, so i'll check in if i havent passed out by the end of the day! LOL

even though i live in Chicago i just wanted to wish you well on your journey!!!

sounds like you're on your way! keep it up!

WOW! well i'm not married so what i have to say may not mount to a hill of Beans...lol...i can understand you being after to tell your husband and i'm sure you didnt feel good about not being honest with him, i mean this is a huge life decision and adding that stress i'm sure didnt feel good. We're are not hear to judge you but support you and offer advice. I do think you need to tell him and just be prepared for whatever the outcome is. you know your husband better than any of us who have never met. him.. i pray you get the courage and find the right words to explain to your husband your decision. Best wishes!

congrats! sounds like you're off to a great start....giving up the coke i'm sure was not easy..so you know you have to strength to do this. i stay buried in these forums to keep me going! welcome and best wishes!

congrats! sounds like you're off to a great start....giving up the coke i'm sure was not easy..so you know you have to strength to do this. i stay buried in these forums to keep me going! welcome and best wishes!

Hun, i would listen to your doctor. Yes people on here can give you advice, but unless they are your MD then for certain things I would take what they say with a grain of salt. SMH at some of the responses... best wishes in your journey!

Ok i'm sitting over her boo hooing all over my computer as I read your post. I'm sooo pissed cuz i typed a reply before and lost my internet connection!!ugh! long story short i have often wondered how my role is going to shift cuz i've played the funny fat girl role all my life. I will be the first to comment about my weight or crack a joke cuz if i do it first it's no longer funny or hurtful if someone else does it. it was my defense mechanism. i love this forum and the support it offers. i can come here and chat with people whom i've never met and will probably never meet, but i can share my deepest feeling concerning my weight with! Love you guys!!

Well my pre-op testing was yesterday. Let me start off my saying I HATE DRIVING IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cabbies and biker's really irritate me and just the traffic and overall overcrowdedness!!! (is that even a word! my sister(the teacher would probably kringe if she saw that)! anywho! got to the doctors office and only 2 people were in the waiting room. I pay my deposit($$$$$$) and complete some more paper work. Once I get called back I go thru the norm of BP, temp, height and weight. Yep BP was high 147/98, which is high for me, but they dont seem concerned and feel it's "white coat syndrome". lol You can call it whatever you like as long as it doesnt stop me from getting banded!! Get blood taken(not that bad), and EKG , talk to the anastesiolgist(i can never spell that, but ya'll know what i mean..LOL), and I can say i'm not to thrilled about the intubated thing, but I know i have to have it. Went back out the to waiting room and there are close to 20 people waitng! WTH!!! are they giving away lap bands now,...sign me up! found out the doc was running late so i had to sit another 20 minutes for my barium swallow. he comes rushing through the door. i get called back and in like 2 minutes its over. I stand in front of the xray like machine. take 3 big gulps of this white stuff and bam that's it. As I look over the papers I was given there is a 0 POUND WEIGHT GAIN CLAUSE! WTH is this. well apparently if you dont weigh the same you did on your pre-op testing(done 2 weeks before your surgery), there's a chance they wont do the surgery. i asked for clarity and it's like if you gain like 10+ pounds. Ok not sure how you would do that if you're on a liquid diet for 2 weeks, but apparently someone has done it or they wouldnt have to say it. Ok i've rambled enough! SMOOCHES!!!

Day 4!!!! i'm so jealous! I have to do 2 weeks!!!!! I start monday and get banded on the 20th! so excited for you..So since you go first you know i'll be bugging you about what to actually expect!!! LOL! Have a good weekend and happy mother's day if you are a mother!

My surgery date is may 20th!!! Good luck with the psych eval( that sounds weird, not really sure what to say)!!! LOL!

I dont know what the "situation, but RUN!!!!! That sounds way to fishy to me and the fact that they want to discount a medical procedure like that. I would advise finding some place else. I'm getting banded at Day One Health with Dr. Elli in Chicago, maybe you could see if they take patients that werent originally banded by them. Best wishes!

well dawn i was waiting for your surgery day story! thanks i'm glad everything went welll for you. you sound like me i would be looking for the pain that everyone talks about, but now i think i'm just gonna wait it out and see cuz everyone is different. i wish you much success hun!

Oh Jen! I'm sooooo sorry to hear that. I have hypothyroidism adn i go for my pre-op testing on tomorrow and i'm praying for no glitches in my schedule for my surgery date on the 20th. But yeah it is best that you dont get in OR and have something go terribly wrong. I hope everything gets back on track soon.

Well tomorrow I go for my pre-op testing: blood work, EKG and anastesiology clearance(not sure what that means). Also this weekend I'll go grocery shopping for my wonderful liquids i get to have for two weeks. It' kinda cool that i get sugar free fudgsicles...too bad it's not summer time though! I feel like this is becoming more and more real now that I'm going for the pre-op testing. I have a whirlwind of emotions, but none of them are regret or turning back. I am moving full steam ahead!!!!

welcome to the site. i havent been banded yet, so i dont have any advice on that end. and i start my pre-op diet (2 weeks liquids) next week. so follow my blog and maybe some of your questions will get answered in my everyday ramblings! LOL

Ok since I found this site I am obsessed. I used to log on to Facebook whenever I got on my laptop, but now it's always here first. I'm not only obsessed with the site, but with the whole process period. I'm so excited to finally be getting my band and just wish the day would get here already. I cant seem to think of anything else. Right now i'm not sad about the food i'll be losing but the health i'll be gaining. It seems that all my friends that know wanna "eat with me one last time". they act like I'll never be able to eat again! LOL! i understand where they're coming from though! LOL! Just thought I'd shar my thoughts.