CraftyChristie

I agree about the sippy cup. I tried mine and it's like a LOT of work to get a sip out! I think this will be a good thing for me though to keep me from gulping. But if it turns out to be just too big of a problem, I'll go back to my camelbak bottle.

Congrats on the wedding! You will be "healed" within 6-8 weeks. That is how long it takes for the inside of your stomach to really heal, swelling to go down, and to have all of your strength back. You may feel fine as early as 4 weeks and be able to enjoy yourself but I'd be careful about the dancing and keep it mild, you don't want to mess something up before you are completely healed inside. I would definitely run all this by your surgeon too to get his opinion. Fatigue is likely to be your biggest issue but everyone experiences different levels of fatigue for different lengths of time. If you get ALL of your protein, ALL of your water, eat 6 times a day etc you will have the best luck with the fatigue (from what I hear.) Best wishes!!!

What do you mean?

That is so ridiculous! You have every right to stand up for yourself in this situation and to see another cardiologist. Sounds like this guy has a huge chip on his shoulder.

Whoo hooo! It'll be great. Talk to you on the other side.

I can't believe my surgery is the day after tomorrow! I thought the time would pass slowly but in fact it's been going by really fast. I've had a lot to do and today is no exception. I have my pulmonary testing today at 1:00, then my preop testing at the hospital at 2:00, and my preop appointment with my surgeon at 2:30. The hubby is tagging along today too as he has his pulmonary testing after me, at 2:00. I am feeling a little nervous but not too bad! Might be worse tomorrow and the day of, I'm not sure. But I felt a lot more nervous before my consult than I do right now! Haha. Got my Protein powder yesterday from Max Muscle. My choice was Peanut Butter fudge. It was the least sweet of the different flavors I tried. Right now I am just looking forward to being on the other side of all this, coming home, resting. My best friend is coming in from Chicago to be with me for a whole week which will be awesome! Major Sex and the City marathon is going to happen (I've never watched the show and a friend lent me the whole series.) Today I'm going to start packing my bags for the hospital! Whoo!:thumbup1:

escape - good luck tomorrow!!

Elly, I want to say one more thing and I hope you dont' take any offense at this, I say it because I care... so listen to your elder LOL jk... Alright so here is how I feel. We have been dieting for years yes? The sleeve is supposed to free us from that. To be a real way to lose weight and keep it off. While we do have to follow nutrition guidelines already of high protein, low carb, a certian amount of calories etc... I view this as the change in lifestyle and not a diet. BUT, it is already an "eating plan" so to speak. I don't understand why you want to try diet pills, or south beach, or weight watchers, etc. I don't know if your story is different than mine, but I've been dieting since age 7. If it is more recent for you and with as young as you are I can understand why you might still be thinking about these things. But they DON'T work long term and that's why so many of us are here. I think if you hit a stall when you are losing, doing south beach for a week or something and changing things up is acceptable. But, I feel like you are already selling yourself short by assuming you are going to still need to diet after the sleeve. You need to FREE yourself from this way of thinking. Give this a chance and follow the guidelines and do it right and you WILL be successful. NO MORE DIETS babe!

Firstly, my surgeon said you should be off birth control for 4 weeks prior to surgery! As well as 6 weeks after. Has to do with risk of blood clots. Have you asked him about that? If you do need to go off of it, it might fix the prob for you. When I went off mine, I have my period 3-4 days later like I always do when I stop my pill even though it was a week and a half earlier than I would have done so normally. So if you stopped it now maybe you'd be all done with your period before surgery.

Elly I've heard similar fears from MANY people. But it just won't be true. We will both be successful. :thumbup:

I hit on this in your other thread... but we are being told at our surgeon that we will be between 600-800 cals a day the first year (regardless male/female/weight/etc) once on solid foods... and that by around 1.5 to 2 years out we will be at 1200-1500 per day. So being on 1200 a day now when you are still doing liquids is probably not recommended. Did your surgeon give you any guidelines? I've seen other threads on here where people say to google nutrition guidelines vertical sleeve and that there is a lot of information out there. I hope this is helpful. :thumbup:

I bet at least 7lbs of that was the poo :thumbup:

I think it would really help if you cut down the calories in your smoothies. Make it with water instead of milk and maybe 2 scoops protein instead of 3? From what I understand we'll be on 600 cals or less until 6months out or so and you are getting that much from just the smoothie in the morning, what is your calorie count for the whole day? I thought it's supposed to be 600-800 cals for the first year and working up to 1200-1500 by 1.5 - 2 yrs out. I know every surgeon has different guidelines though!

I have ALWAYS wanted to donate blood but they won't let me due to my severe anemia.

Elly... You are NOT going to need this babe!

Andrea, same here, excited but a little nervous :thumbup: Soon we'll be on the other side!

Thanks for the shout out Jerry!!! I am feeling the opposite of you - that these days are going by FAST! I guess because I have felt like I've had so much to do. Today I bought my protein powder from Max Muscle, did some other shopping, had lunch with my sister in law, went to coffee with my dad, got a bunch of stuff from my parents' basement (found some smaller clothes there too which will really come in handy!) oh yeah AND I had to be at the court house this morning for jury duty, which thankfully I got out of. It's been a long day. Tomorrow is my pulmonary testing, my preop tests at the hospital and then my preop appt with the surgeon so I know tomorrow is going to go by fast too! Eeee! Can't wait to talk to you on the other side!! :eek:

PS I am 27 too!

WOW good luck! Mine is Thursday! So I will be right behind you!!! I have a blog about my journey too... Health & Happiness ... I am gonna go check out your blog!

Congrats, you are doing awesome!!!

Hiya! Good luck tomorrow! In addition to what's already been said I am also taking wisps (those toothbrush thingies that don't need water) for my breath, my face lotion, my nintendo ds and a book (in case I feel good enough to occupy myself), beano meltaways (for the gas everyone says I will have lol), slipper socks (i prefer these over full slippers because they aren't as hot, that's just me), hair ties for putting my hair up, my camera and phone, my ipod. I think I am overprepared lol. I'm also taking the other things mentioned - chapstick, lotion, my own pillow. I'm also taking travel toiletries like my shampoo and body wash, since whatever they have at the hospital probably sucks. Hope your day goes great tomorrow!

Congrats!!! I really think this is one of the hardest parts for people. Somehow, I managed to start thinking this way even over 300lbs and I truly believe it will help me see all the positives as I am losing weight. I'm so happy for you that you have found this positive way of looking at yourself and I hope you feel wonderful!

I don't know you but I am so proud of you :tongue_smilie: That is wonderful! If you can do that now, just think what you will be able to do as the weight comes off. You might be a marathon runner! Whooo hooo!

That doesn't sound right to me. Day two sure but halfway through your second week I would think you could take in a lot more. Definitely call your doctor and good luck. Let us know what you find out.

Congrats! You guys are doing great! You men are infuriating though, you lose weight faster :tongue_smilie: My hubby will be 2 weeks behind me but I'm sure he will still lose weight faster. Grrr